Chess has become an incredibly difficult kind of game to build into a compelling purchase. There are literally hundreds of great chess offerings out there, each with different value propositions, ranging from flashy battle chess visuals through to hardcore AI simulations that Elo ratings (the statistic assessing a person/ game’s…
Read MoreThe name of the game pretty much sums it up; it’s amazing and you break things. What more could you possibly want? In this brilliant new destruction-puzzler from Dekovir you must launch bombs at gorgeously constructed ice-sculptures in an attempt to wipe them out. Sounds simple enough and in terms…
Read MoreThe name of the game pretty much sums it up; it’s amazing and you break things. What more could you possibly want? In this brilliant new destruction-puzzler from Dekovir you must launch bombs at gorgeously constructed ice-sculptures in an attempt to wipe them out. Sounds simple enough and in terms…
Read MoreI’ll break one of the rules of writing a game review and give you the summary up front: Top Trumps 007: The Best of Bond is a game that only James Bond fans are going to get into. It’s a silly little card game that doesn’t make a lot of…
Read MoreI’ll break one of the rules of writing a game review and give you the summary up front: Top Trumps 007: The Best of Bond is a game that only James Bond fans are going to get into. It’s a silly little card game that doesn’t make a lot of…
Read MoreWhen I was young, I spent considerable time playing space sims like Wing Commander, Freespace 2 and Freelancer. I loved the idea of being the captain of my own ship and duking it out in intergalactic dogfights with some alien invaders. I loved developing my skills as an epic story…
Read MoreWhen I was young, I spent considerable time playing space sims like Wing Commander, Freespace 2 and Freelancer. I loved the idea of being the captain of my own ship and duking it out in intergalactic dogfights with some alien invaders. I loved developing my skills as an epic story…
Read MoreDungeons & Dragons Daggerdale (D&DD) brought a lot of promise with it when it released for Xbox LIVE last month. A hack ‘n slash with RPG elements in the spirit of Baldur’s Gate? Sign me up. But what Atari ended up giving us was something that never quite attained that…
Read MoreDungeons & Dragons Daggerdale (D&DD) brought a lot of promise with it when it released for Xbox LIVE last month. A hack ‘n slash with RPG elements in the spirit of Baldur’s Gate? Sign me up. But what Atari ended up giving us was something that never quite attained that…
Read MoreThere are a number of different ways iPad developers are handling the board games that are proliferating on the device. Some opt to create a robust AI and online multiplayer gaming experience, such as Ticket to Ride. Others try and recreate the experience of playing a board game on a…
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