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Dawn of the Dead is a decent game; exactly what it should be for $1.99. Being on a major motion picture and having the backing of Universal Studios, I was expecting something…different. I don’t want to say “more,” because this game delivers if you’re just seeking some fun arcade action.… Continue Reading »

Categuru is a game based around word associations and what you think of when you see a certain group of words. It slowly shows a group of words, letter by letter, and allows the user to guess by what those words might be connected. In my opinion, it’s certainly an… Continue Reading »

Three games from one maker: one a familiar puzzle game, one a time test of single-finger typing, and the last a truly unusual combination of spelling and mazes. Continue Reading »

If you’re looking for simple yet entertaining iPhone games, look no further than these three games we’re briefly reviewing. Boardwalk, Picnic Panic and Clay Hunt all require you to hit something, be it bowling pins and bottles, roaches and other insects and clay pigeons. Okay, honestly, I was not really… Continue Reading »

The iTunes App Store has become a mess of games. Searching through it is not entirely unlike digging through the discount box of PC games at the local electronics store; for every nine junk titles, you may be lucky to find one gem. It’s those gems that make it worth… Continue Reading »

Fluttr is a basic arcade action game with the seemingly gentle task of brushing away flowers, bees and such to save a butterfly “... from an explosive end ...” But you don’t control the butterfly; it does its own thing, slowly moving up and down the screen as the landscape… Continue Reading »

In this review, we look at three educational iPhone applications; Polynx, QuizQuizQuiz and Whirly Word. Each one is slightly different, but each one is, in its own right, a great title to play. Whether you’re looking to extend your general knowledge, language vocabulary or to test your basic arithmetic ability,… Continue Reading »

In terms of how hunting may actually be, Real Deer Hunting does a better job at portraying that. However, when I want to play a game on my iPhone, I look to play the more exciting and action packed ones, so Big Buck Hunter was a better experience for me.… Continue Reading »

I sometimes worry I’m too easy of a reviewer; that I dish out fours and fives by default, remember only the good parts of games, glossing over the rough edges, and just generally giving designers the benefit of the doubt. Then I run into games like Pitz and Pang, now… Continue Reading »

Movie tie-ins generally suck when it comes to gaming. They’re often made cheaply, they’re rushed through production to drop on or before the movie release date, and they’re often hampered by restrictions on story and characters that may not be conducive to gaming. In the case of Pandorum for the… Continue Reading »