As games like Peggle and Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure have taught us, unicorns make just about everything better. So while the premise of Unicorn Parade may not be quite as eccentric as, say, Robot Unicorn Attack, it's still pretty quirky. There's also a surprisingly small number of unicorns for a game with a titlle like Unicorn Parade. Of course, that's where you come in.
The Book of Unwritten Tales, a humorous point-and-click adventure from KING Art Games, has been available in Germany and other parts of Europe for a while already, but we're happy to report that it has finally been confirmed for a North American release in fall 2011.
You'd think Antoine would be in a better mood. He's good-looking and wealthy, but he keeps letting his night get ruined by the pesky little fact that his father was just murdered and he's been named a suspect in the Count's death. I swear, there's just no pleasing some people.
Wesley Snipes career has been on something of a downward trajectory for the last 10 years or so. Sure he had a good run with movies like Passenger 57, White Men Can't Jump, and Blade - but with the exception of his role as vampire hunter, when was the last time you've even heard his name? Oh, that's right - when he went to jail last fall for tax evasion. Still, even prison can't keep a good actor down. Expect Mr. Snipes to make his dramatic return as an action hero later this summer with the release of Julius Styles: The International for iOS devices.
Hero Generations is a game about life, death, and making the most of the short time you have on this earth. It has elements of an RPG and an adventure game, and plays like the strangely compelling offspring of Infinity Blade and Jason Rohrer's Passage. It's a Facebook game that actually makes you feel something deep down, and for that alone it's worth a look.
Is there a scarier place than the nightmares of a young child? Though it's called Dream Land, the new social game from FreshPlanet is actually about those less than pleasant places your mind wanders to when you fall asleep. With its charmingly creepy, Tim Burton-esque sense of style and clever board game structure and turn-based combat, Dream Land may actually make you want to explore nightmares.
Two of the best things about hidden object games are getting to the bottom of the mysterious storylines and enjoying the lush, elaborate art. Intrigue Inc: Raven's Flight at least gets one of them right. While the game features some fairly pedestrian (translation: ugly) graphics, it also offers an interesting story of evil and international—dare I say—intrigue. It also contains more than a few creative takes on the usual door-opening and item-finding puzzles which save it from being just another ho-hum hidden object game.
As a parent, I love it when one of my kids takes an interest in my work. Sometimes I'll ask them to play a game I'm reviewing and let me know what they think. It's just a great experience all around. So when Untold Entertainment's Ryan Creighton dropped me a line to let me know he'd developed a game with his 5 year old daughter Cassie, I just knew it was going to be something special.