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  • Contre Jour Review
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    Contre Jour Review

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    In my research about Contre Jour, I learned that "contre jour" is actually a french term used to describe a certain type of photograph known for extreme backlighting. It causes the subject in the foreground to appear as an outline of shadow. After reading this, using it as the name of the game suddenly made sense, since Contre Jour uses this throughout to great effect.
  • The Secret of Chateau de Moreau Review
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    The Secret of Chateau de Moreau Review

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    Most people will make the natural association between The Secret Chateau de Moreau and the Phoenix Wright series, with its hunt for evidence and questioning scenarios. But in all honesty, the game is far more similar to the Professor Layton franchise, as well as a much lesser known Nintendo DS title called Hotel Dusk: Room 215. The presentation and style of the game, the pencil drawn look for the characters and the much slower pace, feel very inspired by this hidden gem - and believe me, that's a good thing.
  • Drag Racing Review
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    Drag Racing Review

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    As a 34 year old man I can pretty confidently say I've both been playing games my entire life and that the videogame industry basically started when I did. So when I play a new game and instantly start thinking about the games in the past, it's not because I think it's derivative. Far from it. It's just that I know games are about iteration, and building on what came before. That's a long way to say that I both enjoy Drag Racing for what it is and where it came from.
  • Mega Mall Story Review
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    Mega Mall Story Review

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    I'm starting to think there are two distinct development teams at Kairosoft. There's the design and management of goods games, like Game Dev Story where you produce videogames or Grand Prix Story where you manage, build and race grand prix cars. Then there's the design and management of places where you build up a location and people come and visit and spend money like in Hot Springs Story, Pocket Academy and now Mega Mall Story. Historically I've been crazy addicted to the former and really mild on the latter. Does managing a mall bring anything new to the table?
  • Limbo Review
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    Limbo Review

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    Limbo is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle game where you'll move left and right, jump and climb, avoid dangers and solve puzzles using levers and pushing crates around. There's no score, unlimited lives, no health, no continues and only takes about 3 hours to complete. While these are the facts, they still don't get to the heart of what it "feels" like to play it - and that's what makes the game so unique.
  • Touch Detective Review
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    • iOS
    Touch Detective Review

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    As far as ports go, there aren't many better paths to take than Nintendo DS to smartphone. With Nintendo relying so heavily on touch (albeit with a stylus), it's easy-peasy to move a game from one place to the other. This is especially true for a game like Touch Detective which, as the name suggests, relied purely on touch. Now this puzzle solving mystery game has made the leap to iOS, fully and completely intact.
  • Ninja Fishing Review
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    • iOS
    Ninja Fishing Review

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    I'd like to go on record as saying the name Ninja Fishing was an unfortunate choice. I get it - they're trying to make you think of games like Fruit Ninja. With the amount of titles on the App Store, maybe something like this is effective - but it just feels like a cash grab based on the title alone. What's most likely to surprise you about Ninja Fishing is how much deeper it is than the game it's trying to associate itself with.
  • Tomb Slider Review
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    • iOS
    Tomb Slider Review

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    If you're fan of the puzzle genre, you've probably played a version of this game before. It's typically cars or other vehicles, and goes by names like Parking Lot or Rush Hour or something, but the setup is always the same. You need to slide pieces around on a grid to free up a specific piece so you can move it off the board. Tomb Slider takes that exact premise, puts a weird story setup to it, and sets you loose on a ton of different levels.