Tabletop strategy games being transformed into the virtual world have had a checkered history. When done well, these are fun and fantastic games – Shadows of the Horned Rat for Warhammer and Baldur’s Gate for Dungeons & Dragons springs to mind, but they are vanishingly rare whilst less faithful adaptations…
Read MoreTabletop strategy games being transformed into the virtual world have had a checkered history. When done well, these are fun and fantastic games – Shadows of the Horned Rat for Warhammer and Baldur’s Gate for Dungeons & Dragons springs to mind, but they are vanishingly rare whilst less faithful adaptations…
Read MoreBefore I begin, I’d like to clarify my skill when it comes to strategy games. I’m the person who in Chess, thinks it’s a good idea to take the opponent’s king with an army of pawns. So when it came to Combat Mission: Touch, I was way out of my…
Read MoreBefore I begin, I’d like to clarify my skill when it comes to strategy games. I’m the person who in Chess, thinks it’s a good idea to take the opponent’s king with an army of pawns. So when it came to Combat Mission: Touch, I was way out of my…
Read MoreThe 80’s. The golden age of the arcade games, where youths wasted many hours and quarters playing the latest releases such as Arkanoid, Pac-Man and Space Invaders. It’s from this age that Strawdog Studios has found the inspiration for its newest title Space Ark, where you play as a team…
Read MoreThe 80’s. The golden age of the arcade games, where youths wasted many hours and quarters playing the latest releases such as Arkanoid, Pac-Man and Space Invaders. It’s from this age that Strawdog Studios has found the inspiration for its newest title Space Ark, where you play as a team…
Read MorePenguin Patrol is one of those iOS games. It’s $0.99 and it’s completely throwaway entertainment. The DSiWare version doesn’t magically make it essential gaming, but it’s a quality port, and worth picking out if you haven’t got an iPhone or iPad for the cheaper version. It’s a puzzle game that…
Read MorePenguin Patrol is one of those iOS games. It’s $0.99 and it’s completely throwaway entertainment. The DSiWare version doesn’t magically make it essential gaming, but it’s a quality port, and worth picking out if you haven’t got an iPhone or iPad for the cheaper version. It’s a puzzle game that…
Read MoreAnomaly Warzone Earth is a real anomaly to me. There’s been considerable hype behind the game as one that twists the formula of the tower defence genre and therefore is original an interesting. As I explained in my review of the iPad game, the reality is that the game is…
Read MoreAnomaly Warzone Earth is a real anomaly to me. There’s been considerable hype behind the game as one that twists the formula of the tower defence genre and therefore is original an interesting. As I explained in my review of the iPad game, the reality is that the game is…
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