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  • Zombie Farm Review
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    • Android
    • iOS
    Zombie Farm Review

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    Like microwavable Tex-Mex, Zombie Farm fuses two populist mainstays into a totally indulgent quick fix. The daily crop management of Farmville meets the zombie invasions of Plants vs. Zombies. Except in this case, you raise both the plants and the zombies, and you are attacking other people for gold and brains. You're really an evil farmer building an undead green empire, and unexpected twists like that are what make the game work. While Zombie Farm apes the visual style and appeal of its two predecessors to the point of being a clone, its shameless mixing-and-matching of them has created a worthwhile, if imperfect, mutant.
  • Ozone Review
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    • iOS
    Ozone Review

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    "Can a game be art?" asks the App Store listing for Ozone. The answer, of course, is yes. But not as long as game makers consider Rococo filigree, overwrought ambience fit for a transcendental meditation class, and arbitrary barriers to fun as prerequisites for art. This is billed as an abstract platformer that asks you to think hard about your actions while you react and encourages you to absorb the pleasures of ornate audiovisual beauty while you play. That's a tall order for an iPhone game that the designers of Ozone just aren't equipped to fulfill.
  • Island Life Review
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    Island Life Review

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    The prospect of building a farm on a tropical island is a bit strange. After all, this is a setting that conjures up images of shipwrecks, pirates, bonfires, and foliage. But when you boot up Island Life for the first time, you're standing on a grid of farmland just waiting to be plowed. And after you've played it for a few minutes, you'll find yourself surrounded by beet and onion stalks, not thick jungle vegetation. Is this game really about being on an island--or is it just another farm in disguise?
  • Jumping Dog Review
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    Jumping Dog Review

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    The creators of Jumping Dog want you, and all of your Facebook friends, to be aware that there is a jumping dog. This dog is wearing goggles and running in circles in his yard because there are balloons floating in the sky. This is how he will finally achieve his dream of bounding to the stratosphere. Unfortunately, he is bound to make a huge ruckus in doing so.
  • The Horrible Vikings Review
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    • iOS
    The Horrible Vikings Review

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    The title tells all. The Horrible Vikings is about a band of vikings sailing the seas, pillaging, plummeting on rooftops, pummeling helpless people, and generally being horrible. The object of their ire? Ninjas. Through lava fjords and ice floes, grassy fields and islands in the sky, ninjas guard treasure, kittens, and one irritated princess. But they are dramatically outmatched.
  • Devil Invasion Review
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    • iOS
    Devil Invasion Review

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    Devil Invasion is technically a hybrid of match-3 and role-playing games that owes its mechanics to Puzzle Quest. But in action, it's one of the most nerve-searing experiences available on the iPhone. The game's juxtaposition of familiar mechanics with a rare, player-grabbing intensity makes it a must-have for puzzle and action fans alike.
  • Ravensword: The Fallen King Review
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    • iOS
    Ravensword: The Fallen King Review

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    Someone had to do it. An immersive action role-playing game with the look of Morrowind and the accessibility of The Legend of Zelda, Ravensword: The Fallen King tries to pack a lot of fantasy into its small, portable frame. There's the fantasy of knights, mages, ogres and demons. There's also the fantasy that epic swords and sorcery can or should be ported to the iPhone. The game makes a strong case for the contrary.
  • Piyo Blocks Review
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    • iOS
    Piyo Blocks Review

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    Piyo Blocks makes no bones about its purpose. The game is match-3, and delightfully so. Rather than dress up the simple mechanic with role-playing elements or blockbuster production values, Piyo Blocks simply revels in the raw addictive properties of color-matching. Bejeweled aside, you won't find a purer game about moving blocks.