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. […]
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 […]
Trinket Studios Interview with Tom Eastman
Interview with Tom Eastman The full transcript is below, but here are the main points: In less than a year Tom and his couple of partners struck out on their own and have created 2 great Android games that have gotten a lot of recognition (Google Play Featured, Google Play Staff Picks, New York Times, […]
Gyro, Submachine Factory
Gyro is a pleasing mobile diversion; clean, simple and challenging. A very minimalist game, nothing about Gyro seems extraneous or out of place. Your task is simple: turn a three-color wheel to align colors with incoming projectiles. Gotta love a game that you only need one finger to play. As your score increases so does the challenge with […]
Clash of the Olympians, Better on Android
The first time I played Ironhide’s Clash of the Olypains online I put it down almost immediatly thinking the mouse controls were just to annoying to be worth it. Later they released it for Andriod and I’m glad I gave it another shot. The whole game is dramatiacally better with tap and swipe controls. Suddenly […]
Color Sheep, Trinket Studios Inc.
This is an ideal mobile game recently released on Android and iOS. Color Sheep delivers a whole lot of bang for only a buck. You play Sir Woolson the color changing sheep who must beat back an onslaught of colorful marauding wolves by mixing red, green, and blue in 20 color combinations. There’s also some items and level […]
"Some people say video games rot your brain, but I think they work different muscles that maybe you don't normally use."
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