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Bits and Bytes: 8/9/2009
By Jeffrey L. Wilson On 9 Aug, 2009 At 03:07 PM | Categorized As Uncategorized | With 0 Comments

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Bits and Bytes is a weekly round up of some of the more interesting gaming news items that happened to slip through the cracks during our normal posting schedule. They’re presented here in easily-digestible bite-size chunks.

Must Have XBLA Titles
If anyone doubts the viability of 2D gaming on modern consoles, check out The BBPS‘  Top 10 XBLA Games article which is chock full of 2D goodness, ranging from Castle Crashers to Ikaruga. Did your favorite make the cut?

Promotional Parody
Gaming sites running Google Adsense are frequently littered with busty Evony ads (ahem), which have quickly become the the joke/bane of webmasters and readers alike. Popcap Games’ latest Plants vs. Zombies ad campaign riffs on Evony‘s by featuring stacked undead looking to satisfy their lords in every way possible. Offworld has hilarious screens.

Hidden NES Gem
An interview with several of Nintendo’s legendary game geniuses reveals a 22-year old Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! secret. See if you can find it within this rather lengthy, but very interesting, Wii.com interview.

The Rainbow Connection
Spawnkill dissects the pull of console color refreshes. Would you double dip on a system for a nice new coating?

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About - Founder and Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey L. Wilson’s love of all things shiny/digital has lead to jobs penning gadget- and video game-related nerd-copy for E-Gear, Laptop, LifeStyler, Parenting, PC Magazine, Sync, Wise Bread, and WWE. Besides overseeing the editorial content at 2D-X.com, the Brooklyn College grad hosts New York City’s monthly Bits and Bytes video game media and public relations meetup. You can find him at a bar sampling foreign beers, or on Twitter doing twittery things.