SimCity
The noise surrounding the first SimCity game in a decade has been loud and incessant. It is rare to see so many pixels dissecting the positives and negatives of a major release but then a new SimCity game is no … Continue reading
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Football Manager 2013
There are two key components to any review of Sports Interactive’s annual update to the juggernaut that is the Football Manager franchise. The first is to complain that each new title is a guarantee of a lessening of familial and … Continue reading
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
See, if you are an older gamer such as myself, Mario is a mushroom-killing, dungaree-wearing, fireballing Italian, hellbent on rescuing his better half from a dinosaur with some personal space issues. Sonic on the other hand, is a blue hedgehog … Continue reading
Charge Your Brain
Charge Your Brain from developer Unusual Things is a collection of mini games aimed at making your brain work better in a number of different areas. Memory, speed, logic and recognition are all challenged in an attempt to make the … Continue reading
Elfishki and the Giant Cake
Elfishki and the Giant Cake is another of those increasingly popular apps that bridges the gap between story and game. Developer Elka Palka are well aware that the apple never falls far from the tree, with iPads and iPhones left … Continue reading
Captain America: Super Soldier
The chances are you have experienced Captain America at some point in your life, whether it be the summer’s successful foray in the series of Marvel movie blockbusters or one of the thousands of comics released over the years. Captain … Continue reading
Hamster Cannon
In Reviewing 101, would-be journalists are told to avoid comparing video games with other marquee titles. When it comes to the App Store, this is easier said than done. Certain titles have come to define the little platform-that-could so much … Continue reading
Funpark Friends
Funpark Friends is an interesting game in many ways. Developed by TagPlay, a Scottish studio based in Dundee, it stands on the shoulders of other long-play social strategy games established in years past by the likes of the omnipresent FarmVille. … Continue reading
Xenoblade Chronicles
Xenoblade Chronicles is a game of many contradictions. It is, at its heart, a traditional Japanese Role Playing Game (JRPG) in the truest sense of the term. The West has fallen out of love with the genre in recent years, … Continue reading
Aliens vs Humans
Aliens vs Humans treads the well-worn path of tower defence strategy games that appear so popular on the App Store these days. While platformers and more arcadey titles may struggle with the restrictions the touch screen puts on them, this … Continue reading