Cats are animals of many talents. They can leap like frogs, bark like dogs, and manipulate human emotion by simply looking up at us with those big, wet black eyes. It also happens that some cats can even blow themselves up to save their offspring (not all cats—this is an important distinction). Chillingo’s Bombcats is a unique and utterly adorable physics puzzle game that introduces you to one such kindle of combustible kittens.  Read More →

From the title, you might assume that Gravity Guy 2 is about gravity, especially if you’ve played the original Gravity Guy. Instead, this sequel is about lifting floors and creating an escape route for the heroic and titular Gravity Guy. Unfortunately, the hero will never actually escape. This is an endless runner, and your best hope is to collect coins and buy power-ups to make your next run even better than your last.  Read More →

For all it has going against it, Star Trek Rivals should not be a good game. It has no single-player mode; its card packs are overpriced; it can be glitchy; its Star Trek branding is inconsequential. And yet it still manages to be a fun, engaging game. Like the space-faring heroes of the franchise it’s based on, Star Trek Rivals defies the odds and kind of succeeds.  Read More →

There are numerous games that can be played on both the iPad and smaller iDevices, but they tend to lose something in the transition. We strongly suspect that Can Knockdown 3 is one of those games.  Read More →

Daddy Was a Thief is designed for those who want to pick up a game and play it immediately. The game fills you in on the story with a quick opening sequence: In a comic book-like series of panels, you come to understand that Daddy was fired from his job. Thinking of his wife and child, he dons a mask and heads to the nearest bank.  Read More →

Lately there has been a rash of celebrity-connected party games in the App Store. Ellen Degeneres is pushing Heads Up, Zynga wants us to believe Carly Rae Jepson is a big fan of Draw Something 2, and the band OK Go is headlining Say the Same Thing. Who knew that celebrities were such experts at game design?  Read More →

It’s a good bet that prey animals angst over their low positions on the food chain, but few of them know what it’s like to be at the bottom. Like, really at the bottom. Tadpoles know, though. Man, do they know. Tasty Tadpoles is an action/puzzle game that emphasizes the daily struggle these little guys engage in simply to survive.  Read More →

Social crime games have been popular for a while now, and Arms Cartel Global is the perfect example of the genre. The game focuses heavily on completing tasks to build up your bank, which lets you buy more weapons and a larger army of thugs. While this seems similar to other games we’ve reviewed, the disappointing part is there isn’t a single thing we haven’t seen before. Not a thing. We didn’t notice a new mechanic or feature. It’s just a different paint job on a recycled game.  Read More →

There’s a lot to be said for simplicity and style, and Impossible Road has both in spades. You control a white ball; your goal is to stay on a winding, randomly-generated road for as long as possible. The graphics are sparse and appealing, and the controls feel great. But unlike many endless runners, whose heroes start off moving slowly, Impossible Road kicks into high gear from the start. Impossible is right.  Read More →

Random Heroes made its statement on the App Store not too long ago, and it immediately grabbed our attention with its retro graphics, gloriously violent shuffles, and love for side-scrolling platform shooters. Random Heroes 2 feels very much like a continuation of the same game, and while to some that may be a bad thing, we can’t get enough.  Read More →