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Review: Trial of the Clone (iPad)

April 23, 2013

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Tin Man Games specialises in one kind of game – the gamebook. Specifically, the developer focuses on bringing the gamebook style of play to the iPad and iPhone. This means Tin Man Games games require a lot of reading, and offer very little flashy graphics and gimmicks. Still they manage…

Review: Bird Mania (iPhone)

April 22, 2013

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Early on in the 3DS’ eShop download platform there was a cheap and cheerful little downloadable game called Bird Mania. It was an endless runner (or flyer in this instance), and it was not anything more than that, but stylish presentation and a lack of other games on the platform…

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April 22, 2013

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The first thing you’ll notice about Soccer Up 3D is that its content is disappointingly limited. While it is a downloadable sports game on a handheld, the goal (no pun intended), of delivering a game with an attractive offering means it should feature some substance that will leave the player…

Review: Kung Fu Rabbit (Wii U)

April 22, 2013

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I’ll put this out there before I point out that I really do enjoy this game; a year from now (if not sooner), no one is going to remember Kung Fu Rabbit. This is a port of a mobile phone game that is being sold for three times the price…

Interview: Tin Man Games on making a successful career out of the dead gamebook genre

April 21, 2013

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Here’s an interesting little Australian indie developer for you. Neil Rennison, the man behind Tin Man Games, has made a career about a style of game that most people would have considered dead. The humble gamebook was a big deal back in the 80s with the likes of the Fighting…

The weekly discussion: What was the best decade for gaming?

April 19, 2013

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Was it the 80s with those darned cute sprites, the 90s for the wow factor of playing games in three dimensions (never mind that those were ugly blocks that were meant to be people of course!)? Or perhaps for you it was the naughties, that brought with it the basic…

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April 19, 2013

Expand it/iOS/iPad/iPhone

The physics/puzzle game Expand it! is seeing a sale this weekend, so if this title strikes your fancy, you may want to grab it while you can. Normally $0.99 for the iPhone, it is free all this weekend. It is also reduced from $1.99 to $0.99 if you pick up…

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April 19, 2013

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I’ve just sat down to start a play through of Fire Emblem – it’s finally out in Australia, see, and it’s one of the few Nintendo franchises that I will put aside healthy activities like eating, sleeping and washing to play. Seriously; when I start playing a Fire Emblem game…

Friday 10s: The ten worst superhero games of all time

April 19, 2013

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Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so each week we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste in the world and this…

Interview: Fishlabs; proof that mobile game developers can be premium and successful

April 18, 2013

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A couple of years ago, the then-fledgling iPad development environment had a breakout hit in Galaxy on Fire 2 (read our review of the PC version here). This game featured some incredible production values for the platform and gameplay that surprised many people who assumed that the iOS development environment…

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