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Title: Schizoid
Price: 800 Microsoft Points (US$10.00)
System(s): Xbox Live
Release Date: July 9, 2008
Publisher (Developer): Microsoft (Torpex Games)
ESRB Rating: “Everyone” for mild fantasy violence.
Pros: Fun and addictive two-player game with good particle effects and smooth controls. Single-player two-ship “Uberschizoid” mode.
Cons: Single-player CPU teammate is occasionally idiotic.
Overall Score: Two thumbs up; 91/100; A-; * * * * out of five. 

Schizoid is a game of dualities. First, the name implies that it is meant for a single player (remember that “schizoid personality disorder” is antisocial behavior where the person tries to be alone) yet is most definitely a two-player game. Also, it may be a killer two-player game but it also has an amazingly fun single-player mode where you control both of the game’s avatars with one controller.

It’s hectic, it’s confusing, it’s frustrating and it’s friggin’ fun.

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Check out the gallery: Schizoid for Xbox Live screen shots

For months I had been blaming my dog - not for that - for turning on my game systems when I wasn’t looking.

I figured she was sniffing around or walking by the consoles and either her nose or her happily waging tail hit one of the easy-to-press power buttons. I hadn’t seen it happen but I knew neither my dog nor gremlins were playing my Xbox 360, PS3 or my Wii. (I’d kicked the gremlins out years ago.)

To power up the Xbox 360, you simply glide your finger over the unlit ring whereas for the PS3 you glide your finger over the small icon above the ready light on top of the console. In offering these easy-to-use, sensitive-to-the-touch…

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