Last September, we declared Zodiac – a “humble little 2D RPG” – the winner of the 2014 Tokyo Game Show. Despite its artwork reminiscent of Child of Light and its amazing creative team (including Final Fantasy Tactics composer Hitoshi Sakimoto and Final Fantasy VII writer Kazushige Nojima), Matt did express…
Read MoreWhen I was a child, I loved worms. I’d dig them up and try to keep them as pets while steadfastly refusing to be the one to put them on fish hooks as bait. As an adult, I still adore worms. But my fascination has grown away from uprooting them…
Read MoreDear readers, please bear with me. It’s been a long day. I’ve spent hours in front of an old CRT monitor at a police station watching video evidence, trying to determine… … Wait. No. That was an iPad, not a mid-90s computer monitor. There were definitely hours spent in front…
Read MoreFallout Shelter vaults across the world are receiving messages from the Wastelands today. Overseers are not questioning how the messages got across the treacherous terrain though – they are instead celebrating the possible arrival of a new dweller. Related reading: My review of Fallout Shelter for iOS. This isn’t just…
Read MoreThe folks over at Coin Bump must be doing some strange things in their office to gain inspiration for their games. Hero Hustle recently launched on iOS, and it’s inexplicably flashy and busy and cool and addictive all at once. Read on as I attempt to explain what may be…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. AnimeLab is Australia’s Madman Entertainment’s attempt to take on the likes of Crunchyroll by offering a wide range of high quality anime for streaming. It’s still in active development, still free (for now), and now it’s on iPhone and iPad via an app download. Related reading:…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Valiant Hearts: The Great War absolutely blew us away when we played it a couple of months ago. A game about war, it was a deeply emotional, touching, human experience and reminded us all that for all the shooters and gore-fests that are being produced every…
Read MoreReview by Chris I. If the title of this satirical little retro platform title comes off a bit confusing, know that it is a shortened version of a much longer title: FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE 2 PLAY! This is a game that intentionally pokes fun at the Free-to-Play business…
Read MoreReview by Andrew M. What makes a mobile game insanely addictive? Sitting down to play Nun Attack Origins: Yuki’s Silent Quest. Playing this for the first time, I instantly had the same feelings I had when I was lost in an Angry Birds black hole a few years back; I…
Read MoreReview by Sam M. If there is one genre that still hasn’t found strong footing on touchscreens it’s platformers. While there are a few exceptions that have succeeded, and attempts to simplify the genre down into endless runners and the like have been commercially successful, many traditional platformers suffer from…
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