Arcade
Album Review : Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
August 27, 2010 | Jitterbug
One of six alternate covers of The Suburbs
I’ve taken a lot of crap from a lot of people for my glowing reviews of past Arcade Fire albums. This article isn’t going to help me in that regard in any way at all because I plan on gushing yet again. Get your raincoats on and come with me as I gleefully slobber, gush, and get other body juices all over this Canadian band’s newest masterpiece.
Win Butler and his wife, Regine Chassagne, started Arcade Fire back in 2003 and have been blazing an exciting trail for modern music ever since. Their first full album, Funeral, released in 2004, was a sprawling work, with a musical backbone that felt too sturdy for a first album. The range of sound that was pulled together in that album was stunning, and a feet rarely achieved by a band until after they have been playing together for decades. It couldn’t have been done without the myriad of other artists that they pulled together, but with the group consisting of 7 members playing multiple instruments, Arcade Fire required a masterful orchestrator to keep the music from turning into a jumbled mess of noise. The Butlers did it, and they haven’t stopped since.
Review: Monday Night Combat
August 16, 2010 | Jitterbug 3
First off, an introduction is needed. I’m Brent aka “Jambi Bum”. I’ll be your resident game reviewer here at TS, along with random comic book reviewer every now and then. When I do my reviews, I give a rundown of how the game works and whether or not I think it is worth a purchase. Simple enough right? Now to the bacon of this post.
One of the MNC Arenas
Monday Night Combat is the newest installment in Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade lineup. There are two different game modes in MNC, Blitz and Crossfire. Blitz is the co operative mode that is a mix of tower defense and Horde mode. The point is to defend your “moneyball” against waves of AI robots. You have six classes to choose from; Assassin, Gunner, Tank, Support, Sniper, Assault. For the Blitz mode I would recommend Support, Gunner, and Assault. Although the lower tiers of the mode can be done with just about any class. You can set up turrets which are strategically placed around the map in key choke points as well. Blitz is a fun mode but the core of MNC lies with Crossfire.
What You’ve Been Saying