Hidden within this week’s apps are some of the finest games to ever grace a tablet, Android, iOS or otherwise. I’d name them specifically, but I wouldn’t want Baseball Slame, Groove Racer, Super Paper Pool, Wheel of Fortune Cubed, Black Gate: Inferno, Smooth Operators, Blastron or Turd Birds to feel inferior.
They are like my children, and I will not pick favourites (Archer).
Hey look, there are the games I’ve played over the past two weeks!
Once there was an amazing fluid dynamics-heavy puzzle game called Sprinkle. Then it got even better, with floating objects and impressive boss battles. So good.
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It’s an MMO! A Diablo-style MMO, to be exact. Not exactly PC quality, but it gets the job done.
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Having worked in a tech support call centre for seven years, this call centre management sim makes me realise what a pain-in-the-arse I was back then.
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I just wanted to say “Turd Birds” again.
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Oh holy god, this is so good. It’s one part defence, one part trajectory strategy, and several parts old school video game reference. So much win here.
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A clever, social way to play the game show. Players take turns selecting consonants and then attempting to solve a 5×5 crossword-like grid. There is wheel-spinning! And a single-player mode for the anti-social types.
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You ever wish Worms had customiseable robots instead? Well here you go, Roger. It’s free-to-play, which in this case means folks can spend money on better weapons, but the single-player campaign is unsullied by big budgets.
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A gorgeous little pool-meets mini-golf sort of game. The challenge is high, but so is the sense of accomplishment.
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It’s slot car racing, but incredibly pretty slot car racing. It’s free as well, which is a plus. Not a lot of substance, but tons of style.
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This is a delightful puzzle/adventure/stealth game — an odd combination you really have to play. Seriously. Go play it. Now. Ignore Baseball Slam.
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I told you to ignore this one. What the hell? OK, fine. This is actually a pretty nifty… baseball… puzzle… action something. Really rather cool.
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3 responses to “The Greatest Week In Gaming Apps Ever”
Very few android ones there. And there are many good quality MMO’s for it.
suprise, no windows
The title says Gaming Apps – what did you expect??
Every time I see a “greatest mobile games ever” style article like this, I die a little inside.
Always 70% iOS to android ratio.