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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

Peter Payne’s site specializing in all thing Japanese, J-List (and J-Box for the under-18 crowd) has another groovy videogame related items.

For today’s installment, a PC USB retro style controller by Elecom called the Red Retro USB Game Pad (JC-U2208TRD ).

Selling on the site for $18, this PC game controller has 8 buttons and is modeled after the Nintendo Famicom (aka. the original, Japanese version of the Nintendo Entertainment System or NES)...

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