Puzzle/hidden object games seem destined to be the next tower defence of the casual market world, and just like tower defence genre, the market is saturated with a spectrum of qualities, some good, some not so great. So where does the game Tiny Bang story fit into the spectrum? Sadly…
Read MorePlayer expectation in video games is something that is rarely toyed with. While a game may be filled with many story twists and turns, most games do not surprise players through gameplay alone. Rarely do linear/scripted games surprise players through more than a story or a musical cue, with horror…
Read MoreIt’s funny how it works. Just the other day I made a post about how the Vita has a range of great little applications and games that made the console great value, even without buying a game. And the day I make that post later Sony releases Ecolibrium, which is…
Read MoreCall it a guilty pleasure, or whatever you’d like, but I’m a fan of the light-gun shooters that have come in the recent motion controlled era. Heavy Fire: Afghanistan on the PS3 with Move was a flawed, but fun change of pace from all the modern-day shooters that have come along since…
Read MoreHello there Circle. We’ve missed you for the past couple of weeks while you were busy cooking up your next work of plagiarism… uh, homage to another developer. Or not. It saddens me that developers and publishers get away with this, because Kairosoft, the developers behind the wonderful Game Dev…
Read MoreBack when the Nintendo DS was riding high and the iPhone and iPad were relatively minor blips on the home entertainment radar, Nintendo’s touch screen console saw a fair few releases that were not really games but rather what would later be known as “apps.” Art Academy was one of…
Read MoreIt is an odd quirk that so many hidden object games seem to come from a horror background. This genre allows for a lot of fun for developers to build themed settings in which to hide those pesky objects. Halloween with all its ghost stories, haunted houses, dark cemeteries and…
Read MoreThe battlefield just got bigger than ever. No, really. Armored Kill, the third DLC instalment to DICE’s Battlefield 3 brings with it four brand new maps, and they are boy are they big. You might remember a few months ago we did a review of Battlefield 3 and the second…
Read MoreBeat the Beat has finally arrived in Australia, and while the Wii might not be getting many new game releases these days, this game continues the fine tradition of quality over quantity in the Wii’s final year. Taking a deceptively simple idea, throwing in some insane minigames and crazy-fun music,…
Read MoreChances are, you’ve taken part in a video game war of some sort. It could have been simulated through the tactical affairs of Advance Wars, the more accessible Call of Duty, or even the historical action in Dynasty Warriors. Regardless, video games about human conflict seem to be here to stay.…
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