X3F TV -- XBLA in Brief: Merv Griffin's Crosswords

by Richard Mitchell { Dec 31st 2008 at 4:00PM }

The last XBLA game we will receive in 2008 is Merv Griffin's Crosswords. We're not exactly sure what to make of that, honestly. Hopefully, you can figure out what to make of it by watching our latest installment of XBLA in Brief. Whatever you think of this week's offering, just remember that an entirely new year of Xbox Live Arcade goodness begins tomorrow. Here's hoping 2009 is even better.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jay900 @ Dec 31st 2008 4:10PM

last arcade game in 2009? it's almost 2010!

Dylan @ Dec 31st 2008 4:12PM

Damn this game is is getting delayed to late 09?

Mazrael @ Dec 31st 2008 4:44PM

It's not in the UK.. but we had a version of this game show years ago.. possibly 15 years ago..

Matthew Schenck @ Dec 31st 2008 7:05PM

Hey Richard, this game does support chat pad functions as I used it on the trial today. Much faster, I might add.

Richard Mitchell @ Jan 1st 2009 1:27PM

Oh, that's good. I'm kind of surprised it doesn't mention Chatpad support anywhere in the documentation. At least I didn't see it mentioned anywhere.

Dereald M. @ Dec 31st 2008 9:16PM

@3. The show was on here in the states for about 1 1/2 years. And during the show they would give away 360s as part of the prize packages. Also, the announcer always said on the show "Coming soon to Xbox360"...But now the show has been canceled since fall and now the game is coming out. Yeah for progress.

I DeX I @ Jan 1st 2009 4:00AM

I made the HUGE mistake of buying this on the "whim" 'cause it sounded fun. I must say, poor, poor production and presentation. Good in concept, if the budget for this game was larger than a hundred bucks or so. Way to screw over the ignorant consumer (i.e. me), yet again Microsoft. Let's all pull together and buy more shitty XBLA games to prevent another 15,000 Microsoft employees from becoming extinct.

LeChuck @ Jan 3rd 2009 8:35AM

In the trial at least if you replay the same puzzle you get the clues in the same order. After losing my first time playing I played again, answering every single clue and doubling my money with every Extra. Walked away with several million dollars and three trips. MUHAHA! Hopefully the full game mixes things up but it still wouldn't take long to learn all the answers to one of the puzzles.

Also, what's with all the MGS questions in the vidoegame puzzle?