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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.
  • Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Past Review
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    Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Past Review

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    There was a time when a younger, more naive version of me believed that unwavering faithfulness to the source material was the key to any cross-media adaptation. Then I saw the Watchmen movie. Zack Snyder bashing aside, it was a relief to find out that Glitchsoft's Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Past mobile game was based not on the current film but the classic comic book story with which it shares a name. It succeeds completely as a tribute but less so as a gameplay experience, muddling its old school platformer vibe with imprecise controls and repetitive enemies.You'll find no time-traveling Wolverines here, Hugh Jackman or otherwise. Just as Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin did in the early 80s, Glitchsoft centers the narrative on a future version (the far-flung future of 2013!) of Kate Pryde and her desperate attempt to change the past in order to prevent a nightmarish reality where the mutant-hunting Sentinel robots have taken complete control. 
  • CastleStorm Walkthrough
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    CastleStorm is a medieval tower defense game with shooting, troop management and even beat 'em up elements all rolled together in one package. Gamezebo's walkthrough will provide you with tips on how to juggle all of those things and still keep your castle in one piece.
  • Twisty Planets Looks Challenging, Adorable
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    Twisty Planets Looks Challenging, Adorable

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    Sometimes it's hard to distill a game to one sentence that will capture someone's attention. The again, if that sentence includes the phrase "like Q*bert on a Rubik's Cube in space," that'd probably do the trick.I'd love to take credit for making that one up, but it's actually the words of Crescent Moon Games' Josh Presseisen. And it's the best way to summarize Twisty Planets, an upcoming puzzle game for iOS and Android from FirstSight Games and Crescent Moon Games. While Q*bert certainly had some slick moves hopping around pyramids back in the day, he's got nothing on Qub, who sort of resembles a tiny tube TV with legs and a single antenna.Your job is to help Qub hop around each little planetoid to find three stars and escape to the next one. The planets can be rotated along all three axes -- hence the game's title -- which could be a help or hindrance depending on how you twist. Qub will also have to contend with moving platforms, springboards and teleportation portals as he does his thing.
  • CastleStorm Review
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    CastleStorm Review

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    Remember kids, that while sometimes a girl's tears are just tears, other times they turn into powerful gems that grant unending life and keep the peace between warring kingdoms. It happens, especially in Zen Studios' CastleStorm, a "free-to-siege" blast of ballistas, heroes, magic and mayhem. And if it took the Peace Goddess crying to set it into motion, well, that's just the way it goes.Alas, even the most powerful gems can only keep knights and barbarians from clashing for so long, which is good or else there would be no game to talk about. When CastleStorm begins, you're given command of Sir Gareth, a high-ranking warrior on the side of the knights whose task is to figure out why the barbarians are beating the drums of war again and who has their designs on the gems.
  • YouTube is (probably) buying Twitch for $1 billion
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    No deal has been finalized yet, but as first reported on Sunday by Variety, it appears that YouTube - and thus, Google, which owns the video-sharing behemoth - is poised to acquire popular video game streaming service Twitch for a cool $1 billion.Why would Twitch want to be purchased? According to The Verge, it's a question of scale. Twitch has simply proven so popular and grown so fast that it can't keep up with its success on its own. The recent integration of Twitch streaming into the PS4 and Xbox One couldn't have helped in that regard.Other companies have sniffed around looking to buy Twitch, including one who is already a major player in the video games industry: Microsoft. But The Verge's source claimed Twitch had no real desire to tie itself to one gaming ecosystem and may even have sold itself a little short in terms of its worth in order to merge with YouTube.
  • Pixel Heart Wants to Document the Lives of Six Incredible Gamemakers
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    Pixel Heart Wants to Document the Lives of Six Incredible Gamemakers

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    Are developers and designers as interesting as the games they create? That's what the Pixel Heart project believes, and if it receives the crowdfunding it's currently seeking on Ulule.com, it will show the world via an ambitious multimedia project.It starts with a documentary that spends a week with six different developers in their own countries: Mark Healey of England (of LittleBigPlanet and Tearaway fame), Robin Hunicke of the U.S. (The Sims and Journey), Tetsuya Mizuguchi of Japan (Rez and Child of Eden), Edmundo Bordeu of Chile (Rock of Ages and Zeno Clash) and Eyram Tawia of Ghana (Africa's Legends). You may notice that's only five people, as a sixth developer from India is still to be determined.All six movie subjects will contribute something to the second part of the Pixel Heart plan, which is a game jam that will gather 100 developers in Paris for 48 hours. Split into 12 teams, the goal of the game jam is to create 12 new games, half of which will be PC fare while the other six aim for more immersive hardware like the Oculus Rift.
  • Toy Rush Walkthrough
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    Toy Rush is a tower offense/defense game with some collectible card game elements developed by Uber Entertainment. Though the toys may look cute, they're pretty formidable once the fighting starts, which is why you'll want to know your Bowlerpuffs from your Fin Doctors before you find your own base under attack. Gamezebo's quick start strategy guide will help get you ready with images, tips, information and hints.
  • Toy Rush Review
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    If the Toy Story movies taught us anything, it's that toys have minds of their own. It might be more than one step from free will to organized tower attack and defense drills, but Toy Rush skips everything in-between and gives us toys battling toys with a collectible card game element thrown in for good measure. It's as zany as it sounds, yet it'll have you sending toys to their doom by the dozens without even batting an eye.Toy Rush manages to nail the balance that many games seek but can't find: it makes its core mechanics simple to learn but challenging to master. Each toy in your collection is represented by a card, and when you are on the attack, you simply drag cards onto the starting point of the level in question and watch your playthings go to work.