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“On-rails shooters are a popular genre on the iPhone and iPod Touch. After all, they make sense in the context of the hardware, demanding little more interaction than tapping, and they’ve always been a tempting genre in the arcade setting, where prices are similarly low and the fun quick and disposable.
So the thought goes that [...]
February 17th, 2009 : FingerGaming, Reviews
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“It sounds daft, but the reason I was attracted to play Trapped: Undead Infection was explicitly similar to the reason I didn’t think I was going to like it.
It’s all to do with the very fine pixel art that went into its graphics. They’re immediately attractive to me – I just really like the “16-bit” [...]
February 14th, 2009 : FingerGaming, Reviews
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“Like many other journalists, I do a fair amount of travelling. And like many other gamers, I have a secret addiction to getting achievements.
I know they’re lame and completely pointless – oh how I wish I could convert my Xbox 360 achievement points into marketplace points (I’d accept a 10 to 1 ratio) or at [...]
February 10th, 2009 : FingerGaming, Reviews
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“Now, I’m not one who has ever been willing to talk fondly about my school days — especially not my time during high school. Not that I’m one to hold adolescent grudges long after they have relevance; I’ve just never considered them interesting or remarkable enough.
However, Place Your Bets reminds me of the short but [...]
February 5th, 2009 : FingerGaming, Reviews
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“To a certain strata of gamers — those who owned an Amiga in the early nineties — Pinball Dreams is legendary. So legendary, in fact, that I doubt any who currently own an iPhone or iPod Touch should need any more than the knowledge that a direct port of the title is now available to [...]
February 3rd, 2009 : FingerGaming, Reviews
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“To everyone who has seen The Wrestler, we always have the same advice: ’see Beyond The Mat.’ The clear influence behind the story of Randy ‘The Ram’ Robinson, it displays the very highs and lows of ’sports entertainment’ that The Wrestler fictionalizes. Vampiro: Angel, Devil, Hero isn’t quite as successful.”
This column is actually largely a [...]
January 30th, 2009 : Columns, Reviews, Torontoist
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“I’ve been thinking about the — perhaps not obvious — comparison between the Wii and the iPhone/iPod Touch a lot recently, and I think racing games are one of the best examples of their similarities (and differences). You see, I’ve never really got on with racing games on either system, with one vital exception – [...]
January 29th, 2009 : FingerGaming, Reviews
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“Sometimes, I’m sure, we’ve all looked to the sky and asked aloud, ‘God, why do bad things happen?’
(Unless you happen to be an atheist, of course.)
Were God anything like the city planner I found myself as in SimCity on my iPod Touch, his response would be ‘listen, I’m really not trying to make bad things [...]
January 27th, 2009 : FingerGaming, Reviews
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“Straight up — I’ve never played the original Newtonica. If you’re already familiar with the fact that Newtonica2 is a completely different game, then my bothering to tell you this is almost certainly maddening, but shut up for a minute and let me meander to the point I’m trying to make.”
I’m not a huge puzzle [...]
January 21st, 2009 : FingerGaming, Reviews
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“I love Space Deadbeef.
Kind of an unusual start for a review, to be honest, but it feels unusual enough that a free shooter that’s short to the point of being a “tech demo” should be far and away the best thing I’ve played on my iPod Touch that I’m not really worried about it.”
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January 15th, 2009 : FingerGaming, Reviews
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