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The match-three genre is a staple of casual gaming. Made super-popular by Popcap’s Bejeweled titles, there’s now a whole genre of imitators – games that have players moving colored objects around a grid in order to make groups of three or more. Making a group clears those objects, scores point ... Full Article »
You can play the first two level packs as a free trial. The first set of levels is your basic introductory tutorial stuff, and the second pack takes samples of pretty much every crazy mechanic you'll see later in the game, just so you know what to expect before buying. Your simple goal is to get the ... Full Article »
Have you ever played a game where you have no idea what you are doing, but somehow you get to level 20 without missing a beat? That’s what happened when I first tried Sticky Linky. But after taking the 30 seconds to look at the instructions I realized that, yes, random tapping may get you entirely ... Full Article »
Achieving balance in a chaotic world is something for which everyone strives. Now, there’s a game in the App Store that helps you achieve it. Well no, not really, but Bucketz, created by Picnic Hippo Studios, is an imaginative action-puzzler that throws much at you to manage and is a welcome chan ... Full Article »
You play as Bob, a criminal who is sprung from jail by a mysterious gangster. To repay him for your freedom, he requests that you steal various items for him. You do this by sneaking around people and security guards, avoiding cameras, finding keys for locked doors, hiding in potted plants and toile ... Full Article »
Like a spoiled kid, my initial reaction after playing Tentacle Wars for the first time was to put it down in anger. Aside from a brief tutorial and maybe the first puzzle, Tentacle Wars is unforgivably tricky. The learning curve becomes a learning plane: “Here are basic instructions to playing th ... Full Article »
You’ve had a long hard day. You come home, sit back, prop up your feet, relax for a minute and then break out the paint. Not the kind that goes on a canvas, mind, you’re all about painting the house. If that’s your idea of a good time, Billy the Painter is just the diversion you’ve been look ... Full Article »
As a space marine who has been captured and forced to work in alien mines, it's time to make your escape. Your only tools in doing so? A simple flashlight and an unlimited supply of bombs, and not every level even gives you both. It's up to you to sneak past guards, find key cards, destroy technolog ... Full Article »
Breakout, or block-breaker, or whatever you want to call it – basically, the game where you play ping-pong with a brick wall that you slowly smash to bits – is an idea badly in need of refreshing. The gaggle of iPhone apps that brought back the classic game are at their best “fine” in that t ... Full Article »
Ichi shouldn’t be that hard. I’ve repeated that sentence in my head so often it sounds like my new mantra. This clever one-button puzzle game is deceptively simple. Or, I’m suddenly very bad at puzzle games. Maybe both. But either way, Ichi is hard, and it is good. The concept is simple enou ... Full Article »
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