'Radballs' Review - These Balls Are The Total Package
07/09/2011 |
Maybe it's just me, but I have a hard time getting into trailers anymore. Spend enough time following the games industry and you eventually develop an elephantine level of skin thickness to ward off promotion and hype. Even being as jaded as I am towards anything but gameplay footage, every so often, I see a video or promo and I just know in my gut that I'm going to love the game.
It happened for me on the PC with Magicka's brilliantly funny video campaign earlier this year, and when I saw the...
'Beat Sneak Bandit' Review - Rhythm, Stealth and Puzzles Make Outstanding Bedfellows
You could say we've been looking forward to Simogo's Beat Sneak Bandit [$2.99] The developer announced it just a few months back in November, but it feels like we've been waiting forever. After all, these are the folks that made Kosmo Spin [$0.99] and Bumpy Road [$2.99] two fantastic (if divisive...
'Joining Hands' Review - Don't Forget to Hold Hands
Looking for a unique puzzle game to fill your hours? Take a look at Joining Hands [$2.99] by 10tons, creators of Grim Joggers [$1.99] and Azkend [$2.99]. It tells of the Whispering Wood, a place filled with boogeymen to frighten the little Peablins, Gloobins and Brufflins that inhabit it. To make...
'Circadia' Review - An Elegant Exercise in Minimalist Rhythm Design
Circadia [$0.99] looks like a meditative experience, but that's a lie. The elements are all in place for a soothing time: a minimalistic design, gently ringing music tones, a wide expanse of black and nothing to distract you. That just means it's devilish; this is a practical joke. Rather than l...
'iBlast Moki 2' Review - Everything a Sequel Should Be and So Much More
Way back in September of 2009, Godzilab released iBlast Moki [Free/Universal], a game that quickly caught the attention of physics puzzle fans everywhere. iBlast Moki went on to earn accolades from just about every corner of the gaming world, including several Game of the Year awards as well as o...
'Squirmee and the Puzzling Tree' Review - It'll Make You Squirm
Lavafish Studios' Squirmee and the Puzzling Tree [99] might look like another iteration on the tried and true one-screen puzzle game action of the App Store, but even though it initially follows the formula, it quickly turns into a brutally difficult game that will tax your brain and force y...
'Snow Fight' Review - Reclaiming the Neighborhood, One Snowball at a Time
Living in Southern California, I spend most holidays in front of a space heater watching White Christmas on TV and wishing I was one-half of a musical comedy duo trying to gain the affections of two sisters while saving the inn of my old Army commander.But more than that, what I want more than an...
'DrawRace 2' Review - The Sequel the Original Deserves
RedLynx's original DrawRace [$2.99] sucked up a large amount of my time, so when DrawRace 2 [99 / HD] was first announced, I had a small panic attack thinking of the amount of time it would kill in my day. Turns out, the attack was well warranted, because the sequel steps it up in every way ...
