Mobile

Gaming App Of The Day: Witch Wars Is The Ultimate Mobile Match-Three Game

Combining the addictive nature of match-three puzzlers with role-playing, spell-casting and fierce online competition, Witch Wars is a game with powerful mojo, but there’s always a price to pay for dark magics.


May 29, 2012
Mobile

Gaming App Of The Day: Finally, A Decent Real-Time Strategy Game On The iPad

RTS games have been tried on the iPad before, but they’ve usually resulted in stilted affairs or were simple attempts at cloning a PC control system. Autumn Dynasty, on the other hand, gets things right.


May 24, 2012
Mobile

Saving The World’s Endangered Species, One Trampoline-Bounce At A Time

Adult Swim games sure do seem to be on a roll when it comes to goofy animal games. Their incredible browser game Robot Unicorn Attack is one of the most simple pleasures you can find online, and their new universal iOS game Extinction Squad is just as enjoyable, if perhaps a bit less joyfully bizarre.


May 22, 2012
Mobile

Laying Pipe With PipeRoll

When I think of iOS time killers, I think of games exactly like PipeRoll. It’s fun and easy, and it reminds me of games I’ve played before.


May 19, 2012
Mobile

My Compliments To Those Who Made This Could Hurt So Good

I’ve become so jaded by mobile gaming’s endless pleading for my attention that I recently removed every game from my iPhone except for three that I deeply admire. Today, I’m glad to add a fourth to that group: This Could Hurt by Orange Agenda.


May 16, 2012
Mobile

New Star Soccer Turns You Into A Mobile Superstar

New Star Soccer is a flash game that’s been available on PC for years now. It’s fun and it’s free. Well, it’s also now out on Android, iPhone and iPad, and while it’s no longer free, it’s still great fun.


May 15, 2012
Mobile

Tower Of Fortune Puts A Fresh Spin On Retro Role-Playing

Chance has been a huge factor in role-playing games since the earliest days of pen-and-paper games. Normally represented as the roll of a die, Tower of Fortune swaps dice for slots. Is it a winning combination?


May 12, 2012
Mobile

This Physics Puzzler Is Amazeballs

The idea of rolling a virtual ball around the screen is not new. Nor is the idea of a physics-emulating puzzler. What I’m looking for, when I try a mobile app fitting that description, is execution and charm. Amazeballs provides.


May 10, 2012
Mobile

This Game Will Tell You A Tale, Make You Laugh And Teach You To Mix Drinks

I love a good story. In fact, I love a good story almost as much as I love a good drink. The two things come together in fine form in the iPhone and iPod Touch game Bar Oasis 1.5, a free sequel of sorts that bridges the gap between Bar Oasis and the pending Bar Oasis 2.


May 9, 2012
Mobile

I Hate You, Ski Safari. OK, One More Game.

Defiant Development’s Ski Safari is one of those annoying-as-hell games that doesn’t have much to it other than an infuriating knack for making your finger hit the icon reflexively every time you even so much as glance at your iPhone.