It has just been announced that there will be a Firefly video game, called Firefly Online; it will be made by QMx Interactive, and it will initially be made for iOS and Android platforms, though it may extend to others in the futu...
As if shooting birds wasn’t heavy enough for gamers, Angry Birds has now taken on the territory of racing. The famous game has come on iOS and Android which includes racing. Instead of sling-shooting birds from one end to th...
Rhythm and music games can be quite addicting. I’ve spent many night playing Rock Band with friends. But sometimes, on the go, you don’t really have the set up for a game like Guitar Hero. If you want a music-based gam...
I’m not sure I’d self-identify as a “design snob,” but I definitely have an appreciation for apps that are thoughtfully, elegantly, and cleverly designed. More often than not, I will choose to use an app th...
Brain training games have been in vogue for several years now, and the trend shows no signs of slowing down. Casual games that keep your mind alert and plastic are thought to help stave off dementia and age-related mental decay. P...
If you’re a regular reader, then my predilection for retro and retro-inspired games is probably well known to you. As a longtime Apple fan, I especially love it when I get the chance to play a game that I first encountered o...
While console gaming seems pretty firmly fixed on making graphics more and more realistic, there’s a lovely trend in mobile gaming that’s all about the retro look– that means pixels, and plenty of ’em. Not ...
I am a total sucker for text-based games. Whether it’s an old school classic like Zork or a newer “choose your own adventure”-style game like Choice of Broadsides, I love games that are basically just an excuse t...
It really seems like we might go to Mars, with manned missions, in our lifetime. How cool is that? Of course, not everyone will be able to make it to Mars. Some of us here on planet Earth will just have to make do with simulations...
I love zombies. Can’t get enough of ’em. We’re definitely at peak zombie saturation in pop culture now, but good zombie games and films will never go out of style. One newcomer on the scene is a game called The D...
It’s a constant source of consternation to many gamers that you still can’t get Pokemon on the iPhone. You can get a pretty decent array of other older Game Boy and Nintendo titles, but Pokemon is a no go. That’s...
Do you guys remember when “cat breading” first hit the scene? For those of you who happened to miss out on this particular memetic trend when it first debuted, cat breading is when you take a slice of sandwich bread, p...
People love to play old arcade and Atari games on their iPhones. And from what I’ve seen on the App Store, the second-most popular retro game after Tetris is Breakout. There are a ton of Breakout-style, brick-breaking games ...
If there’s one thing the iPhone does well, it’s puzzle games. From falling blocks to hidden objects, physics puzzlers to tile-matching, the App Store is littered with great puzzle games for iOS. One relatively new puzz...
So, I came back from a lovely long weekend in the middle of nowhere and was delighted to discover that the App Store is offering a ton of free game and app downloads for iOS. Apple’s making these games and apps available as ...
