Wanting More From Nancy Drew
Nancy Drew is a great adventure game series for young people with over 30 titles under its belt. But The Shattered Medallion’s emphasis on a Reality TV show makes this one’s story a bit flat.
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Paradox Reveals Cities: Skylines At Gamescom
Paradox Interactive revealed at Gamescom recently an all-new city-building simulation game, Cities: Skylines, which will be coming to Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs in 2015.
Retro Game Friday: SimAnt
Michael takes us on a blast from the past this week, down into the world of the humble ant, and a game that conquered the world for Maxis long before SimCity became it’s own metropolis. Let’s re-meet the humble kingdom of the ants in SimAnt.
Road Not Taken Charts A Worthy Path
Road Not Taken was released as one of the free games for PlayStation Plus members this week, and is available for the PC and Mac too. This unique puzzle adventure has surprising depth.
Battle Fleet 2 Takes WWII Gamers To Action Stations
Battle Fleet 2 pays homage to the turn-based naval battle games of yesteryear, but also exceeds them in quite a few ways. No armchair admiral will want to be without Battle Fleet 2 in their collection.
Trailer: Ghost Control Inc.
Application Systems and bumblebee. announce the launch of GhostControl Inc. 2.0 – a turn based strategy game – for Mac/PC/Linux now available on the Mac App Store. Shipping on Mac App Store today, version 2.0 has many improvements and new features our backers and supports requested. Publishers: Application Systems Developers: Bumblebee Platforms: Linux, Mac, PC
Blast Off For Mobile Tower Defense With Space Run
Taking a static concept like tower defense onto a moving platform like a space ship is what Space Run is all about. It really turns the genre onto its head and is quite refreshing, if a bit on the challenging side.
Monochroma Brings Dark And Moody Excellence To Puzzle Games
With a fair amount of action for a puzzle game, Monochroma also adds its own style that will make you want to explore so much more of its monochromatic world.
Review of The Last Tinker Finds Old School Cute And Cool
The Last Tinker: City of Colors is a visually stunning platformer which will have gamers longing for the days of cute, family friendly titles that could be enjoyed by children of all ages.
8-Bit Boy Revisited
Welcome Time Wasters! This week I’m looking at 8-Bit Boy, again. That’s right. For the second week in a row I’m looking back at a new version of a game I’ve already reviewed (Check that review out here.). I first reviewed 8-Bit Boy back in 2012, but the developer claims that the game is 75% different from what it was before. Let’s find out if this is true. In my original review of 8-Bit Boy, I cited the lengthy opening sequence for a simple story as a con to the game. This hasn’t changed in the new version of the … Continue reading 8-Bit Boy Revisited