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Sent Back From the Future

Succinct lifestyle recommendations.  New posts on Thursdays, usually.

For The Love of Running, Tracksmith

This last season my wife and I have fallen in love with Tracksmith, a runner’s apparel company out of New England (where we live) …[continue reading]

Sci-fi Under the Sea

Low by Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini

 

The Comeback Sheep

Color Sheep Updated

And so the time has come to dust off your color mixing skills, or if somehow you’ve missed this gem, start mixing.  Just over …[continue reading]

Why Indie?

In the markets of tomorrow the most successful game development will be done by leaner and more sustainable practices …[continue reading]

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 […continue reading]

 

Silence them from the Shadows in Mark of the Ninja by Klei Entertainment

The best stealth game I’ve played in years, yours this week for a humble donation. In Mark of the Ninja by Klei Entertainment you become a master assassin who must avenge betrayal to his clan using special powers from a cursed tattoo.  Of course very little is as it seems, but I won’t spoil anything. […]

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Cut a Bitch Throughout the Metal Slug Series on Android

If you haven’t been playing the Metal Slug series for nearly 2 decades already then I’m sorry, you’ve been missing out. But now is your chance to play (or replay) one of the most legendary videogame collections of all time, because a big chunk of the series has been ported to Android. If you have somehow […]

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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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