Archive | May, 2013

Tame the Wild West with Gunman Clive

There’s a special place in my heart for westerns. Maybe it’s because I’m an American.  Maybe it’s because I admire Sergio Leone’s masterful directing and Client Eastwood’s iconic acting in For a Few Dollars More.  Or it could be that I just like a hero who’s more at home with the underworld than against it. […]

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Throw a Tank, Grabatron by Future Games of London

We all have those days where there’s nothing more rewarding than picking up a tank and tossing it into a nuclear power plant. Grabatron by Future Games of London gives you that opportunity without any of the mess. You play an alien UFO armed with a massive hanging claw bent on the destruction of everything in sight.  There’s abductions, […]

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Edge and Edge Extended set the Bar High for Touch Games

Everything about Edge is razor sharp. Mobigame has put out Edge and Edge Extended for around 3 bucks each on iOS and Android and it is a perfect game for taking advantage of touch play controls.  Mechanics combine moving platforms, puzzles, and reflex challenges over nearly 50 levels for hours of rewarding mind bending and finger racing challenge. The game itself […]

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Men Who Wear Many Hats Interview with Ryan Wiemeyer

The full transcript is below, but here are the main points: The Men Who Wear Many Hats are responsible for indie instant classic Organ Trail Director’s Cut.  The game is available on virtually every platform, has over a million players, and exceeded its Kickstarter goal by 500%. The game succeeds by being a combination of things people love; zombies and nostalgic game play. […]

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Bounce Along With Chalk Ball

The love child of Pong and Arkanoid, born in the mobile generation. Chalk Ball by The Pill Tree challenges you to keep a ball/s bouncing along by drawing a chalk line for it to bounce off of.   But chalk can be at a premium so it gets tough fast if you’re not economical and don’t have […]

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Mow a Bloody Swath, Organ Trail Director’s Cut

I have mixed feelings about the whole bit-revival thing.  Most of it seems to be nostalgic throwback garbage.  However, Organ Trail Director’s Cut succeeds by going beyond bit-revival, to bit-undead. Produced by Chicago based indie studio Men Who Wear Many Hats, this old school style game tugs on all the right childish heartstrings while having grown up to maturity. […]

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The Best Mobile Racer, Mini Motor Racing [UPDATE]

Reminiscent of micro machines and RC cars, there’s something about fighting for position, hitting the nos, and drifting your tiny race car that gets the blood pumping. From Australian game developers The Binary Mill, Mini Motor Racing is currently the best racing title on Android.  Reckless Racing 2 by Polarbit is a close contender with lots of car customization options, but the […]

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