The market for board games on the iPad has really taken off lately, and one of the latest contenders is Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition. The move, though one that may cause some to raise their eyebrows, is one that I think is rather brilliant, even if only for the added exposure to world class titles like Carcassone and Ticket to Ride. While a lot of these board game titles are great … [Read more...]
Are you ready to get nuts and destroy Decepticons? Well... yeah, anyhoo... something new is obviously going to be showing its face on the mobile game market, and here comes your look at what it is. On the plus side, depending on your view as to whether or not there needs to be any plus side beyond the fact that there is a Transformers mobile game, the action is coming to you from EA, and their … [Read more...]
Coming to you from Shu Takumi, creator of the Ace Attorney series, is a new adventure for the DS, Ghost Trick Phantom Detective. I wanted to put out a quick preview, just to get this game on your radar, partially because the Ace Attorney series is an icon at this point, but also because the game looks rather cool. Utilizing a variety of unique gameplay ideas, this one puts you in the role of … [Read more...]
In the world of App games, one of the most prevalent genres is the time-waster. Those games that are often somewhat nonsensical, are utterly simple by design, and don't really require a lot of attention. Responsible for an amazing percentage of App downloads, these games are fun, funny, usually silly, and often pretty addictive. Slingshot Safari, the follow-up to Slingshot Cowboy, is such a … [Read more...]
I happened across a similarly titled article at SciFi Wire this morning, which offered a counterpoint in that Sir Ben Kingsley seems to be of the opinion that video games are art. Check out that article here. Unfamiliar with the idea that Roger Ebert had expressed the opinion that video games aren't art, I followed the link to his blog post on the subject. In a post titled Video games can never be … [Read more...]
Frank Beddor, film producer (There's Something About Mary), and best-selling author (The Looking Glass Wars and Hatter M Graphic Novel series) is a driving force behind the upcoming Monopoly film, and his Looking Glass Wars world is also coming to you as an online/offline collectible card game. Truly a jack-of-all-trades, I'm celebrating all of Beddor's recent success with a giveaway. One lucky … [Read more...]
World of Goo is a game which surely ranks among the most simplistic in its general idea. Connect dots of Goo in order to perform a variety of tasks. That's pretty much it. But, the simple ideas are often the great ones, and it's nothing short of amazing how much imagination can spew forth from simple concepts. From the humblest of stacking Goo Balls beginnings, to … [Read more...]
