Simon Reed

Simon has been playing portable games since his Game Boy Pocket and a very worn out copy of Donkey Kong Land 2, and he has no intention of stopping anytime soon. Playing Donkey Kong Land 2 that is. And games in general we suppose.

Reviews
August 23, 2016
Hero Generations Review: Getting Old?
By Simon Reed
Hero Generations is an interesting squidging together of ideas and genres that manages to take parts of the roguelike and the 4X strategy genres and fold them into each other. It doesn’t always work, and it takes a while to …
Reviews
August 23, 2016
Defend Your Turf Review: Turfed Out
By Simon Reed
Defend Your Turf is a super simple strategy game that’s all about chasing hoodlums away from your patch. It builds on its premise reasonably well, and its perfectly sized battles are just right for mobile play. But it has a handful …
Reviews
August 22, 2016
Tetris Battle Drop Review: Get Used To It
By Simon Reed
To begin with, Tetris Battle Drop is going to annoy you. Mainly because it doesn’t explain its controls very well, and you’ll spend a good chunk of time dropping tetrominoes in the wrong places and cursing under your breath. But then …
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August 16, 2016
If Bomberman Was an Endless Runner, It Would Be Blast Blitz
By Simon Reed
If Bomberman fell down in front of one of the characters from Crossy Road, and decided his only way out was to murder them with a bomb, the end result would be something similar to Blast Blitz. It’s an arcade …
Upcoming
August 16, 2016
Sorcery! 4 Is Finally Coming out next Month
By Simon Reed
It’s been a long wait, but the fourth part in Inkle’s excellent Sorcery! series is coming to mobile and PC on September 15th. It’s called The Crown Of Kings and it rounds off the series with a suitably epic finale. …
Upcoming
August 16, 2016
Head of State Takes a Strategic Swipe at Politics
By Simon Reed
Have you ever wanted to run your own country? Have you ever wanted to be an animal? Well Head of State might well be the answer to all of your slightly weird prayers when it lands on iOS and Android …
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August 16, 2016
Pooldiver Is a Diving Game with an Epic Touchscreen Twist
By Simon Reed
The Olympics is on television, which means lots of us are spending our time watching athletic people doing impressive things. If you’d rather get a bit more involved, Pooldiver gives you the chance to, well, dive into a pool. Each …
Upcoming
August 16, 2016
Party Hard is Coming to iOS and Android
By Simon Reed
Party Hard is a game about sabotaging your neighbour’s party. We’ve all been there — 2am and the noise from next door doesn’t look like it’s going to abate. Consider Party Hard the cathartic release you’ve been looking for. And now …

Simon Reed

Hero Generations Review: Getting Old?

Defend Your Turf Review: Turfed Out

Tetris Battle Drop Review: Get Used To It

If Bomberman Was an Endless Runner, It Would Be Blast Blitz

Sorcery! 4 Is Finally Coming out next Month

Head of State Takes a Strategic Swipe at Politics

Pooldiver Is a Diving Game with an Epic Touchscreen Twist

Party Hard is Coming to iOS and Android

New Genre-defining Action-Healer, 3 Healers Fables The History of Three Influential Figureheads Without Combat

Grapple Bear Is a Competitive Platformer Coming to Steam Next Week

Verde Is an Upcoming Cozy City Management Game with a Focus on Restoring Nature

Saw: Genesis Is a 3v1 Horror Game Set a Century Before Jigsaw