Spanner Spencer

Yes. Spanner's his real name, and he's already heard that joke you just thought of. Although Spanner's not very good, he's quite fast, and that seems to be enough to keep him in a regular supply of free games and away from the depressing world of real work.

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December 15, 2014
Match-Three ‘Bear Winter’ Coming Out of Hibernation
By Spanner Spencer
Just when you thought there was no new ways to repackage the classic, Bejeweled-style match-three puzzle game, indie developer Nevercenter teases us with its forthcoming minimalist iOS game Bear Winter. Much like food and fuel high up in the Russian …
News
December 12, 2014
Outwitters Getting Second Shot at Success on Android in January
By Spanner Spencer
Back in July 2012, Gamezebo’s own Eli Cymet said that Outwitters on iOS is “the type of experience that just grabs you, and keeps you thinking.” This free-to-play multiplayer strategy game landed itself a very well deserved five stars here on …
Play
December 9, 2014
Spider-Verse Comes to Spider-Man Unlimited
By Spanner Spencer
Okay, first let’s get you up to speed on the tangled Spider-Verse plotline. This is a theme that’s been running through the Marvel comics during 2014, which involves an ancient, evil, energy vampire-type-thing called Morlun (and his similarly evil family), who for various difficult-to-fathom …
Deals
December 9, 2014
Minimalist Roguelike Hoplite Free for a Day on iOS
By Spanner Spencer
As we dash headlong toward 2015, our thoughts turn toward which games have really caught our attention this year. It’s a natural human condition to embrace nostalgia, even if it’s only from recent memory, and Hoplite is one of those …
News
December 8, 2014
Inventor of Video Games Ralph Baer Dies, 92-Years-Old
By Spanner Spencer
It’s with great sadness that we hear about the passing of Ralph Baer on December 6, 2014, at 92-years-old. Ralph was known as the father of video games after he invented the first ever television-based game, and console, the Magnavox …
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December 8, 2014
Cut the Rope Getting Cyber Pet Spin-Off, My Om Nom
By Spanner Spencer
Thus far, details are quite thin on the ground, but from what we can decipher from a new website and a few YouTube videos, the mega-popular physics puzzle game Cut the Rope is rolling out a spin-off game that’ll take …
Deals
December 5, 2014
The Sleeping Prince Kills IAP, Goes Free Through December
By Spanner Spencer
When Nadia reviewed the highly unique rag doll platformer The Sleeping Prince, she found its approach to in-app purchase monetization to be excessively harsh, and was “spiked with free-to-play trappings galore.” Which is a damn shame, because the actual physics-based …
Reviews
December 5, 2014
AwesomeBoots Review: Thumbs Up
By Spanner Spencer
I’ve been reviewing mobile games for a long time. Since back before the days of the iPhone, if such a time ever really existed (it did, though it’s hard to imagine these days). Cell phone games were a novelty then, …

Spanner Spencer

Match-Three ‘Bear Winter’ Coming Out of Hibernation

Outwitters Getting Second Shot at Success on Android in January

Spider-Verse Comes to Spider-Man Unlimited

Minimalist Roguelike Hoplite Free for a Day on iOS

Inventor of Video Games Ralph Baer Dies, 92-Years-Old

Cut the Rope Getting Cyber Pet Spin-Off, My Om Nom

The Sleeping Prince Kills IAP, Goes Free Through December

AwesomeBoots Review: Thumbs Up

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

Thank You For Your Application Is an Interview Sim, Out Now

Combine Tiles to Grow a Home in Dorfromantik-Like TileShire, Coming Soon

Third-Person Action-Adventure Usual June Drops a Demo on Steam