After a couple of weeks of sheer excitement with great new game releases – XCOM on the iPad, The Last Of Us on the PS3, and Time and Eternity for the otaku amongst us, it seems that we’re in a rare quiet moment for game releases right now. So picking…
Read MoreGrasshopper Manufacture’s Sine Mora has done the rounds for a while now – it’s on PS3, Xbox 360, PC and was even a PS Plus “freebie” on the Vita. And now, it joins Liberation Maiden as a Goichi Suda production to hit the iPad. If we’re being brutally honest though,…
Read MoreThe Last Door is a unique game. Not because of its typical horror story setup of a nondescript man being summoned to his eccentric friend’s dark, desolate mansion. Not because of its rudimentary point-and-click puzzles that, like those of many adventure games, tend to frustrate. The Last Door is a…
Read MoreTokyo Jungle was a weird game. Not just because it is weird (though any game which features psychopathic Pomeranian that can take down a fully grown freaking Tiger is not just weird, it’s downright terrifying), but because it is a game that I really, truly should have loved. But I…
Read MoreLet me just say from the outset; I’m not actually opposed to the free-to-play model. Understanding that free-to-play does not mean free, I’ve had a great time with those games that I have felt have put the model to effective use in providing players with a basic, entry-level version of…
Read MoreOver the last couple of years, the relationship between platformers and narrative has gone in some rather interesting directions. While the basic “damsel in distress” trope is effective enough for games like Super Meat Boy or your favourite Mario title, games like Braid and Thomas Was Alone have turned heads…
Read MoreI’m not sure people realise the degree of difficulty that is involved in a pinball game. It looks simple after all; it’s a ball bouncing around a small piece of barely animated real estate. But on a technical level, pinball is a nightmare of a game to develop. This is…
Read MoreWhile we’re still ripping up the tracks in GRID 2 on our consoles, Codemasters has surprisingly brought the much beloved Colin McRae series back to drift all over our iOS devices. Built upon the Colin McRae Rally 2.0 version that was found on the original PlayStation, this upgraded version of…
Read MoreCover Orange 2 tasks players with covering oranges to protect them from a raincloud wearing a viking helmet. No really. As odd as FDG’s Cover Orange sequel is, it’s also an engaging and addictive puzzle game that you may find yourself pouring much of your free time into. Okay, first,…
Read MoreIt took me all of five minutes to realise I was not going to enjoy my time with Blood Knights. In that first five minutes I was led through a tutorial dungeon which, in most games, introduces the characters and sets up the narrative by introducing a conflict. But at…
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