Carter Dotson

I'm Carter Dotson! I'm a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, by way of San Antonio, TX. I'm still not used to that whole 'winter' thing. I've had a lifelong passion for gaming, especially on-the-go gaming of all forms, and a special place in my heart for games by small developers. I care way too much about baseball, too.

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September 5, 2014
Sony Sneakily Releases CounterSpy on Mobile
By Carter Dotson
Because Apple chooses App Store features on a Thursday, the overwhelming majority of big titles are released on this day – and we usually know about them on Wednesday as they circle around the world, hitting the earliest time zones …
Reviews
September 4, 2014
Gemini Strike Review: Space Warfare Ain’t Cheap
By Carter Dotson
Armor Games is trying their hand at the shoot ’em up (aka shmup) genre with the free-to-play release of Gemini Strike, and it’s a solid little game worth checking out. Essentially, if you’ve played one shmup, you know the gist of …
Walkthroughs
September 3, 2014
Real Fishing 2014: Tips, Cheats and Strategies
By Carter Dotson
When it comes to catching the big fish in Real Fishing 2014, it’s all about managing your resources smartly so that you don’t just have to drop hundreds of dollars on “bucks” to get ahead. Here’s some tips to help …
Reviews
August 28, 2014
Alone Review: Space is a Cruel Place
By Carter Dotson
Most endless runners are easy to play and difficult to master, but Alone flips the switch: it has a steep learning curve (for an endless runner), but once you’ve mastered it, flying through caverns, comets, and meteorites is a breeze. …
Reviews
August 27, 2014
Sumico Review: It’s Arithmetic, Watson
By Carter Dotson
Everything comes around again – I studied math in college, yet here I am, reviewing a game about math. Thankfully, Sumico is far more entertaining to play around with than most of my college math courses. In Sumico, numbers on …
Reviews
August 26, 2014
Light Apprentice Review: A Journey of a Thousand Miles…
By Carter Dotson
Sometimes the experience of a game hits you in a way that you don’t quite expect it to. Episodic games are iffy with me, often because their first parts can feel like incomplete prologues. Light Apprentice Volume 1 is a …
Upcoming
August 25, 2014
Smarter Than You Hands-On: Tell Me Lies
By Carter Dotson
Smarter Than You is a game where lying pays off. Or maybe it doesn’t. Luca Redwood, creator of 10000000, is trying to elevate rock-paper-scissors by making the mind game behind player-choice a playable part of the game. And it may …
Upcoming
August 20, 2014
Mikey Boots Completes the Speedrun Trilogy This September
By Carter Dotson
BeaverTap Games’ Mikey Shorts and Mikey Hooks have each been speedrun masterpieces on mobile, and they are ready to make this series a straight-up trilogy with Mikey Boots. Oh, and good news: the game’s been submitted to the App Store and is planned for a …

Carter Dotson

Sony Sneakily Releases CounterSpy on Mobile

Gemini Strike Review: Space Warfare Ain’t Cheap

Real Fishing 2014: Tips, Cheats and Strategies

Alone Review: Space is a Cruel Place

Sumico Review: It’s Arithmetic, Watson

Light Apprentice Review: A Journey of a Thousand Miles…

Smarter Than You Hands-On: Tell Me Lies

Mikey Boots Completes the Speedrun Trilogy This September

New Genre-defining Action-Healer, 3 Healers Fables The History of Three Influential Figureheads Without Combat

Embroidered Dark Medieval Title Scarlet Deer Inn Announces Its PC Release Date

Single-Player 3D Action RPG Stupid Never Dies Drops on Steam in Fall 2026

AndaSeat Launches Kaiser 4 Minions Edition