Archive | August, 2013

Get Trapped Inside Pixel Dungeon by Watabou

A playable work in progress, Pixel Dungeon is already one of the best Android has to offer. Pixel Dungeon is a rougelike dungeon crawler.  You pick a class and descend in killing everything that moves on your way down swinging swords, casting spells, drinking potions, and tripping traps.  The usual stuff, but updated perfectly for touch […]

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Swallow the Universe in Osmos by Hemisphere Games

The beauty and simplicity of Osmos is incredibly absorbing.   The award wining music is ambient and mellow, the mechanic is elementary and enjoyable, the controls are intuitive.  Easily one of the best mobile games to date. You play as a mote.  Are you a cell?  A galaxy?  Doesn’t seem to matter.  You can shoot bits […]

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Get Down with Bit.Trip Beat by Gaijin Games

Pong worth listening too. What can I say about Bit.Trip Beat?  I like playing it even though I suck at it.  The music is awesome.  Its got retro simple play.  There are some neat graphics going on in the background.  And the boss fights are pretty epic. The controls are just like Pong, you tilt […]

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The RTS You Didn’t Know You Were Waiting For, Rymdkapsel by Grapefrukt Games

Finally the RTS mobile deserves. A game truly well designed for mobile is above all, lite.  Rymdkapsel floats.  Martin Jonasson who is Grapefrukt Games  has created the perfect mobile RTS by stripping away the traditional RTS to the core and distilling it to its finest essence. Jonasson’s streamlined minimalist approach is so beautiful that with the help […]

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Tiny Thief by 5Ants Steals the Show [UPDATE]

I’ve really missed graphic adventure games. When I was younger in the late 80’s early 90’s adventure games had their day in the sun.*   There are so many classics like Day of the Tentacle, Loom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, but what I love most about Tiny Thief is how it brought […]

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