Old game heroes never die, they just…. get revamped. Sometimes this is for the best, others not so much. In the case of Many of yesteryear’s pixelated icons, the inevitable return to the latest gaming age can prove itself a … Continue reading
Harmonix know a thing or two about making rhythm games. Not just that, this is their third attempt at making a dancing game specifically for the Kinect. Both of these facts are clear in this latest installment of their Dance … Continue reading
There’s a strange and perverse joy that can be found in treating game characters badly. Once, after a long period of playing an unusual game, I noticed that the scruffy-yet-charming onscreen character had begun to look shabbier than ever, flies … Continue reading
Fishing is a bit of a marmite sport, some people love it and some hate it; luckily for all the haters out there Fishing Kings HD has come along so you don’t have to worry about sitting on the bank … Continue reading
Imagine being asked to create a new concept for a Massively Multiplayer Online game (MMO). What would you think? Where do you begin? Considering that MMOs are hardly thin on the ground these days, with new games cropping up (and … Continue reading
From the studio of Tim Schafer, the man responsible for such cult classics as Psychonauts, Day of the Tentacle and Grim Fandango comes Costume Quest. Double Fine’s latest project is a cell-shaded and Halloween-inspired RPG adventure for PSN and XBLA. … Continue reading
Greedy Bankers (aka Spooky Bankers for Halloween) is an attractive and addictive coffee break puzzler. The idea is to move gems of different colours around the screen to form larger rectangular or square blocks which can then be clicked on … Continue reading
iPhone games tend to work best when they are kept simple, and Trash of the World is a great example of just how minimal iPhone games can be. This is a game of throwing rolled up balls of paper into … Continue reading
For some, the dogged pursuit of realism seen in some golf games leeches all the fun out of the exercise. For such individuals there are franchises like Everybody’s Golf for Sony’s platforms, then there are poor imitations and then there’s … Continue reading
“There are already 10 people living in your town, and they owe you rent!” This is the first line of text that confronts us in Super Fun Town, owner of the most over-compensating game title in recent history. “Click on … Continue reading