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The Great Giana Sisters, first released in 1987, was so scandalously similar to Super Mario Bros. that Nintendo immediately reacted and succeeded in having the title struck from the market. Available for only a short while before going M.I.A., the game nonetheless managed to become a hit in Europe and thereafter to garner an enduring [...]
I like to think of the first Ragdoll Blaster game as being something of a cult classic among iPhone gamers. At first glance it’s a relatively simple-looking affair, a physics-based cannon game with inventive levels and funky doodle graphics. You’re given as many ragdolls as you may need, and the aim of the game is [...]
Vector Tanks, released last year by Peter Hirschberg, was a remake of the 1980 Atari arcade game Battlezone and hooked me instantly. Since then, Hirschberg has teamed up with a few other individuals to form BlipTime Studios. As a studio, the team has re-released his original game as Vector Tanks Classic, and more recently published [...]
Marco Mazzoli’s Spirit is a game that truly embodies the spirit of the app store. Tightly woven, elegantly presented, thoroughly engrossing, incredibly fluid, easy to pick-up and play, difficult to put down, Spirit is a paradigm example of independent game development for the iPhone.
The concept is simple: using touch controls to direct your spirit, you [...]
Freeverse’s Parachute Ninja is a casual pick up and play that will have you playing for either 2 minutes or 2 hours. Packed with features, you will never be bored of the choices the game has to offer.
It all starts as the protagonist of our story becomes an orphan due to a mysterious enemy. Our [...]
Artificial Life’s last action-packed release, Pandorum, was none too impressive. Happily however, their recent gladiator-based arena fighting game is much better and shows true quality. Spartacus: Blood and Sand is aptly named and based on the Starz’s new TV series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” (which in itself is based on an actual history). The game [...]
Anyone that has had an iDevice for longer than 24 hours and has asked – what game should I get has probably been advised to get the trend setting Flight Control or its counter Harbor Master. With such revolutionary games having staying power, it’s pretty difficult for a new title to break their staunch grip [...]
Most people assume that when — not if — the zombie apocalypse finally befalls us, those with the largest caches of ammunition and nonperishable foods will be the most likely to survive. According to PopCap, however, those people have got it all wrong. It’s the gardeners and the greenhouse keepers who will survive, not by [...]
It’s been a long time since I was actually sucked into a video game storyline and cared about the characters and their fates. Artist Colony did just that for me and I found myself constantly needing to play “for just a few more minutes.” Those minutes became hours until I became completely engrossed in the [...]
When pondering the exploration and exploitation of outer space and its resources, one does not often conjure images of knee slappin’, banjo twiddlin’, bearded hillbillies amongst the stars. But if one can imagine hillbillies mining ores on the American frontier — as most folk easily can — I suppose it’s not much of a stretch [...]
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