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 →

Ripstone’s Gun Commando has a certain kind of charm. It’s a game that harkens back to the days of Doom, Marathon, and Quake, when things were much simpler and the adrenaline rush came from picking up a gun and simply mowing down anything that moved. In the modern shooter landscape, when we’re surrounded by load outs, regenerating health, multiplayer, and other mechanics designed to add depth, we explore the question of whether there is still a place for a game like Gun Commando.  Read More →

In the greater scope of the gaming world, Angry Birds is looked at– sometimes disdainfully– as being a very “casual” experience. Despite its inviting title, however, Angry Birds Friends is anything but casual; only the best need apply here.  Read More →

Movies and television tend to romanticize deserted islands, but reality shies away from “Gilligan’s Island” and leans more towards “Lord of the Flies.” Survivalcraft is a Minecraft-style game that pits you against the raw fury of the tropical elements and wild animals. Sure, you can do all the weird and wonderful stuff that you can do in a typical Minecraft game, but survival is your first priority. You can’t become King of Awesome Island if a wolf is chewing on your arm.  Read More →

All of you space-loving Star Trek fans that always wanted to run your own spaceship, lean forward, because Star Command may be the fix you’re looking for. As a game given life from a successful Kickstarter campaign two years ago, Star Command has finally arrived, albeit nearly a year and a half later than originally promised. The past is the past, but the game is finally here. We dive in to explore whether the wait was worth it.  Read More →

The open waters can be a treacherous place. Brigands, scofflaws and villains of all types will try and plunder, pillage, and claim all that they can for their own nefarious needs. Luckily, in Leviathan: Warships, you control a fleet of super powered, heavily armed, and technologically advanced vessels of destruction to stop these sea-based reprobates from using the lawlessness of the high-seas to their advantage.  Read More →

I’m Iron Man. You’re Iron Man. We’re all Iron Man in this game, which takes its namesake– and truth be told, we’re not sure how much else, so no intentional spoilers here– from the new summer action movie that hits theatres this Friday and is already being screened in Europe.  Read More →

Zombies, zombies, zombies. We honestly think that if a zombie apocalypse were to happen now, we would be pretty well prepared. What with action, strategy, puzzle, and defense games–and even zombie exercise apps–we can’t think of any zombie situation that we aren’t prepared for. Now we’ve got House of the Dead: Overkill – The Lost Reels to show us what a zombie invasion would be like if it took place in an old-school exploitation film.  Read More →

They Need To Be Fed 2 is a next-generation platformer that tosses aside flat worlds and replaces them with small planetoids and gravity. While we’ve seen this style of game before, They Need To Be Fed 2 improves upon the initial concept by focusing on the gameplay and the level design. This game features seven different worlds, each filled with challenging maps and unique obstacles.  Read More →

There is a famous moment in Robert Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land where Michael Valentine Smith, the man from Mars, is watching three monkeys in a zoo. The first monkey bullies the second monkey, who savagely beats the third–and Smith laughs, because he finally understands the human condition.  Read More →

Transformers Legends is unlike anything we’ve ever played before. From what we can tell, there doesn’t seem to be any particular rhyme or reason to why the card battles work the way they do. You’ll win and lose without having any good idea as to just why–and yet it manages to be fun enough that you might not even care.  Read More →