Mobile

So This Is The IPhone’s Answer To The Legend Of Zelda

There’s a brave young warrior, a beautiful princess, a horse to ride, and pots to break open in search of treasure. I’d sure say Gameloft’s Sacred Odyssey: Rise of Ayden is the iPhone’s answer to Zelda, but is it good?


January 15, 2011
Mobile

Getting A Casual Flick From Your Phone

FlickBuddies has a cheeky name that resembles another word if you glance at it quickly. The game does provide good, clean fun, though it still is a casual encounter.


Mobile

The Terrorist Zombie Is Not The Ultimate Enemy Of Our Times

Who do we, people of the 21st century fear? In real life, it’s the terrorists. In movies and TV, it’s zombies. The combination of the two should be the perfect bad guy of our modern era.


January 12, 2011
Mobile

After A Tough Day Of Farmville, Relax With Some Pokerville

Live Poker by Zynga, also known as Live Poker By The Guys Who Made Farmville, is hoping to be the world’s biggest “social casino”. I’m afraid it may be succeeding.


Mobile

A Touching Rendition Of Secret Of Mana

Porting a turn-based role-playing game to the iPhone is simple. Nailing the controls on a classic action RPG like Secret of Mana is another thing entirely. How did Square Enix do?


January 8, 2011
Mobile

Super Mario Bros By Way Of Edward Gorey, On An iPhone

Grimm is a new iPhone game that has me wondering why I’ve never played a video game rendered in the aesthetic of the great, spooky aesthetic of legendary illustrator Edward Gorey before. Thank goodness I finally did, for one dollar.


January 7, 2011
Mobile

Flying Hamster Teaches Us About The Beer And The Bees

If you missed out on The Game Atelier’s fur-flinging shooter Flying Hamster when it came out as a PSP mini, the iPhone brings you closer to the heroic tale of beer, bees and bullets than ever before.


January 1, 2011
Mobile

QWOP For iPhone Is An Olympic Challenge For Thumbs

Learn to walk, learn to run all over again with QWOP, the iPhone port of the highly entertaining and/or maddening track and field Flash game of 2008. Using a touchscreen to independently control calves and thighs sounds fun, right?


December 30, 2010
Mobile

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Was My Most Played IPhone Game Of The Holidays

On sale right now for just a buck, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is the iPhone game I’m spending the most time playing these days.


December 24, 2010
Mobile

Lame Castle Is Not Nearly As Lame As Sony Advertised

You’d think a game inspired by a Sony PSP ad – an ad that implied an iPhone game called Lame Castle would suck – would be a quick cash-in. You’d think that, but you’d be wrong.