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  • International Track & Field Review
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    • iOS
    International Track & Field Review

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    When I was just a young nerdling, I used to play a vaguely absurd joystick-destroying game called Track & Field on my Commodore 64. It was an early ancestor of what we now call minigame collections -it offered a range of events, each of which played out differently. Track & Field was great fun, as it was the definition of a quick hit. The events lasted anywhere from ten to thirty seconds. This could have been a great iPhone game concept based on the pedigree. Emphasis on could.
  • Crash Course Review
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    • iOS
    Crash Course Review

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    Here's a design challenge to think about: how do you add a fresh twist to one of the most prolific genres in history, the twin-stick shooter? How many children of Asteroids are there? While Crash Course makes a valiant attempt to crack the code, and largely succeeds, it does so by standing on the shoulders of giants.
  • Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion Review
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    • iOS
    Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion Review

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    Just so we're clear from the beginning - Linkin Park: 8-Bit Rebellion is a licensed property of a real band used as inspiration for a fictitious setting in an iPhone video game, which is also a schizophrenic mash-up of the fleetingly hip 8-bit graphics craze. If this isn't meta, then I don't know what is.
  • Warpgate Review
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    • iOS
    Warpgate Review

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    Far back in the mists of time, in an era known as "the 90s", there was a game for the Macintosh called Escape Velocity. It was a swashbuckling, spacefaring micro-opera that carefully blended RPG trappings and writing with classic Asteroids-style gameplay. Warpgate for the iPhone is, in almost every way, attempting to be a spiritual successor to the venerable Escape Velocity in pocket-sized form.