Jennifer Allen

Jennifer is a UK-based freelance writer. Her work has featured at multiple outlets, including Gamasutra, 148apps, Paste, TechRadar, Wareable, and MyM magazine. In her spare time, she tries to teach her guinea pigs tricks, and enjoys losing hours to Netflix.

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February 3, 2016
Spry Fox Teases Bushido Bear, the Cutest Slash-em-up Yet
By Jennifer Allen
A teaser trailer for Spry Fox’s next title, Bushido Bear, has just been released, and we’re pretty excited! Why, you ask? Well, Spry Fox have been knocking it out of the park without fail, so there’s no reason to not …
Reviews
February 1, 2016
Infinite Skater Review: High Ambitions
By Jennifer Allen
Infinite Skater has lofty ambitions for what’s essentially an endless runner. As its App Store description explains, it’s all about pursuing a psychedelic adventure of spiritual awakening while skateboarding. Except it doesn’t really feel like it. At times you’re making offerings …
Reviews
January 28, 2016
Circa Infinity Review: Circle of Life
By Jennifer Allen
Circa Infinity is such a simple game that it almost shouldn’t be as compelling as it proves to be. It’s a kind of platforming game at its most basic, yet it’s immensely compelling at times, even if it will infuriate …
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January 20, 2016
Lords of Discord Review: Soldiering On
By Jennifer Allen
You’ll have almost certainly played something like Lords of Discord before, which sounds immediately derogatory but isn’t really. While it’s a title that follows a very similar path to many others, that doesn’t stop HeroCraft’s latest from still having its …
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January 18, 2016
Punch Club Review: You Can Talk About This Club
By Jennifer Allen
A little like life, Punch Club is sometimes samey, sometimes tough, but never less than pretty compelling to stick with. Think of it as like Rocky: The Game, except I’ve not seen Rocky, so I might well be very wrong. …
Reviews
January 18, 2016
Smurfs Epic Run Review: Smurfin’ Adequate
By Jennifer Allen
There’s a similarity between how we consume food and how we consume mobile games. For every three course meal of a meaty and substantial RPG, there’s also the french fries of gaming – those titles that fill you up for …
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January 15, 2016
Knights of Pen & Paper 2: Now With Added Dragons and Actual Knights
By Jennifer Allen
A chunky new update for Knights of Pen & Paper 2 has just been released, and it’s rather special. Titled Here Be Dragons, it offers up an epic-level story focused on tracking down and (of course) slaying some dragons. Sounds …
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January 11, 2016
Calculords 2 Will Math You so Hard
By Jennifer Allen
Remember Calculords and how wonderfully addictive its combination of card gaming and turn based tactical combat was? You’ll be excited to know that a sequel is imminent. Promising a lengthy single player campaign set 30 years after the end of …

Jennifer Allen

Spry Fox Teases Bushido Bear, the Cutest Slash-em-up Yet

Infinite Skater Review: High Ambitions

Circa Infinity Review: Circle of Life

Lords of Discord Review: Soldiering On

Punch Club Review: You Can Talk About This Club

Smurfs Epic Run Review: Smurfin’ Adequate

Knights of Pen & Paper 2: Now With Added Dragons and Actual Knights

Calculords 2 Will Math You so Hard

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2.5D Atmospheric Adventure Inspired by Arabian Astronomy Nightscape Drops a New Trailer

Artistic Puzzle Adventure Helix: Descent N Ascent Is Coming to Steam and Switch

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Reveals New DLC with Fighter Id