Durak Game Review

October 5, 2009 Card Games

Durak is a relatively simple card game that is reminiscent of Euchre or Spades. The game play flows very smoothly with nice graphics and properly designed transitions. The rules to the game are simple enough and after playing only a few times you’ll get the hang of it. If not, Durak offers a well thought [...]

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‘The Relic’ Game Preview

October 3, 2009 Adventure Games
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The word from Cillingo (via Touch Arcade) is that an upcoming release will bring back game play similar to Gauntlet. Everyone in their 30s should remember Gauntlet as a classic hack and slash adventure in every Chuckie Cheese from coast to coast. Chillingo weighed in on the upcoming release. You find yourself in the deepest [...]

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Chain Reaction Game Review

September 26, 2009 Arcade Games

Reaction is a spin off of Chain Rxn – a game you can play on Facebook. Chain Rxn is a really well thought out, clever game that is easy to get addicted to. Chain Reaction, however, is not. The mobile version of the game falls short of the Facebook version on many levels. At this [...]

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Trip Hawkins Announces NanoVerse Platform

September 25, 2009 News

In a recent keynote address, Digital Chocolate CEO, Trip Hawkins, announced NanoVerse – the new online virtual goods platform from DC. NanoVerse will let users purchase NanoStars. Our virtual items, called NanoStars, are actually virtual online characters with a lot of human foibles and personality. And they are purchased in online “packs” in a fashion [...]

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Infocom Games for the iPhone

September 24, 2009 Editorial
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This is the first in a series of posts I’ll title, “Games I Want to See on the iPhone”. If you were a kid growing up in the 80s, it was highly likely you had a Commodore 64 or had a friend who had one (or both). If you were a gamer growing up in [...]

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Ramp Champ Easter Eggs

September 20, 2009 Arcade Games

Iconfactory (along with dsMediaLabs) recently released Ramp Champ for the iPhone and iPod touch. As with other Iconfactory apps, Ramp Champ has hidden Easter eggs! This particular Easter egg wasn’t too difficult to run across. I found it by accident. I suspect I’m not the only one who had this experience. To obtain the hidden [...]

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Geared Game Solution

September 18, 2009 Puzzle Games
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Welcome to the complete solution guide to Geared for the iPhone and iPod touch. Within this post you fill find the solution to all 80 levels contained in the Geared game from Bryan Mitchell. For those who aren’t familiar with Geared, it is a gear based puzzle game where the player is given a small [...]

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Ramp Champ Review

September 16, 2009 Arcade Games
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I first came across Ramp Champ from Iconfactory and dsMediaLabs when I stumbled on the Official Ramp Champ promo page. I was immediately drawn in by the look and feel of the art assets. I wasn’t entirely sure what the game was all about, but it was clear the Ramp Champ developers had taken the [...]

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Archon Classic Review

August 12, 2009 Action Games
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Everyone who knows me knows I’m a sucker for classic video games from the 80s. Long were the hours I spent gaming on my Commodore 64 back in the day… As such, I was fired up when I heard React Games had brought Archon to the iPhone. Archon was a hit from Electronic Arts way [...]

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‘Dark Raider’ Review

August 2, 2009 Adventure Games
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Outcast by society for his radical experiments, a brilliant scientist leaves his world behind, in search of acceptance. But he never expected to learn the truth. Long ago, in a world between worlds, the gods locked the secrets of immortality in a box, and hid the keys from civilization. To become a god, he must [...]

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