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XBLA in Brief: Crazy Machines Elements, Hole in the Wall
It's been quite a while, thanks to Microsoft's Summer of Arcade, but XBLA in Brief is back with two new games this week. First, we have Crazy Machines Elements, which takes more than a handful of cues from The Incredible Machine. Next, we have Hole in the Wall, which uses the power of Kinect to allow players to ... try and fit through a hole in the wall. [iTunes] Subscribe to XBLA in Brief directly in iTunes. [Zune] Subscribe to the XBLA in Brief directly. [RSS] Add the XBLA in Brief feed to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically. [MP4] Download the MP4 directly. There are new Xbox Live Arcade games released every week. We realize that our readers are busy, attractive people, and may not have time to download and examine each and every new XBLA game. You've got busy, attractive person stuff to do, after all. Not to worry though, because we've done the work for you, downloading every single trial game and giving you a taste of what to expect. Watch XBLA in Brief every week to see which games deserve a closer look. When you have the time, of course.
Crazy Machines Elements assembled on XBLA, PSN this Spring
Necessity is the mother of invention, they say. It's fortunate that as an aloof and inconsiderate parent, she never bothered to teach her child about the dangers of playing with fire, or why it's a bad idea to construct untethered catapults inside the house. That loose cannon of a child still lives in Crazy Machines Elements, a new physics-driven, "amateur inventor" puzzle game coming to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network this Spring. Crazy Machines Elements, the first game in the series to land on HD consoles, has you completing partially constructed "chain reaction machines" by inserting specified objects into a sequence that contains items like conveyor belts, pinwheels and toy trucks. This game also allows you to harness the elements -- now, when you launch those Rube Goldberg and Heath Robinson statues into each other, they can both be on fire! You'll also be challenged to complete tasks with the fewest items possible, and let loose within the game's built-in editor. Consider it free license to build an incredible machine, but not The Incredible Machine. That's someone else's property.%Gallery-115495%
