A good twist for tower defense. You only have one tower to defend as she moves through the route of each level. Your single tower is a summoner who you use to make a party of different heroes to defend you and to kill off the attacking monsters. You start out with some basic archers […]
Challenge Yourself With KAMI by State of Play
A unique puzzle to solve. KAMI is a light puzzle game that I found to be a new and enjoyable challenge. The whole game is very zen; you fold paper to match colors and solve puzzles, the music and sound effects are calming, and the controls and menus are simple and intuitive. Reminds me of […]
Get Cyberpunked in Shadowrun Returns by Harebrained Schemes
Down a dirty twisted alley shrouded by the shadows of skyscrapers so tall they blot out the sky and illuminated only by neon advertisements is a door hidden among the filth of an overflowing dumpster. Behind that door and its many locks is a cyberpunk throne room where in dark congress sit the likes of […]
Fight Your Way to the Top in Savant: Ascent by D-Pad Studio
Blow away hoards of flying animated household goods to the sweet beats of Savant. If you don’t know the music of Aleksander Vinter (a.k.a Savant) then hear some at his SoundCloud page. After you’re mind is blown by an EDM living legend go buy Savant: Ascent for only a couple of bucks on the platform […]
Put Petal to the Metal in Real World Racing by Playstos
Top-down racing at its absolute best. Just as advertised, Real World Racing lets you race on actual city streets captured from aerial photography all over the world. You can amass a decent garage of cars, plus tracks in several major world cities. Racing is tough, I’ve gotten stuck on a few tracks, but the challenge makes […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cultivate New Worlds, Walking Mars by Tiger Style
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 […]
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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