Shoot 'Em Ups have been around since the early inception of arcade gaming. Arcade games, however, are quite another animal when compared to today's console and now mobile gaming arenas. The big difference? Arcade games were geared at offering a minimal amount of play time while providing enough incentive so as to quickly consume your quarter, but leave you willing to spend another. Today's
R-Type
Shoot 'Em Ups have been around since the early inception of arcade gaming. Arcade games, however, are quite another animal when compared to today's console and now mobile gaming arenas. The big difference? Arcade games were geared at offering a minimal amount of play time while providing enough incentive so as to quickly consume your quarter, but leave you willing to spend another. Today's
Pollushot
I think we can all agree that pirates are bad news, but do you know what the biggest issue with large pirate colonies is? Yep... all that rum drinking and treasure map making can only yield... lots of pollution. Somebody has to clean it all up. Why not you?
Pollushot uses a sling-shot type control called a sling-ship to catch the rubbish falling from the sky which doubles as ammunition. You
Super Stickman Golf Now Available
Super Stickman Golf was released for Android yesterday and, while I'm not going to do a full review (because it's a freebie), I will say that I played it a fair amount on my iPod Touch and it's a great little game. In a nutshell, it's 2D golf and your goal is to use your golfer and his power swing to knock the ball into a hole just like real golf. However, that hole may be above you or below you
AR Invaders
One blessing from Sunday's demise of my phone is that I can finally review AR Invaders. Why couldn't I before? Because the game is huge... the Market claim is 35 meg, but my full device said over 40 meg and begged me to do an uninstall immediately after downloading it. Surprisingly, it doesn't support App2SD which would seem like a cardinal no-no with a game of this size. But I've got a fresh,
A Dead Phone, Sprint, and Insurance
My phone had been acting flaky for a couple of months now, but I'd been too lazy to take it in to be looked at. After all, I was pretty confident it would work fine in the store and I'd be send home with a pat on the head. One example is while driving down the highways of Chicago in rush hour traffic not knowing exactly where I was going I'd take look over at my Phone/GPS only to figure out that
GameLoft Sale
Despite the fact that my kids went back to school about 3 weeks ago, GameLoft is holding a 'Back To School' sale featuring 3 of their games for just $0.99 each: N.O.V.A. 2, Asphalt 6, and BackStab. All three of these are solid games and a steal at $0.99 plus it's a chance to show GameLoft that being a part of the Android Market is a good thing versus their goofy system that ties your game
Stand O Food 3 on Sale For 40% Off
Directly from G5...
G5 Entertainment is putting Stand O Food 3 on SALE.
To celebrate the long-awaited launch of the sequel to one of the most popular games ever, G5 Entertainment decided to lower the price of Stand O Food 3 by 40%...
The sale will run through September 19! But only for the next 2 days! Hurry and get it before the sale ends! (The game price changes have already been
G5 Entertainment is putting Stand O Food 3 on SALE.
To celebrate the long-awaited launch of the sequel to one of the most popular games ever, G5 Entertainment decided to lower the price of Stand O Food 3 by 40%...
The sale will run through September 19! But only for the next 2 days! Hurry and get it before the sale ends! (The game price changes have already been
Refraction
Puzzle games, puzzle games... puzzle games are a crowded room on mobile devices. Yes, here's another puzzle game reviewed for a crowded market of puzzle games, but this one, I believe, offers something different. Refraction is a game all about light. Have you ever seen those board games like Laser Battle or Khet in which you're moving your pieces in a chess like fashion in an attempt to fire a
Sprinkle
You'd think when coming up with a name for a game company one could do better than 'Mediocre'. In fact, after purchasing the game Sprinkle for my Tegra based tablet I saw that it was just mediocre and wondered what I had just committed to, but alas it was just the company's name. I can just imagine some guy calling and saying "Hi, this is Bob from mediocre software...". Fortunately the game is
Last Week
Last week was a frustrating week for me in Android land and makes me worry about the future of Android. Let's dig right in...
First up, USA Today had an interesting article stating that piracy is a big problem for the Android platform in response to the massive discrepancy many developers see in their iOS vs Android sales. I'm sorry, but if you feel the need to pirate $2 games then there's
First up, USA Today had an interesting article stating that piracy is a big problem for the Android platform in response to the massive discrepancy many developers see in their iOS vs Android sales. I'm sorry, but if you feel the need to pirate $2 games then there's
Press Release: Cave Escape (A Free Game for Android)
Cave Escape is an action, falldown-type game with simple tilt control. The star of this game is a brave spider entering a mysterious cave on an adventure into the depths of the earth. Players need to guide the spider inside the cave using the tilt of their device and avoid hitting the top of the screen.
During the journey, players will discover various special items that can be used to help
Press Release: Army & Maiden M2 for the Android Phone
Army & Maiden is a real time war simulation game in a fantasy world. You can clear a stage in about 1-5 minutes. The operations are simple. You drag the "Move Marker". Your units move to marker's places. Units automatically battle in a display. Units have differing abilities. And units have some skills. "Clear Time" and "Score" are recorded. You must aim at the high score. Let's challenge !
