'Puzzle Family VS' Review - All the Madness of 'Puzzle Family' in One Little Multiplayer Game
21/02/2012 |
When I heard there was a multiplayer sequel to last year's Puzzle Family [$2.99/Free], I was pretty psyched. Though the game was stuffed to the gills with in-app purchases, at its core it contained a pretty excellent collection of mini-games. I was looking forward to trying them out against a friend or two. That was not to be. As it turns out, the defining features of Puzzle Family must have been the wacky stylings and in-app purchases, because those are what have been brought to Puzzle Family...
'ZONR' Review - A Fantastic Puzzle-Arcade Collaboration
I think it's fair to say by now that KlickTock is a master of creating tiny slices of gaming. Three of the four iOS games the developer has produced have been delightfully tiny experiences that squeak in under two minutes -- Super Search 60 [Free / $0.99], Doodle Find [Free / $0.99] and now ZONR ...
'Food Chain' Review - Think 'Tetris Attack' with Edibles
Don't ask me how this is even a possibility, but before I got my hands on Food Chain [Free], I had never played a single moment of Tetris Attack. Not even a second. Which is basically a crime, since I do love Tetris, but I guess I was sleeping under a rock at the time or something.Anyway, af...
'8bit Ninja' Review - A Cute Time Waster For the Fruit-Phobic
When you're looking for a simple, compulsive time waster, do you look for something that lets you grind to your heart's content, or a game where you can dominate a high score board with skill alone? This is an honest question. DogByte Games' 8bit Ninja [Free] has a free-to-play model that doesn't...
'Penny Parlor' Review - Games Used to Cost Less Than a Buck!
Penny Parlor [$1.99] wraps four antique coin-operated sports games into one release. But we're not talking about classic arcade games ...no, Australian-based GamesLab Apps are taking us further back in time, like pre-1950's, to the era of mechanical arcade machines which used to cost one penny to...
'MacGuffin's Curse' Review - Silly, Bloodless, Crate-Pushing Fun
Ah. Werewolves. One of the three components in the holy Hollywood trinity of monsters. They ordinarily come in two flavors: loud, ravenous and incapable of anything but wanton violence or dark-eyed eye candy. The transmogrification-happy lupine of MacGuffin's Curse [$3.99 / Free ], however, is n...
'Kard Combat' Review - Krazy Kool Kard Karnage
If you've ever played Spectromancer on PC, you know what you're getting into with Hothead Games' Kard Combat [Free, with in-app unlockables]. Not because it's been ripped off, mind you, but because the co-creator of Kard Combat is Richard Garfield, the man behind Spectromancer...
'Rocket Fox' Review - A Puzzle-Platformer as Fun For Your Mind as It is Your Reflexes
I love the App Store. On a single platform, I can draw from a well of my favorite classics like Doom [ $4.99 ], and try out thousands games like N.O.V.A. 3 [ $6.99 ] that take their inspiration from popular console and PC games but offer an experience tailor-made for tablets and smartphones. But ...
Freebie Alert: Immersive Hacking Adventure 'The Hacker' Now Free for a Limited Time
This past February I was very pleasantly surprised with the quirky title The Hacker [Free], a story-driven collection of puzzle mini-games that put you in the role as a member of an international computer hacking ring. The storyline itself was interesting if not a bit cliche, and the mini-games t...
'What's My Word?' Review - A Classic Board Game Comes to iOS
What's My Word? [$0.99] is a board game port that language lovers simply must check out. If you've played the original with pen and paper, you know what to expect. If not, you're in for a treat.The goal is to discover a hidden six- or seven-letter word. To find it, you need to come...
