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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.
  • CrossMyWord Review
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    • iOS
    CrossMyWord Review

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    If you enjoy solving crossword puzzles, then you already know that doing so is a bit of a lonely pursuit. It's usually just you, your smartphone or your magazine, your pencil (or your pen, if you're confident), and a swaying mass of commuters that may as well exist in another world while you match wits with your puzzles. CrossMyWord aims to bring a "With Friends" vibe to crossword puzzles by letting you solve and create puzzles with other players. There are some interesting ideas at work here, but the lack of polish will probably drive crossword fans back to their solitude.
  • Rogue Legacy Review
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    • PC
    Rogue Legacy Review

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    Humans interested in reproducing can list several good reasons to rear children, but the best reason usually goes unspoken: you will need your offspring to avenge you when you inevitably wind up impaled on a spike trap in the basement of a demonic castle. Rogue Legacy by Cellar Door Games is a 2D platforming game that reminds us (without much sentiment) that our children are the future. It's also a terrifically fun romp.
  • Escape the Titanic Review
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    • Android
    • iOS
    Escape the Titanic Review

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    Ohhh they built the ship Titanic to sail the ocean blue, for they thought they had a ship that the water would never go through. Spoiler alert: it all ended badly. Like, really badly. But not everyone automatically went to a watery grave, however, as Escape the Titanic for iOS and Android demonstrates. This puzzle/escape game challenges you to fight your way to safety from the lower decks of the doomed vessel. It's a unique premise that offers some interesting puzzles, but it has a slow leak or two that dampens the experience.
  • Lub vs Dub Preview
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    • iOS
    Lub vs Dub Preview

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    Most endless running games pit you against the world. Sometimes it's the cops on your tail. Sometimes it's angry natives. Other times it's a ravenous monster that's fifty times your size, but still willing to slither for miles and miles just to snatch you up as a moderate breakfast (looks like monsters are worried about their waistbands, too). But Lub vs Dub for iOS presents a different scenario: an endless runner that pits you against a flesh-and-blood friend.
  • One Year Later, The Grinns Tale is Far from Told
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    • PC
    One Year Later, The Grinns Tale is Far from Told

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    If you frequent the game scene on Facebook or Kongregate, then you've probably seen the wide, gap-toothed smiles that define the characters of The Grinns Tale by Nexon. This social town building/role-playing game recently turned one year old, and its team was kind enough to talk to Gamezebo about the processes that went into its creation, as well as the challenges the game continues to face (and overcome) in the crowded social market. 
  • Charade Parade Review
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    • iOS
    Charade Parade Review

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    Ah, Charades. The ol' party standby that you whip out when your guests have been at the alcohol long enough to start dwelling on their depressing life choices. Even though sitting in a room and shrieking out random words is what makes Charades fun, Mixamo's Charade Parade for mobile provides a quiet, single-player charades experience. It's novel for a while, but technical issues will soon prompt you to turn off your iPhone and rejoin the real party.
  • Sprinkle Islands Preview
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    • Android
    • iOS
    Sprinkle Islands Preview

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    Summer is here. It's time to think very hard about sprinklers. Do you like the sprinklers that wave back and forth? Or do you prefer the ones that spit from side to side and go "pft-pft-pft?" Maybe you'd rather go full-tilt and play in the full blast of a fireman's hose. Well, the good news is that Sprinkle Islands, the sequel to 2011's water-physics puzzle game Sprinkle, is coming to iOS and Android—and it's bringing a whole firetruck full of the wet stuff over to you.
  • Gumulon Review
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    • iOS
    Gumulon Review

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    Time and time again, decent mobile and tablet games are made near-unplayable by shoddy controls. Many of said games rely on virtual d-pads, virtual joysticks, and on-screen buttons that offer no tactile feedback, thereby making simple movements and attacks more difficult to execute than what's typical with a real controller. The last thing iOS gaming needs is another wacky control scheme like the "chewing controls" introduced in Gumulon. Surprise of the century: Gumulon's chewing gimmick barely works. You can play with traditional tap controls, but all you get is an average endless climbing game that loses its flavor within minutes.