TheBellTree Newsletter and Gaming Magazine Issue #4

[Conor]

<big>And Newsletter!</big>
Credit to Master Crash for the awesome banner!

<big>Welcome to Issue #4 of TheBellTree Gaming Magazine & Newsletter! I hope you enjoy the New Years edition of TBGM&N!</big>


<big>TBTGM was started by moderator DarthGohan1 ages ago, back in July he allowed me to take over as editor.
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[Conor]

<big>'Splosion Man</big>

'Splosion Man is a recently released game for the Xbox Live Arcade. I hadn't heard alot about this game prior to it's release.
The developers (Twisted Pixel Games) behind SM were also responsible for "The Maw", which was on XBLA aswell. I haven't had the chance to play that, but I've heard good things about it.
Anyway, back to 'Splosion Man;
The Single player has a bustling 50 level campaign. The levels are split into "Worlds" like in Mario; 1-1, 2-5 ect.
You complete each level by reaching the end, much like in Mario or Sonic. With the means of jumping, or "'Sploding" off of the walls, using whatever you can.
In fact, I would compare 'Splosion man much to Sonic, in the way you run as fast through the levels as you can... blowing up scientists.
But it differs from sonic with that you have switches, exploding barrels which propel you higher and further to progress in the level.
However there is no rings/coins to collect, which can sometimes make the game feel lacking something.
The game has a brilliant sense of humor. When you 'splode next to a scientist, they turn into meat products: Sausages, Ribs, Hams ect.
Another count of it's excellent humor, is when you find a fat scientist and you go to kill them, The donut song plays. It will get stuck in your head.
Each world has it's own Boss fight, there are 3 to be exact. And all they will really consist of, are well timed presses of your "'splode" button.

The Multi-player brings it's own 50 level cooperative campaign, so you can 'splode with 3 friends.
The good thing though is that they aren't the same level from the single player. It's a completely new campaign.
As it is a new campaign it forces the players, however many, to work together. Meaning ledges are too high for 1 Splosion Man and cannot wall-splode up to it.
This encourages the players, makes the players work together and comunicate.
To count down, jump and splode off of each other to reach higher to complete the levels, or to hit a number of switches, whatever is needed.
Unfortunately, whenever I have tried to play online, I've experienced alot of lag. Ruining the moment for me somewhat.

This is in fact the first game to encorperate avatar accessories into the game as rewards. So when August 11th comes around, we'll be able to complete 'Splosion Man get whatever juicy bonus it is.

All in all the game is incredibly fun to play. It's funny, it's got a nice feel to it. And for 800 microsoft points, it's worth the price and then some.
Highly recommend this to any 360 owner that can download it.
I had a blast playing it. 9.5/10

Review By AndyB
Yes I re-used this review from the 1st Issue of TBTGM, I enjoyed this review back on that issue and I will be hopefully buying this game soon myself.
<big>'Splosion Man Trailer</big>
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<big>Megaman 10 Trailer</big>

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<big>Thanks for reading this issue of TBTGM, I hope to see you next time!</big>

 

[Conor]

<big><big>TheBellTree Newsletter</big></big>

Welcome to the TBTN section of TBTGM&N. I hope you enjoy what's posted. (I reposted Jeremy's interview because not many people read the Christmas special of TBTN)

<big>Jeremy Interview</big>

Q. TBT celebrated its 5th Anniversary this year, a big achievement, do you think TBT could make it to 10 Years?
A.Yes, I think it will. The internet will be much different then, so who knows who knows really? YouTube, for example, only came out four years ago. But as long as Nintendo keeps making Animal Crossing there will be TBT.

Q.Earlier this month you mentioned changes within TBT, have any of them started and if not when do you expect them to start?
A.Some have started, but I cannot say what at this time.

Q.TBT reached two big milestones this year, out of the 5 years of TBTs life, what would you say has been the biggest milestone?
A.Yes, of course the 5 year birthday and the 1 million post mark. Not too long ago was 500,000 posts as well. Some other milestones are when we converted to ZetaBoards from InvisionFree, won ZBTZ Board Of The Year, and got a lot of traffic from YouTube in 2007. I think the YouTubers registering, the 5 year anniversary, and 1 million posts are the biggest milestones in TBT's history. The release of our website was also pretty cool, even though we never got around to using it like we wanted.

Q.TBTs currently the 2nd biggest Animal Crossing board on the internet(correct me if I'm wrong), is it possible we can become the biggest and how can we do that?
A.Animal Crossing Community is very big, but they cannot keep it updated. If we manage to create an Animal Crossing guide site like ACC or AXA I think we can drive a lot of traffic to the forum. Our previous attempts have not worked, but we will be trying something different soon. More on that in the future. However, we will always focus on the forum. That has been our biggest strength and we will always be ahead of ACC and AXA when it comes to forum quality.

Q.Any messages/announcements to the members of The Bell Tree?
A.Not at the moment.

Thanks Jeremy!
Interviewer: KazooieC


<big>Recent TheBellTree News</big>

Jeremy has started to allow members to change their TBT user names, if you haven't already realised I'm Conor It does cost 1500 TBTbells though.


<big>TheBellTree Peoples Choice Awards</big>

Thank you everyone for making TBTCA'09 such a success, I honestly didn't think it would go so well.

