What the hell are you?  'Splosion Man's cat?

I follow Twisted Pixel on Twitter, so it caught my eye last night when I saw the makings of a rumble. Deciphering tweets is an exercise in masochism, so I will sum up:  Did you ever play the excellent 'Splosion Man?  You know, the one made by indie developer Twisted Pixel that let you 'splode everywhere?  The game that may have the greatest end credit sequence of all time?  Well Capcom hopes you didn't.  Their new title for the iPhone, MaXplosion, looks more than a little familiar.  It looks like a cheap version of 'Splosion Man, with a whole lot less awesome.  

'Splosion Man is the zany platformer exclusive to the Xbox LIVE Arcade that had gamers excited for co-op this past summer. We all seem to enjoy timing our simultaneous explosions in co-op with one of four different colored 'Splosion Men. Now that the games technical issues have been patched, I've given the co-op another go, and was inspired to share this audio recording I discovered in one of the labs.* Our own OrigamiPanther has helped me transcribe this tape to be shared here today.

If you are a fan of making scientists explode into meaty chunks then the 2010 release schedule just keeps getting better, with the news that the first Deal of the Week for the shortest month of the year is none other than co-op action platformer Splosion Man.

'Splosion Man swept us off our co-op loving feet this summer. Now, Twisted Pixel, the studio behind 'Splosion Man, has teamed up with Omaha Steaks to bring you a very - er - interesting sweepstakes. Play 'Splosion Man, win Filet Mignon. Seriously.

We love 'Splosion Man. We really do. Good for a lazy weekend or tough-Achievement-gathering, this gem from indie dev Twisted Pixel had one major flaw in our eyes: online co-op laaaaag.

A rather interesting article has just popped up at Suite101.com.  It details ten good co-op games to be had on Xbox Live Arcade for $10 or less.  One of the titles, Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Commander's Challenge, does NOT feature co-op, as we verified last week.  However, the rest of the list is accurate.  It's particularly nice to see some indie games on the list.  There's some great fun to be had on the cheap!

We had the pleasure of meeting Josh Bear and Mike Henry of Twisted Pixel at PAX, easily one of the finer moments of the expo. Jason once again lead the introductions, at which point I blurted, "My wife won't let me play anything else!", regarding runaway hit 'Splosion Man (pun intended).

If you're fixing for some Splodin, you might notice a title update when `Splosion Man fires up.  Great you're thinking, finally the avatar awards and fixed lag issues are taken care of.  Sorry, no awards here, no lag fix to see.  Instead the update fixes a leaderboard exploit and clears off some cheaters who abused it to get obscene high scores.  This might be why your co-op score pales in comparison to quite a few people out there.

We showed you how much we love splodin in our recent review of the crazy co-op platformer Splosion Man. We loved it so much we needed to chat with Twisted Pixels Owner and CCO, Josh Bear, about the game, the co-op, and more importantly - the beef.

What's red, crazy, eats cake and likes to explode on everything? 'Splosion Man! Twisted Pixel's latest creation is a co-op platformer like no other. Does 'Splosion Man pick up the torch and set fire to our hearts, or demolish our hopes with one button tap?

If you planned to purchase all five Summer of Arcade titles on Xbox Live - you're in for a bit of a surprise.  For dropping 5600  you'll receive 800  back as a "rebate" of sorts.  All you need to do is buy Splosion Man, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Reshelled, Trials HD and Shadow Complex.  Then sit back and enjoy your free points.