'Ragdoll Blaster 3' Review - The Cutest Way To Shoot Ragdolls Into Certain Death

'Piggy Adventure' Review - Problem Solving Fun For the Whole Farmyard

Com2uS is making some pretty solid games these days. I had nothing less than a blast with their FarmVille clone Tiny Farm, and we took a real shine to Inotia 3: Children of Carnia as well. In other words, I trust them to deliver a solid gaming experience, so I really looked forward to sitting dow...

'Blueprint 3D' Review - Simple and Elegant Motion Puzzles

I sat down with Blueprint 3D [$0.99 / HD] last night, planning to get a feel for it. When I got back up, I'd 3-starred every level and earned every achievement. It isn't terribly hard, and it's short enough to be completed in under an hour, but I'm not complaining. Rarely do you find a game that'...

'Monster Island' Review - A Colorful Physics Puzzler Chock Full Of Content

When it comes to what makes a good game, I usually boil it down to two basic rules: create a gameplay experience that is fun, and extend that experience long enough to make it satisfying. Monster Island [$0.99 / HD] (and Monster Island Begins [Free / HD]), the latest title from Miniclip, does a g...

'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...

'Climber Brothers' Review - Scaling the Heights with Teamwork

My mom's experience with videogames largely consists of watching me play Final Fantasy IX and X and offering such helpful advice as, "Why don't you just cut his head off with that big sword?" and, "Don't you have a gun? You could just shoot him and be done with it.&#...

'Cubis Creatures' Review - A Match-Three Classic Comes to iOS

Though we generally file match-three titles under the puzzle genre, there isn't often much that's puzzling about them. Swap a few gems, watch cascades collapse-all good fun, but not exactly a stimulating mental challenge. Cubis Creatures [$0.99 / Lite] is one of the rare matching games that requi...

'Polymer' Review - A Puzzle Game For Creative Types

Most puzzle games would have you believe that fun only lies under a pile of rigid rules. That doesn't seem quite right, when kids have the most fun playing without any rules at all. Whitaker Trebella's Polymer [ $0.99 ] isn't child's play, but it only demands one thing: a shape can't have unfinis...

'Monkey Quest: Thunderbow' Review - Who Knew Nickelodeon Made Good Games?

Games like Monkey Quest: Thunderbow [$0.99/HD] disrupt the feel-good media narrative we like to tell about the App Store. It's a low-risk way to capitalize on experimental games like Sword & Sworcery [$4.99], a place where Andreas Illiger, the one-man dev team behind Tiny Wings [$0.99], can s...

'Luxor Evolved' Review - Taking Marble Shooters to the Next Level

If there were ever a genre in need of reinvention, it's the marble shooter. As a genre it's been around for nearly 15 years now, and the two big names, Luxor and Zuma, are pretty much indistinguishable. Swap ancient Egypt for the Inca Empire and you've pretty much got the same game. PopCap steppe...

'Stretched' Review - A Slingshot Platformer from Chillingo

Stretched [99] is a new physics-based slingshot-platformer from Chillingo, which has been receiving praise in our discussion thread. The objective is to fling a ball between various slingshots, collecting as many bubbles from each level as possible, before reaching the exit portal. There's no tim...