Here's a list of the winners in full.

Funniest Member: Jas0n.
Most Creative Member: Master Crash
Best Username: OddCrazyMe
Most Mature: AndyB
Most Active: sermantopp
Biggest Animal Crosser: JasonBurrows
AC Group of they Year : MMC

Member of the Year : Miranda, Runners-up: The JJ, JasonBurrows and AleZ.

Congratulations to everyone who won an award and the runners-up.

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<big>Thanks for reading issue #4 of TheBellTree Newsletter.</big>

 

[Conor]

<big>Thank you for reading the New Years special of TBTGM&N.
Happy New Year Everyone!</big>

 

[nooky13]

I thought this came out on a Saturday

anyways mine is out as well

 

[Jas0n]

I thought this came out on a Saturday

anyways mine is out as well

Get lost :3

 

[Josh]

Weldone Conor :]

@Nooky: Your not Jeremy.

 

[Conor]

Done, thanks Josh

And nooky, I'll post my newsletter when I want >.>

 

[Marcus]

Done, thanks Josh

And nooky, I'll post my newsletter when I want >.>

Oo, the rivalry is getting hot here


I wonder who will win, it'll be very tight..................................................lol

 

[Conor]

Done, thanks Josh

And nooky, I'll post my newsletter when I want >.>

Oo, the rivalry is getting hot here


I wonder who will win, it'll be very tight..................................................lol

I guess it is

I put 50 minutes into this issue and I am very happy with the result.

 

[Marcus]

Done, thanks Josh

And nooky, I'll post my newsletter when I want >.>

Oo, the rivalry is getting hot here


I wonder who will win, it'll be very tight..................................................lol

I guess it is

I put 50 minutes into this issue and I am very happy with the result.

Nice, I can see.

Have you seen nooky's? It's out.

You can check up and see what your rival's up to.

 

[Conor]

Done, thanks Josh

And nooky, I'll post my newsletter when I want >.>

Oo, the rivalry is getting hot here


I wonder who will win, it'll be very tight..................................................lol

I guess it is

I put 50 minutes into this issue and I am very happy with the result.

Nice, I can see.

Have you seen nooky's? It's out.

You can check up and see what your rival's up to.

Yeah I saw it.

 

[Marcus]

Done, thanks Josh

And nooky, I'll post my newsletter when I want >.>

Oo, the rivalry is getting hot here


I wonder who will win, it'll be very tight..................................................lol

I guess it is

I put 50 minutes into this issue and I am very happy with the result.

Nice, I can see.

Have you seen nooky's? It's out.

You can check up and see what your rival's up to.

Yeah I saw it.

What did you think, stiff opposition?

 

[Conor]

Quoting limited to 5 levels deep

I guess it is

I put 50 minutes into this issue and I am very happy with the result.

Nice, I can see.

Have you seen nooky's? It's out.

You can check up and see what your rival's up to.

Yeah I saw it.

What did you think, stiff opposition?

I don't want to start any arguments but I put a lot more work into mine.


Also a note to everyone: I advertise for FREE.

 

[Marcus]

Quoting limited to 5 levels deep

Nice, I can see.

Have you seen nooky's? It's out.

You can check up and see what your rival's up to.

Yeah I saw it.

What did you think, stiff opposition?

I don't want to start any arguments but I put a lot more work into mine.


Also a note to everyone: I advertise for FREE.

Lol, does that have anything to do with the fact nooky had his advertising for less than you.

Well, all he can do is make it so he pays you to advertise, and would he be dumb enough to do that? I'll leave this question open

 

[Conor]

Quoting limited to 5 levels deep

Yeah I saw it.

What did you think, stiff opposition?

I don't want to start any arguments but I put a lot more work into mine.


Also a note to everyone: I advertise for FREE.

Lol, does that have anything to do with the fact nooky had his advertising for less than you.

Well, all he can do is make it so he pays you to advertise, and would he be dumb enough to do that? I'll leave this question open

I wasn't trying to get people to advertise with me instead of nooky, I just decided to advertise for free because there's no point in charging virtual money for a virtual advertisement.

 

[Marcus]

Quoting limited to 5 levels deep

What did you think, stiff opposition?

I don't want to start any arguments but I put a lot more work into mine.


Also a note to everyone: I advertise for FREE.

Lol, does that have anything to do with the fact nooky had his advertising for less than you.

Well, all he can do is make it so he pays you to advertise, and would he be dumb enough to do that? I'll leave this question open

I wasn't trying to get people to advertise with me instead of nooky, I just decided to advertise for free because there's no point in charging virtual money for a virtual advertisement.

That's very true.

Anyway, good luck with your newsletters.

 

[Conor]

Quoting limited to 5 levels deep

I don't want to start any arguments but I put a lot more work into mine.


Also a note to everyone: I advertise for FREE.

Lol, does that have anything to do with the fact nooky had his advertising for less than you.

Well, all he can do is make it so he pays you to advertise, and would he be dumb enough to do that? I'll leave this question open

I wasn't trying to get people to advertise with me instead of nooky, I just decided to advertise for free because there's no point in charging virtual money for a virtual advertisement.

That's very true.

Anyway, good luck with your newsletters.

Thanks.

 

[Conor]

I'm not letting this slip down, any more comments?

 

[Phil]

Good job KazooieC!