If you want a good case against travelling into space, play a video game about space. Case in point: Space Grunts, an action-roguelike game from OrangePixel (makers of the excellent shooter Gunslugs). In the freezing depths of the void, you’ll meet …
Cartoon Network and Adult Swim have consistently been the breeding ground for love letters to the ’80s and the totally radical past. OK K.O.! Lakewood Plaza Turbo really knocks it out of the park when it comes to amping up …
Splash Cars is an odd mixture of wacky racing, survival, and painting that makes me happy – most of the time. I’ve enjoyed playing it, and will continue to do so, but that energy timer gets in the way a …
In 1991, Square released Final Fantasy Adventure on the original Game Boy (Seiken Densetsu in Japan and Mystic Quest in Europe). This action-RPG offshoot of their flagship series soon became its own brand, resulting in a dozen games to date …
It’s not that easy to put a new spin on characters that are both super popular and long-lived. TinyCo and Marvel have managed to pull it off anyway in Marvel Avengers Academy by setting up an enjoyable “What if?” scenario …
You know how there are those games that you don’t sink hours upon hours into initially, but those 10-15 minute daily sessions soon build up? Sandstorm: Pirate Wars is one of those. It’s not the best at what it does, …
Mobile games are great timewasters. I mean that in the best way possible. So many of us flick open an app to whittle away a few minutes on the daily commute, while waiting to pick up the kids, or even …
Merged! is one of those mobile puzzle games that can sit comfortably with other favorites like Threes! and Drop7. It looks sharp enough, and it certainly plays well enough. The problem I keep running into, however, is that it kind …