Review by Harvard L. Ever wanted to quit your day job and become a rockstar? TreeFortress’s newest iOS game, Bardbarian, offers players a chance to do just that, except your day job happens to be your village’s first line of defence. With your trusty axe-lute, you’ll rally up a bunch…
Read MoreReview by Andrew M. Who would have thought that casual tap games would be so popular in 2014? Usually, when you talk to people about being a gamer, their thoughts go immediately to immersive console games with cutting edge graphics and a story that has been four years in the…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. Chibi-Robo, despite being one of Nintendo’s younger and less prolific franchises, is among my very favourites. The miniature hero’s relative obscurity outside Japan is little wonder when you couple his peculiarity with an unfortunate release schedule and Wal-Mart exclusivity. As the first game to get some…
Read MoreReview by Andrew M. The Walking Dead is a monumental staple of modern culture. The effects have seemed to reverberate throughout almost every medium with zombie stories being even more common now than they were before. While I don’t know if Overlive – Zombie Survival RPG was directly influenced by…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. The first Peggle took me by surprise when I played it. I really did not expect much from it, but it seemed like the kind of game that my kids and wife might enjoy, so I picked it up on a whim. I was half-right, because…
Read MoreReview by Chris I. The Crazy Chicken franchise has been a runaway success for developer Teyon on mobile platforms and understandably so: its simple pick-up and play nature is perfectly fitting for gaming on the go. Yet, this whimsical series has flapped its way onto Nintendo’s 3DS eShop and DSiWare…
Read MoreReview by Andrew M. Recently I succumbed to the advertising on several of the Podcasts I listen to and started playing Lumosity. It’s a good app, a little restricted for people who don’t want to buy a yearly subscription, but overall pretty good. Basically the idea is brain training by…
Read MoreReview by Max S. Silent Valley: Mystery Mansion HD is a video game. A point-and-click adventure game, to be precise. And that’s about all there is to say about it. It’s a video game that I installed on my iPad and played for a few minutes and didn’t dislike. Then…
Read MoreReview by Andrew M. Mobile games all aim to be addictive. They are designed so that if you sit down on the train or lounge or whatever, you can just whip out your device and play a game for five minutes. But the secret to a good iPhone game is…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Just in case HeroCraft’s title for this game did not give it away, what you are looking at here is yet another World War II strategy title. Coming up with something noteworthy in this genre was always going to be tough as the iOS platform has…
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