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 4, 2014
Interactive Fiction Adventure 80 Days Gets Android Release Date
By Spanner Spencer
Inkle has been making epic waves in the re-burgeoning choose-your-own-adventure gamebook scene, thanks to adaptations of several high profile titles like Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! and its own Jules Verne-inspired epic 80 Days, but mainly thanks to its superb interactive fiction …
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December 3, 2014
Square Enix Free-To-Play RPG Heavenstrike Rivals in Soft Launch
By Spanner Spencer
Square Enix is never far away from a new RPG, and it’s just put its latest offering, Heavenstrike Rivals, into soft launch in Canada and Australia with a global release slated for ‘this winter.’ Heavenstrike Rivals comes to us from …
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December 1, 2014
Real-Time Strategy ‘Subterfuge’ Plays Out Over a Week
By Spanner Spencer
I’m often confused by the term ‘real-time’ when it comes to games. It gets bandied about and thrown around a lot, but rarely lives up to its literal definition. A new iOS and Android title takes the notion very literally, …
Play
November 28, 2014
The Witcher Gets a Smartphone & Board Game Twist
By Spanner Spencer
CD Projeckt RED has built a career for itself on the strength of its franchises, not least of them being The Witcher. But as the years tick by, it gets harder and harder to keep a series fresh. At least, it …
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November 26, 2014
Pocket God Returns with Episode 48: Call of Booty
By Spanner Spencer
2012 marked the final episode of the original gaming/app hybrid, Pocket God. The put-upon pygmies hung up their pixels in Episode 47: Apocalypse, Ow!, and the Bolt Creative team took a well-earned break after more than three years of continuous …
Reviews
November 25, 2014
Audio Defence: Zombie Arena Review – A Whole New Meaning to ‘Ear Defenders’
By Spanner Spencer
Remember that scene in The Bodyguard, when Kevin Costner runs out into the snow covered woods, closes his eyes and takes heroically accurate shots at the bad guy who’s running invisibly through the trees? Well, Audio Defence: Zombie Arena is kind …
News
November 24, 2014
Apple and Game Devs Team Up For (RED) World AIDS Day Promo
By Spanner Spencer
We see game promotions occurring every other minute on the App Store, but this one’s a little different. Apple is getting together with a host of different game developers big and small as part of its new (RED) campaign to …
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November 24, 2014
Father.io Brings Laser Tag to Smartphones
By Spanner Spencer
If I had to choose between reality, augmented reality and virtual reality, I’d go virtual every time. What can I say? Other than being the place where I keep all my stuff, I’m just not that into real life. I …

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Interactive Fiction Adventure 80 Days Gets Android Release Date

Square Enix Free-To-Play RPG Heavenstrike Rivals in Soft Launch

Real-Time Strategy ‘Subterfuge’ Plays Out Over a Week

The Witcher Gets a Smartphone & Board Game Twist

Pocket God Returns with Episode 48: Call of Booty

Audio Defence: Zombie Arena Review – A Whole New Meaning to ‘Ear Defenders’

Apple and Game Devs Team Up For (RED) World AIDS Day Promo

Father.io Brings Laser Tag to Smartphones

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