# Recommend for me a good, fun, light-hearted game for the XBox

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-for-me-a-good-fun-light-hearted-game-for-the-xbox/657308>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 2, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-for-me-a-good-fun-light-hearted-game-for-the-xbox/657308 "2013-05-02T13:58:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-for-me-a-good-fun-light-hearted-game-for-the-xbox/657308/21 "2013-05-03T13:03:04Z")

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> [@Anaamika](#):
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> What’s XBLA?

**Xb** ox **L** ive **A** rcade

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**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-for-me-a-good-fun-light-hearted-game-for-the-xbox/657308/22 "2013-05-03T15:54:56Z")

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> [@DCnDC](#):
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> **Xb** ox **L** ive **A** rcade

aka “The home of many of the best games on the Xbox 360” 😉

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-for-me-a-good-fun-light-hearted-game-for-the-xbox/657308/23 "2013-05-03T16:07:57Z")

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Oh, right, I know what that is. I just never heard the acronym. I admit I don’t look through those games much - you never know what you’re going to get, and so much of everything out there (not just games) is crap.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-for-me-a-good-fun-light-hearted-game-for-the-xbox/657308/24 "2013-05-03T16:23:01Z")

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Hmm, maybe Bastion?

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**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-for-me-a-good-fun-light-hearted-game-for-the-xbox/657308/25 "2013-05-03T17:21:59Z")

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Portal 2.

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