First, the good news: my progress with Twisted Metal: Black.

I’ve unlocked all 15 vehicles, obtained all but 2 trophies and unlocked all but 1 level. I have more things to say about the game as a whole.

Favorite vehicle(s): Roadkill and Spectre, which are easy to use and have strong Specials. Also Minion, for the above reasons and also being borderline absurdly powerful (once the final boss is rendered vulnerable, Minion’s Special will make mincemeat of it).

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Early last year, I made a blog post of my opinions on Twisted Metal: Black. Now, having beat its story mode and generally gotten better at the game, I decided to do a part two.

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A few minutes ago, I beat the story mode of Twisted Metal: Black for the first time! I loved every moment of it!

Here’s an interesting fact about the development process of the Twisted Metal games: the vehicles are created first, and the drivers second.

So, while we all wait for me to resume writing Twisted Magic: Black, here are some (but not all) vehicle concept arts of Twisted Metal: Black; some of these vehicles never made it into the game, while others did, but with different designs.

All of the pictures in this post are by Lee R. Wilson.

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Still revising the first Minion battle in Twisted Magic: Black before I move forward with the progress I’ve made on the next chapter, and since I’m currently going through a creativity block, I decided to share something relevant to the story: the fantastic soundtrack of Twisted Metal: Black.

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I got the game for Christmas last year, and now that I’ve spent time in the figurative driver’s seat, here are my thoughts on it.

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All of the weapons, pickups and the like from Twisted Metal: Black and how they work. This blog post is just to provide context for many of the things that appear in the battles of Twisted Magic: Black.

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So, after three years of silence, I’ve officially started my third-attempt revival of my Twisted Metal: Black crossover. Here’s how it will be structured:

Prologue: new opening framing.

[Vehicle], Pt. 1 - intro cutscene*, battles 1 and 2.

[Vehicle], Pt. 2 - battles 3 and 4, middle cutscene*.

[Vehicle], Pt. 3 - battles 5 and 6.

[Vehicle], Pt. 4 - battles 7 and 8, ending cutscene.

Epilogue - ending framing, followed by...

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So, I started this story a long time ago. I’m glad that I tried it, but in hindsight, I bit off more than I could chew; that’s why it’s been silent for years now.

However. That may change.

As I try to regain my footing via a few new stories, I’ve looked back on this story... and felt motivated to take another crack at it. Clean up and smooth out the descriptions and flow, and generally improve the quality.

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