Nadia Oxford

In the early aughts, Nadia fell into writing with the grace of a brain-dead bison stumbling into a chasm. Over the years, she's written for Nerve, GamePro, 1UP.com, USGamer, Pocket Gamer, Just Labs Magazine, and many other sites and magazines of fine repute. She's currently About.com's Guide to the Nintendo 3DS at ds.about.com.

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January 26, 2015
Terra Battle Adds Co-Op Mode, Hits 1.5m Downloads
By Nadia Oxford
Terra Battle by Mistwalker Games and Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi is a great game – maybe even surprisingly so for a lot of folks that are generally resistant to free-to-play titles. It’s original, it looks great, it sounds fantastic, …
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January 26, 2015
Dragon Quest V Review: Grand Generations
By Nadia Oxford
Nearly every Dragon Quest game sits comfortably in the pantheon of JRPG excellence, but some titles are admittedly more beloved than others. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride consistently comes out on top of most Dragon Quest lovers’ …
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January 26, 2015
Cut the Rope Creators Will Steal Your Free Time with King of Thieves
By Nadia Oxford
ZeptoLab, the stewards of the irrepressible Om Nom and his Cut the Rope franchise, are taking a break from games about candy-eating monsters. Their new project, King of Thieves, is a mobile midcore PvP title that’s all about protecting what’s precious: …
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January 23, 2015
Battle Slimes Review: Have a Goo Slime with Friends
By Nadia Oxford
Slimes have a bad reputation in video games. They’re almost always low-level enemies that pose no threat – because, let’s be honest, they have no teeth or claws. Best they can do is slowly crawl up a hero’s leg and …
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January 20, 2015
Words on Tour: A Good Travelling Companion
By Nadia Oxford
Noodlecake’s Highrise Heroes is one of the best new word games on the App Store and Google Play. That said, there’s surely a splinter group of word game purists out there that’d rather not have character drama and monkeys mixed …
Walkthroughs
January 20, 2015
Words on Tour Tips, Cheats and Strategies
By Nadia Oxford
Words on Tour is the latest word game from Zynga, and a member of the Words With Friends family. In this game, players spell words to meet a variety of goals, including tile counts, stamp collection, and fill-in-the-blank word challenges. …
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January 20, 2015
Chess Goes Wild in Chesslike: Adventures in Chess
By Nadia Oxford
Chesslike: Adventures in Chess from Moore Interactive isn’t chess. However, it’s chess like. While elements of the game are certainly familiar, what’s actually on tap is nothing like the strict, orderly game of knights, pawns, queens, checking, and mating. The …
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January 15, 2015
Gunbrick Review: Rock and Roll and Roll
By Nadia Oxford
At this point in time, it’s hard to predict which technology will replace the average gas-powered car. Electric cars? Hoverboards? Flying vehicles? With the future being so open, maybe we should consider the method of transportation highlighted by Nitrome’s new …

Nadia Oxford

Terra Battle Adds Co-Op Mode, Hits 1.5m Downloads

Dragon Quest V Review: Grand Generations

Cut the Rope Creators Will Steal Your Free Time with King of Thieves

Battle Slimes Review: Have a Goo Slime with Friends

Words on Tour: A Good Travelling Companion

Words on Tour Tips, Cheats and Strategies

Chess Goes Wild in Chesslike: Adventures in Chess

Gunbrick Review: Rock and Roll and Roll

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

Racc & Roll Is an Upcoming Co-Op Metal Detecting Hangout Game on Steam

Schrödinger’s Call Is a Heartfelt Visual Novel About Moments Before Death

Resident Evil Survival Unit And Monster Hunter Team Up For July