Killing Time With Timing Hero
This week’s Time Waster has Billy returning to the mobile grind, but this time it’s with Timing Hero, a game he doesn’t mind grinding in.
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Tower Defense Cult Classic Lock’s Quest Coming To Mobile
Over a decade ago, a fine real-time strategy game came to Nintendo DS and took the hearts of players and reviewers (as of July 30th, 2019, Lock’s Quest is rated “80” on Metacritic.com, based on 32 critics) by storm! Lock, a young, brave hero, is the last line of defense of his village against the hordes of Lord Agony, the Clockwork Army. Lock has just learned the skills of an Archineer, a builder of magical, mechanical devices and with his wide array of customized towers, traps, walls, weapons, and other defenses it’s up to you and Lock to stop the … Continue reading Tower Defense Cult Classic Lock’s Quest Coming To Mobile
Dr. Mario World Is In Need of Treatment
The mobile game Time Wasters continue this week as Billy takes a look at Nintendo’s newest smartphone game: Dr. Mario World.
Warriors of Waterdeep is a Waste of the D&D Name
This week Billy is looking at Warriors of Waterdeep, which is an official D&D game on mobile devices, but don’t let it’s name fool you.
Attentat 1942 Developers Working on New Game Svoboda 1945
Charles Games, the team behind Attentat 1942, an award-winning video game about the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, announces details of their new game in development titled Svoboda 1945. Attentat 1942 was released in October 2017 and received several prestigious awards, including the “Most Amazing Game” at the 2018 A MAZE festival, “Czech Game of the Year 2017,” and a nomination for the 2018 IGF Award for Excellence in Narrative. Like Attentat 1942, the new game Svoboda 1945 is a historically accurate game written by professional historians. “Svoboda 1945 immerses you in the story of a small village in the Czech-German … Continue reading Attentat 1942 Developers Working on New Game Svoboda 1945
Sonar Beat Blasts to iOS and Android
Developer Life Zero announces a new version of their debut game Sonar Beat, ‘Sonar Beat – Lite Edition,’ now free with ads on Android and iOS devices. This new release comes with a new content update as well for both new and old users, since the tutorial is now fully revamped for the sake of clarity due to user feedback. Sonar Beat was awarded ‘Best Mobile Game’ at the VLC Indie Summit ’19 last March. Winning that award prompted the Life Zero team to work a bit more on the game: “Winning that award gave us even more faith in … Continue reading Sonar Beat Blasts to iOS and Android
Checking Out SpellForce: Heroes & Magic
Billy is checking out SpellForce: Heroes & Magic this week and it’s a mobile game that brings the strategy of a PC series with it.
Crashing Through Tower Breaker
The Time Waster this week is an hack and slash game on mobile devices called Tower Breaker that Billy is more than a bit torn on. The game is great, but we might have a case of simply too many unskippable video ads really disrupting the play experience.
Flip: Surfing Colors Season Two is Here!
Billy is taking another look at a previous Time Waster this week with Flip: Surfing Colors Season Two, but how does it compare to the first season?
Nostalgic Platforming in Super Phantom Cat Remake
While the game really isn’t designed to break any barriers, the remake of Super Phantom Cat on the Nintendo Switch will have you remembering the good old days when platforming really was super. Platformer fans, or those who like pixelated cats, should check it out.