Review by Lindsay M. I started dating someone back in early 2007. The relationship seemed doomed from the onset, as another man stole my heart that first year. The love, however, was unrequited, and so I stayed with my boyfriend regardless. In the decade that has followed, my faraway love…
Read MoreReviews by Moshe R. A week doesn’t go by without a huge pile of new games being released on Apple iPad. And, of course, there’s so much of it that is instantly forgettable, or downright terrible. But there’s also a lot of stuff that is really, really great. This week,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Castle Battles is as casual as strategy games come. You’ve seen what this game offers, more or less, many times before, and, on a platform such as the iPad, which already has a glut of both casual and serious strategy games, this is going to struggle…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. My first experience with The Escapists was actually when I previewed The Escapists: The Walking Dead for PC. Within minutes of beginning to play via keyboard, I knew the franchise was destined for a mobile release. I later spent many an hour with The Escapists on…
Read MoreHands-on by Matt S. I want to start this with a little story about Lady Sun, or Sun Shangxiang. Actually, it’s not much of a story. It’s just that I love her, and this is an excuse to write about her a bit. Related reading: For the full console Warriors…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of the biggest indie properties in recent years is The Escapists. Developed by Mouldy Toof and published by Team17, this is a game with a simple, but delightful, premise; you’re a prisoner, and you need to escape. Related reading: Matt’s review of The Escapists. From…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. What an inspired way to evolve the humble gamebook. With The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, Tin Man Games has taken its penchant for tapping into the nostalgia that us older (well, relatively) people have for growing up in the 80s, and managed to layer it with…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. Imagine you’re walking down the sidewalk and find a phone, face-down in some tall grass next to a sidewalk. It’s nighttime but luckily you’re in a well-lit area of your town — otherwise you would have missed it altogether, or possibly stepped on it. You pick…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. After the travesty that was the new free-to-play RollerCoaster Tycoon, Atari must have realised that there was indeed a market on mobile platforms for proper simulation games. Enter RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic, effectively a mash-up of the original RollerCoaster Tycoon and its sequel, and I – and…
Read MoreBlog by Lindsay M. With the month coming to a close — this is my second to last post — I’ve realized I’ve been playing all these awesome games on my iPhone (and iPad, due to limited storage on my phone) and I’ve only written about Severed. For shame! With…
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