Walking Mars is an amazing tale of discovery. What strikes me most about Tiger Style’s title is that the story more than anything keeps you playing, like the SNES RPGs I played as a kid. Only in Walking Mars, the graphics aren’t grainy pixels, but beautiful (and accurate) portraits of our neighboring planet. You play Liang, a […]
Pixelscopic Interview with Coby Utter
Coby Utter Interview The full transcript is below, but here are the main points; Coby’s biggest takeaway from mainstream development was an understanding of the many elements that have to come together not only to produce a game, but put it on the shelf Pixelscopic’s success on Kickstarter was no accident, meticulous planning went into their […]
Fight for Pixelated Justice Against, The League of Evil by Ravenous Games
The League of Evil does it right by keeping it simple. Retro styled with pixel graphics, a chiptune soundtrack and simple attack or jump controls, League of Evil is a solid platformer with everything you need and nothing you don’t. Ravenous Games has bolstered the title with modern adaptations like the double jump, air attack, […]
Sensational, Pulse by Cipher Prime Studios
Pulse is immediately immersive. Sight, sound and touch are invited to play together in an incredibly rewarding experience. Pulse can easily be classified as a rhythm game, your objective is to tap notes as the pulse moves through them, but it’s a serious upgrade to rhythm classics like Guitar Hero or Dance Dance Revolution. A most […]
Run, Die, Repeat. Canabalt by Semi Secret Software
It is impossible to play only a single round of Canabalt. You will find yourself retrying again, and again, and again, because the game sucks you into a place where you know that this time you will outdo yourself (and maybe others). Canabalt is hardly revolutionary as a game concept but manages to be addictive. […]
Deceptively Simple, Coins by Monosynth Games
Coins is a moment of Zen, followed by a furrowing of the brow. A simple and beautiful puzzle game, Coins challenges you to arrange tokens in a leapfrog like fashion where a coin can only be placed near two others, and your score is determined by the number of moves it takes you to match […]
Take Off with Jetpack Joyride by Halfbrick
For me it started with the Rocketeer, but later there would be Jonny Quest, James Bond in Thunderball and many more. However it started for you, I’m sure we have in common a love of Jetpacks. Who can’t help but desire the freedom and exhilaration of jetting off into the skies? Jetpack Joyride from Halfbrick […]
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. […]
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, […]
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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