PSVita: London Preview

PSVita: London Preview

Dec 1, 2011

We are heading into London to a Sony event where they are showing off the PSVita. Sony has huge hopes for this powerful, hardcore gamer-centric portable system. So they should too. As much as there is huge demand for both casual and social games on phones and tablets, it is clear that high quality, hardcore games struggle on those platforms; partially due to...

Legacy Mystery Mansion: review

Legacy Mystery Mansion: review

Nov 15, 2011

Format: iPhone (version reviewed), iPad, Android Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: DNA-interactive Developer: DNA-interactive Players: 1 Site: http://www.dnadpk.com/dna-interactive/legacy/ Ever since the humble beginnings of the likes of Tetris, it has been proven that a certain type of person will find immeasurable pleasure in lining up shapes for points....

Back to the Future the Game: review

Back to the Future the Game: review

Aug 8, 2011

Format: PSN (version reviewed), PC, Mac, iPad (sigh) Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Telltale Games Developer: Telltale Games Players: 1 Site: http://www.telltalegames.com/bttf With the last episode finally launching on PSN last week, we thought the time had come (no limp pun intended) to review Telltale Games’ walk-and-click series. Officially, this...

Grumpy Gurevitz: Why Dedicated Handhelds Still Matter

Grumpy Gurevitz: Why Dedicated Handhelds Still Matter

Jun 23, 2011

Many analysts are claiming the death of the dedicated handheld console way too early. Article after article points out the huge number of smartphone sales and app adoption, and from there leap to the conclusion that this in some way means that there is no future in the dedicated handheld market. I disagree with this position and see that there is room for a...

Speedball 2 Evolution in App Store now

Speedball 2 Evolution in App Store now

Mar 11, 2011

If you’re a fan of violent futuristic sports games based on Amiga classics brought to Apple devices, or think you could possibly be interested in such things, today is your lucky day. Speedball 2 Evolution is now available on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. It is the latest in the Speedball series that first landed on the Amiga in 1988, offering an updated,...