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Mike Thompson has worked each side of the video game industry, both reporting on and creating narrative content for games. In his free time, he gorges on pizza, referees for roller derby, and uploads ridiculous cat photos to the internet.
  • Tapjoy launching app marketplace
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    • iOS
    Tapjoy launching app marketplace

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    What do you do when Apple starts rejecting apps that feature your "offer walls," which reward the installation of certain apps with in-game currency? If you're Tapjoy, you take your ball, go home, and start up your own darned App Store.
  • Spellcraft: School of Magic Preview
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    • iOS
    Spellcraft: School of Magic Preview

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    New schools are always tough to settle in to. As if it's not tough enough to make new friends, find your way through an unfamiliar classroom layout, and figure out just what all the cool kids are wearing, Spellcraft: School of Magic is throwing a few extra twists and turns your way via a missing faculty and hungry monster population.
  • Saving Yello Preview
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    • Android
    • iOS
    Saving Yello Preview

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    Being a kid's pet fish is a lot more dangerous than you might think. True story: my sister —when she was three— tried to suck up my brother's goldfish with a bike horn. That poor little guy got off easy though compared to Yello, the new protagonist/victim of Tactile Entertainment's upcoming physics puzzler Saving Yello.
  • DeNA outlines plans for Mobage in Q2 financial report
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    • iOS
    DeNA outlines plans for Mobage in Q2 financial report

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    Japanese social mobile gaming network DeNA seems to be on a winning streak, and it's not planning to stop dial back on its ambitious plans any time soon. The company's just revealed that its quarterly net profits are up seven percent from last year to almost $105 million.
  • Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation Review
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    • iOS
    Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation Review

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    You've got to love Gameloft. The developer/publisher has turned imitating big console games on mobile devices into an art form. The Modern Combat series has made a point of recreating FPS titles like Modern Warfare and Battlefield on the iPhone, often to great success. This time, though, Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation is more busted than brilliant; a frustrating step backwards after so many excellent leaps forward.
  • Hamster Cannon Review
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    • iOS
    Hamster Cannon Review

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    Let's be honest about something: If you ever owned a hamster (or any other small rodent), there was a least one time when you fantasized about dressing them up in little outfits and making them look even more adorable than they already were. Don't even bother trying to deny this— we all did it. Of course, 99% of us weren't able to take these dreams any further than idly sketching them out on paper, but the new game Hamster Cannon provides an opportunity to see just what said hamsters would've looked like in goofy little outfits… and then, y'know, shot out of an equally tiny cannon.
  • Worms Crazy Golf Review
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    • PC
    Worms Crazy Golf Review

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    When you stop and think about it, playing golf is a lot like shooting artillery. You have to consider factors like trajectory, firing power, wind speed, as well as hazards like livestock and suicidal groundskeepers. OK, maybe not that last part, but all of these are the types of things you have to account for in Worms Crazy Golf, a surprisingly clever and fun addition to the Worms franchise.
  • In Time Review
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    • iOS
    In Time Review

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    Hollywood needs to either stop making tie-in games for its movies, or it needs to step things up. A lot. There are a lot of great films that get crummy-to-mediocre adaptations, designed to nab as much money as possible with a minimal amount of effort. The latest example of this is In Time for the iPhone, which is so mediocre that it almost feels remarkable.