Nick Tylwalk

Nick Tylwalk enjoys writing about video games, comic books, pro wrestling and other things where people are often punching each other, regaardless of what that says about him. He prefers MMOs, RPGs, strategy and sports games but can be talked into playing just about anything.

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June 20, 2014
X-Mercs: Invasion Displays the Sincerest Form of Flattery
By Nick Tylwalk
Even though XCOM: Enemy Unknown wasn’t made specifically for mobile, it showed the whole world just how natural turn-based tactical combat can be on touchscreens. As long as the interface is right, it’s a genre that just feels made for …
News
June 19, 2014
Plants vs. Zombies 2 Wants You to Play in the Dark (Ages)
By Nick Tylwalk
Dual meanings are great. PopCap and EA obviously understand this, because they’re playing with the concept in the next content expansion for Plants vs. Zombies 2, which is coming next week. It’s entitled Dark Ages Part 1, and it features …
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June 19, 2014
Telltale Weaves Tall Tales from the Borderlands
By Nick Tylwalk
Given its current status as one of those developers that can seemingly do no wrong, it should probably come as no surprise to hear that Telltale Games had one of the nicest off-floor meeting room set-ups at E3 this year. …
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June 17, 2014
Glu Stalks Bigger Prey With Dino Hunter: Deadly Shores
By Nick Tylwalk
The Deer Hunter games have been quite successful for Glu Mobile. Deer Hunter 2014 has new content that’s still in the pipeline, including new animals and new regions. At some point though, you end up maxing out your possible audience for pursuing critters you’d …
News
June 17, 2014
Wikipad and OnLive Team to Stream
By Nick Tylwalk
Like chocolate and peanut butter or Linus and his blanket, some things just belong together. Wikipad and OnLive hope they’ve got that kind of bond in their future, and if it works out, gamers are going to reap the benefits. …
Reviews
June 16, 2014
King of the Course Review: Goldilocks Golf
By Nick Tylwalk
If EA didn’t make gazillions of dollars each year and occasionally win unflattering awards, it would be easy to feel sorry for its dilemma when it comes to mobile versions of its best-selling sports franchises. Make them too hardcore and you …
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June 13, 2014
Can You Make a Better Mario than Miyamoto?
By Nick Tylwalk
Under normal circumstances, trying to beat Shigeru Miyamoto at his own game is a fool’s errand, especially if the game in question is Super Mario Bros. At best, you could do something that captured the spirit of that all-time classic, …
News
June 5, 2014
GOG Galaxy Blasts Off, DRM-Free
By Nick Tylwalk
It’s not too often that sites that sell games have exciting announcements to make other than crazy sales, but CD Projekt RED’s GOG.com has always been a little different (in a good way). Today during its Summer Conference event, the company …

Nick Tylwalk

X-Mercs: Invasion Displays the Sincerest Form of Flattery

Plants vs. Zombies 2 Wants You to Play in the Dark (Ages)

Telltale Weaves Tall Tales from the Borderlands

Glu Stalks Bigger Prey With Dino Hunter: Deadly Shores

Wikipad and OnLive Team to Stream

King of the Course Review: Goldilocks Golf

Can You Make a Better Mario than Miyamoto?

GOG Galaxy Blasts Off, DRM-Free

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