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This morning at Macworld Expo 2010, Alawar held a press conference to announce their plans for Apple gamers for 2010. The Russian company has published some of the more popular and successful iPhone games currently available—including Hotel Mogul and Farm Frenzy—and hoping to continue that success as they branch out… Continue Reading »

Puzzle games. You can’t avoid them, and really, why would you want to? The iPhone / iPod touch / eventual iPad are perfectly suited for some quick puzzle gaming, so you may as well get used to it. And thankfully, every now and again a few come along that ask… Continue Reading »

I doubt there are many people out there who, upon first seeing the iPhone screen, thought, “Hey, it’s shaped just like a pinball playfield!” Not even I did that, and I do enjoy the pinball. But fact is, yes, the iPhone and iPod touch gaming mechanics are conducive to some… Continue Reading »

SEED 1: Rise of Darkness harkens back to the RPGs of the SNES days. It combines the time-tested and familiar conventions of fantasy RPGs (start as an unskilled apprentice, complete quests to improve your skills and acquire money for weapons, armor and spells, then save the world) with the modern… Continue Reading »

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 »

Retro games can be a lot of fun. They are a blast from the past for players old enough to remember when they were new, and they can be a new insight into gaming for younger players. Setting up and maintaining older systems is a lot less fun. If you… Continue Reading »

Anyone who’s attended the last few Macworld Expos in San Francisco can tell you that Mac gaming has been fading to a distant memory. With no Apple at Macworld 2010 in February, Mac gaming is a blink away from disappearing completely; stalwarts such as Freeverse, Feral and Ambrosia will not… Continue Reading »

I can barely believe my eyes, but Nescaline appears to be the first NES emulator on the App Store. I’d normally recommend you go buy this before it’s taken down, but I get the feeling that Nescaline is here to stay, as it seems to be very legal. It comes… Continue Reading »