Tommy Refenes

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Plants Vs. Zombies Composer Tries Her Hand At Magic: The Gathering Rap

1:30AM November 1, 2011 | Mike Fahey

It’s an indie game geeksplosion as the woman behind the Plants Vs. Zombies music teams up with the programmer for Xbox Live Arcade’s Spelunky to rap about their shared love of Magic: The Gathering. More »

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Super Meat Boy Creators Went Through Hell To Get Their Game Done, Felt ‘Taken Advantage Of’ By Microsoft

11:00AM April 2, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

You thought playing Super Meat Boy was hard? Because making the notoriously difficult indie platformer sounds like pure hell, according to a Super Meat Boy post mortem that lays out what went right (fun design environment, Steam) and what went wrong (financial drain, Xbox Live Arcade). More »

Nintendo

Super Meat Boy’s Wii Version Officially Dead

12:30PM March 3, 2011 | Owen Good

When last we heard from Super Meat Boy’s plans for the Wii, the game simply couldn’t be squeezed into the size limitations imposed on WiiWare titles. The game’s creators tried to line up a publisher for a retail release, but have now given up, finding none. More »

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Super Meat Boy’s WiiWare Release Canceled; Disc Release ‘Looking Grim’

3:00PM December 24, 2010 | Owen Good

The creators of PC and Xbox 360 hit Super Meat Boy have aborted the game’s WiiWare release, saying they’re unable to fit a quality version of the game under the size limit Nintendo imposes on titles for the download service. More »

News

Apple Bans Game After Developer Publicly Trashes App Store

6:00AM March 20, 2010 | Stephen Totilo

Last week, game developer Tommy Refenes publicly called Apple’s app store “awful” and “horrible”. This week, Apple yanked his game from their store. More »