“Don’t judge a book by its cover.” It’s an age-old adage that we all know, but we’re all too quick to forget. Take Shurican, for instance. If you were to judge the game solely its Google Play screenshots, you wouldn’t give …
I’ve played neither Great Little War Game nor its sequel, Great Big War Game, so I went into Great Little War Game 2 with no expectations beyond the positive reviews for its predecessors. But that was enough to make it …
Behemoth publisher King has ridden high the last few years on the success of its series of “Saga” games. Among them was Bubble Witch Saga, a spooky bubble popper (or as it could more correctly be termed, “bubble dropper”). This …
The rotund cast of the long-lived Angry Birds games have been accused of being little more than one-trick parakeets. Rovio aims to prove there’s actual meat on their birds’ bones with Angry Birds Epic, an action / role-playing game (RPG) …
If EA didn’t make gazillions of dollars each year and occasionally win unflattering awards, it would be easy to feel sorry for its dilemma when it comes to mobile versions of its best-selling sports franchises. Make them too hardcore and you …
Surely, out there in one of the multiverses that undoubtedly exist, there must be a corporation that churns out adventurers. A whimsical but slightly depressing world where archers and paladins are produced and distributed as cheaply and aggressively as McDonald’s …
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a conglomeration of millions of pieces of trash discarded into the Pacific Ocean that collected together over time to create a literal island of garbage. As my A Tale of Survival character stumbled upon …
Full confession time: I’ve been looking for a new way to play Dragon Quest VIII again for a few years now. I’ve even brought this up publicly. I loved the PS2 original, but there just weren’t any options to play …