Jim Squires

Jim Squires is the Editor-in-Chief of Gamezebo. Everything you see passes his eyes first, so we like to think of him as "the gatekeeper of cool stuff." He likes good games, great writing, and just can't say no to a hamburger. Also, he is not a bear.

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June 25, 2015
Crossy Road Goes Gangam Style in Latest Update
By Jim Squires
After giving Australia and the UK some love in past updates, the team behind Crossy Road have just launched their latest national tribute: South Korea. And you can’t have a South Korean update with PSY. The pop star responsible for …
News
June 25, 2015
Civil War Games Fight a New Battle as Apple Removes Apps with Confederate Flags
By Jim Squires
It’s been a bad week if you’re in the business of marketing the Confederacy. On the heels of a remarkable tragedy in South Carolina,a public outcry to finally remove the Confederate flag from public buildings has risen, as well as …
The Best
June 25, 2015
12 New iOS Games You Should Know About This Week
By Jim Squires
Ready for an esoteric grab bag of new iPhone and iPad games? This week has surprise hits (“Her Story” is on the tip of everyone’s tongue this week), anticipated indie titles (Fort Meow), and unannounced but inevitable releases (Dragon Quest …
Upcoming
June 23, 2015
Wormarium Looks Casual-Yet-Crazy, Coming This Week
By Jim Squires
As someone who’s made a career out of picking winning race horses on the App Store, I often catch my mind wandering, thinking about the components that are needed to make the next big hit. Originality is one, for sure. …
Upcoming
June 23, 2015
The Official Crashlands Trailer Is Everything We’d Been Hoping for
By Jim Squires
If you’re a fan of games like Quadropus Rampage and Flop Rocket (and shame on you if you’re not), you’ve no doubt been keeping a keen eye on Crashlands — the upcoming game from Butterscotch Shenanigans that should handily serve …
Upcoming
June 23, 2015
After 5 Years, Heroki is Ready for Release
By Jim Squires
Even by conventional gaming standards, 5 years is a long time to develop a single game. But for a mobile game? That’s practically unheard of. And there there was Heroki. We first caught wind of the game here at Gamezebo …
Upcoming
June 23, 2015
Apple Won’t Let You ‘Kill the Plumber’
By Jim Squires
If you own an Apple device and were as excited about trying the recently announced reverse-Mario mobile game Kill the Plumber as we were, I have some bad news: Apple has rejected the app on copyright grounds. Depending on how …
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June 22, 2015
Whitaker Trebella’s Piloteer Launches This Week
By Jim Squires
While the game’s creator Whitaker Trebella describes Piloteer as “A Serenely Challenging Jetpack Game,” I’ve coined what I feel is a much more accurate phrase to describe it: QWOP Rocketeer. Trebella has been fairly good at keeping a tight lid …

Jim Squires

Crossy Road Goes Gangam Style in Latest Update

Civil War Games Fight a New Battle as Apple Removes Apps with Confederate Flags

12 New iOS Games You Should Know About This Week

Wormarium Looks Casual-Yet-Crazy, Coming This Week

The Official Crashlands Trailer Is Everything We’d Been Hoping for

After 5 Years, Heroki is Ready for Release

Apple Won’t Let You ‘Kill the Plumber’

Whitaker Trebella’s Piloteer Launches This Week

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

The Queen’s Gondola Is an Anomaly Game with an Eldritch Horror Mystery, Out Now

A Lost Man Is an Atmospheric, Grayscale Hand-Drawn Point-and-Click Adventure, Out on Steam

Cresata Is an Upcoming 2.5D Side-Scrolling Action Platformer Inspired by Strider