Hope cross-linking isn't against the rules... there is another interview up, this time at VGChartz. Another good read I would say...

http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=6199

Bring it on guys, our HQ is available for some attacking!

And I hope the difficulty doesn't stress people out too much - 2 stars is a good result for a lot of levels, especially at the start. Once you get a couple of powerups... you go back, and start ace-ing those levels with more stars.

@sean: Towards the end of the game you'll be doing nothing other than teleporting - and using the level summary screen to work out which level to attack next.

If you are averaging 3-stars around the swamp, you are doing great. Just push ahead - you'll cross the swamp, go past the entrance to the village and head towards the desert (top-right of the map). You'll pick up your next power-up there, and things will start getting easier.

BTW - you can change the difficulty setting in the middle of a game - so if you get stuck, drop it down to easy for a while until you get a new powerup - then switch it back. I only play on hard of course

Oh yeah - one more comment:

Something neither review has touched on yet (and you don't really get to until you reach the swamp or later), is the real challenge is getting all 5 stars on each level. Every level has been balanced to make the 5-stars a real challenge (even the first!), and many have unique strategies to learn.

To finish the game you need a 4-star average, but to really finish the game you'll need to get every one of those stars... again it can be a lot of fun, and will take a while (it takes me over 20hrs to do that).

Enjoy!