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September 22, 2015
Lifeline 2 Has Arrived, Isn’t Set in Space
By Jim Squires
When you’re crafting a new franchise, it’s hard to say which direction you’ll go. You could stick with the tried and true characters and settings you’ve established, revisiting them game after game — or you could throw a curveball and apply …
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September 18, 2015
What Is Pop the Lock, and Why Is It Taking over the App Store?
By Nadia Oxford
What is “Pop the Lock?” Pop the Lock is a reflex / puzzle game from Simple Machine. It’s definitely more “reflex” than “puzzle,” however, as the premise revolves around getting a fast-moving marker to stop on a small dot. What’s …
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September 17, 2015
Marble Duel, a Fantastic Zuma-Like, is Finally on Android
By Jim Squires
Even in a well-worn genre, there are sometimes games that can really surprise you. Last Fall, Marble Duel was one such game. Yes, it’s clearly following in the footsteps of earlier casual classics like Zuma and Luxor, but Marble Duel …
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September 17, 2015
The Best Game You Refused to Pay for Is Getting Bigger, Going Free
By Jim Squires
We told you to buy Storm Casters, but you just didn’t listen. That didn’t just suck for you — it sucked for Get Set Games, the Toronto-based studio behind this brilliant little roguelike/shooter/CCG hybrid. But you just can’t keep a …
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September 14, 2015
Fly Like a Very American Eagle With Trumpy Bird
By Nadia Oxford
Donald Trump is — well, he’s a piece of work, all right. But underneath all of Trump’s chest-beating and the slogan-barking and the hair that looks like an endangered animal alighted on his head and subsequently died of hate poisoning, …
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September 10, 2015
Alto’s Adventure is Coming to Android
By Nadia Oxford
Last winter, lucky iOS device owners got to spend time snowboarding with Alto, a young llama shepherd who chases his charges downhill in the critically-acclaimed Alto’s Adventure. Now that the simmering summer heat is giving way to cooler days, it …
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September 8, 2015
Seashine is a Luminous Treat
By Lian Amaris
Bioluminescence (the emission of light by a living creature) is one of my favorite natural phenomena. To auto-illuminate dark spaces is haunting, magical, mesmerizing. Such is the beauty of Seashine, a simple high-score chaser from Pated. Your goal as a …
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September 4, 2015
Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition Now Actually Fits in Your Pocket
By Nick Tylwalk
I’m big on truth in titles, so it’s time for a dose of truth serum: Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition had a lousy title. Why? Because unless you had the cargo pants to beat all others (and those are like, so …

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Lifeline 2 Has Arrived, Isn’t Set in Space

What Is Pop the Lock, and Why Is It Taking over the App Store?

Marble Duel, a Fantastic Zuma-Like, is Finally on Android

The Best Game You Refused to Pay for Is Getting Bigger, Going Free

Fly Like a Very American Eagle With Trumpy Bird

Alto’s Adventure is Coming to Android

Seashine is a Luminous Treat

Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition Now Actually Fits in Your Pocket

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

Fields of Aaru Is an Egyptian-Inspired Afterlife Sim, Demo Out Now on Steam

Popular Strategy Board Game Flamecraft Gets a Steam Demo

Heavy Metal Dark Fantasy Slasher Slaughter Void Drops on Steam