Reviews

Like Ultimate Stick Fight, Turbo Racing League is game that really has no right to be as good as it is.

Have you been playing vanilla Minecraft and thought, “Oh! I’d love to be able to craft a gun and just shoot up everything!”. No?

I always found pixelated games a step back from today’s real-word graphics, so I’m not so keen on playing most of them.

With its 2D camera angle and (mostly) single-car challenges, I’d put Pocket Trucks on the fringe of the genre, but it’s still fun and I’m still absolutely terrible at it.

Your troops have arrived just outside of the enemy’s gates, and luckily only one foot soldier has paid any notice.

There’s nothing so ultimately satisfying than wearing a uniform and blowing up the bad guys.

Beat ’em Up games have been a mainstay video game genre ever since the golden days of the arcade.

That’s it. I’m putting my foot down. After Iron Man 3, a game that annoyed me so badly with its…

Dragons don’t always have to be fierce fire-blowing frightful creatures that are hunted down.

A sequel to the popular Monsterama Park, Monsterama Planet is all about accidentally landing on an alien planet and helping its indigenous creatures rebuild their civilization.

While Carmaggedon is often credited with having done the best job of blending violence and driving, it’s certainly not the first title to do so.

Ultimate Stick Fight is a charming title. I’ve never used that term for a video game before, but it feels right, so that’s what we’ll go with.

Iron Man 3, Rio, and The Dark Knight are just few of the games that have tie-ins with movie releases.

It’s always strange to play a sequel when you haven’t so much as downloaded the OG.

Some time in the not-so-distant future, a typical day in the office will have evolved into something much more sinister and intolerable.

My first love affair with puzzle games came with Popcap’s iconic game, Bejeweled.

Most endless runner games have one thing in common. They provide high entertainment value.

Daddy’s just lost his job and decided, in these tough economic times, that robbing the casino and a few apartments along the way is the best way to keep the wife happy.

I know this is only tangientally related, but forgive an old man his yarns: The Christmas I got my Sega Genesis was easily a top ten moment in my childhood. Maybe a top five.

I’m still kind of going back and forth on what I think about Dark Avenger.

Leaning back in your chair, you take a long, slow, contemplative puff on your wooden pipe hoping to receive some sort of enlightened revelation as to how to proceed next.

When you think of carnival games you certain images spring to mind, whether it be the strong man contest trying to get the bell to ring or throwing darts at balloons to win stuffed animals.

Playing Carmageddon on the PC as a child, I remember squealing with delight as I ran over hapless pedestrians, smashed into fellow drivers and totaled my car over and over again; what I don’t remember, however, is keeping score.

A large, fuzzy, black and white panda standing on its hind-legs has been staring you down for the past few minutes.

As much as I don’t want to admit it — mostly because as a jaded, grouchy old game reviewer, I’m supposed to have experienced everything mobile gaming has to offer Blitz Brigade absolutely floored me.

Tower Defense will be a sub-genre of video games that will never get old. Ever since the olden days of Warcraft III and Rampart days people have flocked to this specific style of strategic challenges.

Simulation games are not everyone’s cup of tea, but developers of 2020: My Country have managed to design a massive city building game that’s simply too hard to ignore.

Puzzle games are great for having fun while putting your mind to work. Most times, I would want to take my time with solving puzzles because, well, they’re a bit hard to crack.

My relationship with — and opinion towards — RE-VOLT classic is a complicated thing indeed. Kart racers, from the ubiquitous Mario Kart series to forgotten gems like Beetle Adventure Racing, are pretty hard to screw up.

I was of the impression that rail shooters aren’t really worth gamers’ time – after all, your character’s movements are predefined, and all you can do is aim and shoot at enemies who come at you from a single direction.

The touch screen technology on smart phones have changed the way we use and do stuff on our phones forever — this includes games.

It’s kind of hard to dislike a company like Rovio. Here we have a game developer who in a lot of ways legitimized mobile devices as a gaming platform and made millions doing it despite a lack of shady business practices.

From Dig-Dug to Minecraft, it’s been clear from pretty much the beginning that mining has a permanent place in gaming’s heart.

If you were old enough to be around in the 80’s, then you surely will remember a toy called the Rubic’s cube.

Yaarg, the troll, stands amidst a glade of ancient trees in the evening sun slowly scratching the side of his over-sized head.

Gameloft is one of the pioneering Android game development/publishing houses in the world who have, over the past couple of years, put out a number of memorable high-production-value titles that have raised the bar for games on the platform.

When Fieldrunners was released way back in 2011 on the Android platform, it received rave reviews from most critics, some even going on to call it the best Tower Defense game at the time.

I’m not going to sit here and say Iron Man 3 is a great game, because it isn’t. It’s an okay game with a big IP attached to it and a big developer, Gameloft, running the engine.

Word games can be very challenging if you don’t have a wide vocabulary, so it’s important that it’s presented in a fun, engaging way without being too difficult.

One time long ago, on a planet far far away… Jawas – those short “oo-tay-dee” screamers who lived in the deserts of Tatooine – were actually wizards, and their drab brown robes once sported a wide array of colors.

Here’s some Murphy’s Law for you: Your helicopter has crashed in a cornfield in the middle of god-knows-where.

When Cut the Rope was released way back in 2010, it was a phenomenal success.

Before we go any further (because if you’re like me, you sometimes skip to the screenshots and get carried away), let me make it clear that CSR Racing is a drag racer — meaning that you only control gearshifts and NOS boosts; there’s no steering, braking or running opponents off the track.

What happens when you cross a Snake game with some powerful heroes?

I don’t know why Redford is having a delightfully happy adventure in dreamy locations while his brother and sister remain kidnapped and locked up in a faraway land by a mysterious monster.

It’s hard to find completely unique puzzle games these days, what with more games copying other popular ones.

Ice Rage is proof positive that arcade-style sports games are a whole lot more fun when you can hit your opponent.

It’s human nature to laugh till it hurts when you watch someone take a tumble… and no, it’s not just me — there are actual TV game shows based on this very premise.