Review by Matt S. Of all the nostalgic trips I’ve have on my iPad, Lone Wolf could have been the mightiest of all. As a kid I bought, read and reread Joe Dever’s fantasy choose-your-own-adventure games more than anything else I read, I suspect. As Fighting Fantasy was proving to…
Read MoreReview by Owen S. Interactive choose-your-own-adventure books managed to capture the attention of many youngsters and adults alike back in the 80s. The advent of videogames more or less killed the artform, but with the iPad and its app-friendly design, gamebooks are back. As interactive novels, gamebooks allow the reader…
Read MoreTin Man Games specialises in one kind of game – the gamebook. Specifically, the developer focuses on bringing the gamebook style of play to the iPad and iPhone. This means Tin Man Games games require a lot of reading, and offer very little flashy graphics and gimmicks. Still they manage…
Read MoreHere’s an interesting little Australian indie developer for you. Neil Rennison, the man behind Tin Man Games, has made a career about a style of game that most people would have considered dead. The humble gamebook was a big deal back in the 80s with the likes of the Fighting…
Read MoreI’ve played a few of the Gamebook Adventures series of iPad games, and they’ve been universally of a high quality. The newest one in the series, Infinite Universe doesn’t do anything really different in terms of mechanics, but it is a very different story, worth a new look for fans…
Read MoreI’ve played a few of the Gamebook Adventures series of iPad games, and they’ve been universally of a high quality. The newest one in the series, Infinite Universe doesn’t do anything really different in terms of mechanics, but it is a very different story, worth a new look for fans…
Read MoreThere really has been a resurgence in interest in Gamebook style games. The RPG/ pulp novel mix has found an obvious home on the iPad and iPhone – devices that do the whole long form reading gig well. A less obvious home is the PSP and PS3 and the minis…
Read MoreThere really has been a resurgence in interest in Gamebook style games. The RPG/ pulp novel mix has found an obvious home on the iPad and iPhone – devices that do the whole long form reading gig well. A less obvious home is the PSP and PS3 and the minis…
Read MoreIf you thought you hated spiders before… We’ve reviewed a couple of Tin Man Games’ other Gamebook Adventures titles that the Australian developer has released to the iPad and iPhone (read them here and here), but the newest (seventh) game, Temple of the Spider God, is a big deal for…
Read MoreIf you thought you hated spiders before… We’ve reviewed a couple of Tin Man Games’ other Gamebook Adventures titles that the Australian developer has released to the iPad and iPhone (read them here and here), but the newest (seventh) game, Temple of the Spider God, is a big deal for…
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