Andy Chalk

Long-time PC gamer and shorter-time freelance writer, with work at Gamezebo, The Escapist, PC Gamer, Joystiq and parts unknown. Owner of many cats, drinker of fine beers, eater of too much. A steadfast javelin in a flaccid world.

Reviews
November 20, 2012
Arcane Legends Review
By Andy Chalk
Massively multiplayer online games have long been the near-exclusive domain of the PC, which historically has meant that they're something you play while hunched over a keyboard, your face mere inches away from your monitor - and certainly not the sort of thing you carry around in your pocket. But Arcane Legends takes a big step toward changing that, serving up a full-on and surprisingly good MMO experience without tying you down.
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November 20, 2012
Haunted Preview
By Andy Chalk
Mary is a teenager struggling to survive on the streets of 19th-century London, afflicted by dreams of her young sister Emily, who was lost to her in a deadly train crash. Or was she? Driven by her visions, she sets out to determine the truth once and for all.
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November 16, 2012
Cuatro Preview
By Andy Chalk
What do you get when you combine Triple Town with Boggle? If you're indie developer Lucas Gordon, you come up with Cuatro, an easy-to-play word game that promises to hook fans with straight-up simplicity blended with the challenge of live online leaderboards. The game takes place on a bare-bones grid that slowly fills up with letters, from which you'll have to pick out four-letter words - not that kind of four-letter word, just words that are made of four letters - clearing them off the grid to make room for more and racking up points as you go.
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November 13, 2012
Battle Dungeon Preview
By Andy Chalk
If you've ever dreamed of leading warriors, archers and priests into online, turn-based battles against gamers from around the world, the upcoming Battle Dungeon is probably something you should be paying attention to.
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November 12, 2012
Gunswords Preview
By Andy Chalk
Bringing a knife to a gunfight doesn't seem like such a bad idea when your blade of choice is a gunsword. And while I don't know if any gunswords will be in the upcoming Gunswords - or, to be perfectly honest, what exactly a "gunsword" is - the new game from Russian developer One Button Studio looks like it might be a healthy dose of fun for strategy fans.
Reviews
November 9, 2012
Defender’s Quest: Valley of the Forgotten Review
By Andy Chalk
Defender's Quest opens on a rather bleak note. After falling victim to a ravenous plague, you're tossed into the Great Pit even before you've drawn your last breath, but you somehow recover and discover within yourself the ability to travel to the world between life and death. Unfortunately, that brings you into contact with the zombie-like Revenants, who prey on the living and cannot be stopped from within the mortal realm.
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November 9, 2012
Marvin’s Mittens Preview
By Andy Chalk
Winter is coming, and for many people that means sub-zero temperatures, blustering winds and snow, snow, snow. It's a wonderful time of the year in its own way, especially for children, who can revel in all the joys of early night-times, sledding and snowball fights without having to put up with the aggravation of shoveling the walk or cleaning off the car and driving to work in horrible weather.
Reviews
November 8, 2012
Word Smack Review
By Andy Chalk
EA Mobile's new Word Smack is a competitive, two-player word guessing game that can be played against Facebook friends or random strangers on the internet. The action unfolds over three alternating and increasingly difficult rounds, each of which presents you with 15 opportunities to guess five-letter words.