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Brian Anthony Thornton's career as a writer and critic began at age 14 when he created a fanzine called The Super Nintendo War Journal for his schoolyard chums. Since those humble beginnings he has worked as a community manager for several gaming forums, has had short fiction published in literary magazines, and has even covered a convention or two.
  • Cubles Review
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    Cubles Review

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    When I started playing Cubles—the new puzzler from Jolly Jellyfish—I figured it was going to be a breeze. "Just another variation on the old match game - no problem," I thought. Then the game's titular baddies showed up. They came slowly at first, throwing a minor wrench or two into the cogs of my game plan. And just when I thought I had it all figured out, they proved that I was the blockhead.
  • Zenonia 5 Review
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    Zenonia 5 Review

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    I'm the type of guy that brings a gun to a knife fight, so when I first switched on Gamevil's new action/RPG Zenonia 5, I was instantly drawn to the character of Evan - the game's steam-punk gunslinger. I envisioned myself a pistol-packing Indiana Jones in a world of scimitar-swinging swordsmen, blasting baddies back to the Stone Age with a single shot. Instead I was quickly mauled to death by a gang of fuzzy little critters.
  • Shaking Vegas Review
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    Shaking Vegas Review

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    Playing Shaking Vegas, the new-to-mobile match-three game from Vostu and GREE, makes me very aware of one cruel fact: I'll never see Las Vegas the way gamblers of old saw it. The legendary casinos born from windswept dunes have been dulled by the shifting sands of time. The crooners of yesteryear aren't with us anymore. They've been replaced again and again - an homage here, a tribute there. The newcomers sing the same standards of course, and there is some comfort to be found in that. But even though they hit all the notes, they don't set fire to the ears like they once did. 
  • Kings Can Fly Review
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    Kings Can Fly Review

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    Kings Can Fly is an infinitely charming and deviously clever puzzle entry from Firedroid. In this Steampunk-inspired pathfinder, a bored and aging king is suddenly snapped out of his ennui when his chief Captian suprises him with a plan to explore the Sky Kingdom via a caravan of zeppelins. Of course, this is easier said than done, and it's ultimately up to the player to strategically place fans of various types along a path filled with calamity in order to push the airborne caravan exactly where it needs to go. It's a simple concept that's very well executed, and it's a whole lot of fun.
  • Pid Review
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    Pid Review

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    Pid is an interesting collection of opposites. Its vision is equally futuristic and nostalgic. Its music is electronic yet organic. And its gameplay hook is brilliant but woefully bungled. 
  • Borderlands Legends Preview
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    Borderlands Legends Preview

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    Prepare yourselves for another round of locking, loading, and looting with Borderlands Legends, a mobile extension of the highly popular Borderlands series. Don't let its platform fool you, though: developer Gearbox intends to pack in all the strategy, mayhem and cel-shaded glory of its console counterparts.
  • Spell Rift Preview
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    Spell Rift Preview

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    The puzzle masters at Kieffer Bros. (Aqueduct) would like to have a word with you...or maybe even several, if you think you're up to the challenge. In their upcoming Spell Rift - an all new word searching adventure for the iPad - you'll be dragging and dropping your way through A to Z on a quest to find secret words that are hidden in a jumbled, mystical alphabet soup. The longer the word you find, the higher your score, and the better your bonus.
  • Fairy Bloom Freesia Review
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    Fairy Bloom Freesia Review

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    Fairy Bloom Freesia is a 2D manga-inspired side-scrolling fantasy beat 'em up with light RPG elements. You play as a young, green-haired and spunky fairy-lass named Freesia who has been given the sacred duty of protecting the psychedelic forest she dwells in from any manner of sketchy creature that might do it harm. The plot's pretty ridiculous, honestly, and isn't where the game shines. It's the frantic ping-pong paced gameplay and RPG like customization features that make this a rather decent pick-up for fans of the genre.