Almost six year ago, a big-little game called Aralon: Sword and Shadow was hailed as “Elder Scrolls on the iPhone.” We actually said that, by the way, in our 2010 review. While we ran into some serious bugs and control …
A well-trodden Pokémon joke involves comparing the hit monster-fighting series to a legalized form of cockfighting for kids. And, well — that’s what it is. You raise a monster, you command it to fight for you, and when / if …
Another week, another match-3 game. This time, it’s flowers. Not diamonds, bubbles, or candies: just flowers. You string the plants together by color, make the buds bloom, and presto: points. Welcome to Blossom Blast Saga. Fans of the genre can …
Harmonix is one of the first names that should pop into your mind when you think of music games (it’s right there in the name, dude!), so it only makes sense that one of the games to result from their …
Here’s an interesting social science tidbit: A lot of lottery winners don’t do well. They squander their jackpots in record time, then wind up folding shirts in a Wal-Mart to make ends meet. The same breed of problem haunts the …
There are few comic books in the last decade that have garnered quite as much praise as Joe Hill’s Locke & Key. A fantastically spooky character drama starring believable, struggling teenagers and supernatural forces, it would be impossible for me …
From Pixeljam, the makers of Potatoman Seeks the Troof and Glorkian Warrior, comes Last Horizon. It’s a minimalist space adventure about the last human on Earth, attempting to find a new home for himself. You must pilot the little guy as …
Fantasy War Tactics is a turn-based strategy game from Nexon. It’s a colorful and somewhat twisted story where you play the bad guy and try to “Pinky and the Brain” the rest of the world, but that’s easier said than …