I must say that I had my doubts with Splosion man kicking off summer of arcade 2. I know that TMNT and Shadow complex are coming but I figured they would want to put their best foot forward...and they have.

I played splosion man early this morning and I have to say the game is pure platforming goodness. It starts fairly easy and casual but gets hard in no time. This gets my vote for best XBL game this year (thus far)

Some of you may have doubts but I urge you to check out the demo. Game is wicked...

Some game reviews -

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/splosionman  (faakin Eurogamer always ruins the party)

IGN - http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/100/1005157p1.html

"'Splosion Man is bursting with humor, personality, and classic platforming challenges. Not a moment goes by without seeing something new and exciting and 'Splosion Man himself is one of the most endearing new videogame characters of the year. Twisted Pixel clearly had fun creating this insane game, and you'll have fun playing it."

It is a blast (no pun intended, srsly), and the first few levels are definitely deceptive. It seems that, after the easy-peasy Maw, Twisted Pixel wanted to show they could bring even experienced gamers to tears.

Haha...I only beat 5 levels before heading out to work. I'm looking forward to this very much.

Oh. Well, be prepared to die a LOT.

The Way of the Coward is hilarious. You probably haven't seen it yet, but I feel very confident that you will!

This game is awesome. That first boss was difficult, but i did get an achievement for sploding 300 times in a level