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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.
  • Monster Adventures Walkthrough
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    Monster Adventures Walkthrough

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    Monster Adventures is an action/monster-collecting game created by Foursaken Media. You play as a young monster trainer who collects and tames "Spirits" (monsters) that go out into the wilds to build up their strength and catch more monsters. Gamezebo's quick start strategy guide will provide you with detailed images, tips, information, and hints on how to raise a mensch of a monster."
  • Jewel Quest Review
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    Jewel Quest Review

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    Before there was Candy Crush Saga, there was Jewel Quest. The first Jewel Quest game hit the PC in 2004, which practically makes it ancient in video game years. This match-3 classic has spawned several sequels, many of which have been ported to different consoles, handheld systems, and any number of web-based game stables.Now the series is gaining new levels, tricks, and traps with Jewel Quest for smartphones and tablets. It's a solid experience—despite the pitfalls that are practically inherent to free-to-play games these days—but it's still very much a typical match-3 game in an overflowing market. It feels strange to say it, but Jewel Quest is an unremarkable entry in a genre its predecessor helped bring to the mainstream."You play through Jewel Quest as an archeologist seeking her fortune in ruins previously thought lost to time. Don't think too hard about it; in the end, it's just an excuse to get you to swap some jewels. Nobody needs an excuse to play a match-3 game, though. Matching up lines of gems just scratches some kind of itch we're all born with.
  • Jewel Quest Walkthrough
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    Jewel Quest is a match-3 puzzle game created by iwin, Inc. You match up same-colored gems in columns of three or more to turn the "sandy" tiles on the board into gold. It's not an easy task, though, since there are traps and tricks galore that aim to keep you from achieving your goal. Gamezebo's quick start strategy guide will provide you with detailed images, tips, information, and hints on how to match up gems like a pro."
  • Monster Adventures Review
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    Monster Adventures Review

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    Gotta catch 'em all. And then you gotta send 'em all off into the wilderness to fight while you stay at home, because man, that junk is dangerous. Monster Adventures is a monster hunting/battling game with an admirable amount of depth and creativity. However, you need to suffer a slow start before you can really get to the rich center of this monstrous journey.Monster Adventures begins in the manner of most monster-battling games. You're a youngster in a backwoods town who possesses a hidden talent for getting monsters to do what you say. In fact, within minutes of starting the game, a water creature takes a shine to you and begins following you around. He's your first "Spirit," a mythical figure you can train to fight and capture the other monsters that roam the world.Monster Adventures resembles Pokémon in many regards (Foursaken Media even describes the game as "Pokémon meets Zelda"), but it puts a lot more emphasis on hardscrabble, slug-it-out battles than Nintendo's beloved collecting franchise. You can send your monster away from the safety of town to explore different environments, like plains and mountains.From there, your monster explores the shifting terrain (yes, Monster Adventures has roguelike elements) and whacks the many "Wildlings" that come after it. Your monster is also equipped with a net, which it can use to catch Wildlings that have had their energy sufficiently depleted. When monsty returns to town, the data it's gathered about other monsters can be used by the village elder to craft new skills for it.
  • Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign Walkthrough
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    Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign Walkthrough

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    Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign is a puzzle/action game created by D3Publisher of America. You match three or more same-colored gems on the game board to power up your assembly of Marvel heroes and attack villains. Gamezebo's quick start strategy guide will provide you with detailed images, tips, information, and hints on how to save the world alongside Iron Man, Thor, and their pals. "
  • Jewel Quest Preview
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    Jewel Quest is practically Match-3 royalty. The original game hit the PC in 2004, and has since been ported across several consoles and portable game systems. It's even free-to-play on many web-based game sites. Maybe you still tab it out when you hear your boss's feet sweeping towards your office.Now Jewel Quest is finally coming to mobile phones and tablets. No surprise there, since the likes of Candy Crush Saga has made Match-3 games a pretty hot ticket. Digital marketplaces are currently brimming with Match-3 titles as a result of their popularity, however. Will one of the genre's precursors manage to wrench some attention from the candy-crazed masses?There's always time for a little Match-3 gaming, and Jewel Quest aims to capture players by giving the original some depth. Whereas the original Jewel Quest doesn't require much of you beyond turning the sandy portions of the board into gold by making matches, the mobile Jewel Quest goes around the world with a story. You play as an archeologist who's trotting the globe in search of treasure and wonder. It doesn't take long before you stumble on both. In the end, however, it's all just to motivate you into solving puzzles."Though there are some new twists, Jewel Quest's core gameplay should feel familiar to series veterans. Each sand-covered game board is scattered with jewels. When you match up jewels of the same color, the sand lying beneath said jewels transforms into gold. When you turn the entire board gold, you move on to the next level.
  • Bush Whacker 2 Review
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    Bush Whacker 2 Review

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    Some people will tell you that Nintendo's Legend of Zelda series is all about exploring faraway lands, collecting treasure, and aiding a kingdom in peril. These people are wrong. The Legend of Zelda is about cutting down bushes and finding cool stuff under the foliage. Bush Whacker 2 obviously takes its inspiration from Zelda's weed-whacking, and the game is charming, if mindless, as a result. Unfortunately, a draconic energy system limits play to a stifling degree.Bush Whacker 2 casts you as a sea-faring hero who's in pursuit of princess-nabbing pirates. A storm whips up and blows you off-course. After some rocking and drifting, you eventually run ashore on a strange island with a weed problem. The key to moving ahead is to cut down as much of the fast-growing vegetation as possible."Bush Whacker 2 arms you with a sword, but the weapon isn't exclusively for giving enemies the business. As you progress from screen to screen, you come across dozens of bushes harboring items, prizes, and other secrets. Puzzle pieces are the most important thing you gain from cutting bushes, however. When you collect the allotted amount, you solve a jigsaw puzzle to open up a new path.
  • Pocket Trains Review
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    Pocket Trains Review

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    Open wide: Here comes the choo-choo train. In other words, clear your schedule because NimbleBit's done it again. Pocket Trains is the charming, highly addictive follow-up to last year's Pocket Planes. Like its predecessor, Pocket Trains is a lightweight simulation game that puts you in charge of heavy machinery and shipping routes. Admittedly, if you didn't enjoy Pocket Planes, nothing about Pocket Trains will appeal to you. Regardless of how you feel about NimbleBit's games, however, there's no denying the studio knows how to package freemium content fairly and compellingly.Pocket Trains puts you in charge of your very own railway (you don't get one of those cute engineer outfits, but you can pretend). You begin with a couple of engines and short shipping lines centered in Europe. If you stay vigilant, you'll have veins of rails reaching across Eurasia, Oceana, and even North America.True to NimbleBit tradition, however, you start small: all the better for showing you the ropes. The action in Pocket Trains revolves around making deliveries for cash (including cars filled with syrup and giant jars of pickles). The larger and longer your haul, the bigger your reward.