News

In Game Design, Sometimes You Have To Fake It Until You Make

Some of the best ideas are born of strange, stressful circumstances. Case in point: Twisted Pixel’s inspired and highly enjoyable new Kinect game The Gunstringer. To hear Twisted Pixel CEO Mike Wilford and chief creative officer Josh Bear tell it, the two of them came up with the idea for the game… during their pitch meeting with Microsoft.


September 20, 2011
News

Forget Unreal: I’m All About Twisted Pixel’s ‘Beard’ Engine

Like many folks, I’ve got a complicated relationship with pre-game splash screens. On the one hand, I like that series of middleware introductions, publisher logos, and various other graphical preamble that flash across my screen, largely because of how I savour them the first time I’m playing a game that I’m excited about.


September 19, 2011
News

Go Pick Up The Gunstringer’s Soundtrack For Free

If you’re a fan of video game soundtracks, you can pick up a hefty 27-track compilation for free right now from The Gunstringer. Twisted Pixel just made it available on the game’s official page. Head over there, click on “Downloads” atop the page and you’ll see it.


September 14, 2011
Xbox

The Gunstringer Is The Best Dead Cowboy Puppet Game For Kinect

The Gunstringer is likely the first dead cowboy puppet shooter you’ve ever played.


July 30, 2011
Xbox

The Gunstringer Is Almost The Most Fun I’ve Had With Kinect

I’ve finally got a reason to reconnect the Kinect to my Xbox 360. It’s been nearly four months since I moved halfway across the country to upstate New York, and while I’ve been slowly piecing back together my gaming set up and all of its many consoles, I still haven’t found a reason to reconnect the Kinect to my Xbox 360.


March 15, 2011
Xbox

The Xbox Live Arcade Lineup As Vintage Movie Posters

During PAX East this weekend Microsoft hypoed up their attractive upcoming Xbox Live Arcade lineup with a series of limited edition postcards transforming each title into a classic action movie poster. Can you tell which movies the posters came from?


February 25, 2011
News

The Gunstringer Aims For Good Kinect Control (And Hits Its Target)

Twisted Pixel’s new shooter for the Xbox 360, The Gunstringer, might make you feel better about Kinect controls. It is, after all, a Kinect game you can play while sitting down.