Scary games just aren’t my thing. I can’t handle Silent Hill, and my ideal Resident Evil time is between 12-4 PM with the lights on and a podcast going in the background. So going into Dead Space took a little bit of courage on my part to get the app started. Now that I’m back from In...

Zen Bound approaches iOS gaming with a humble, unobtrusive, and visionary style. With a simple premise, a mellow soundtrack, and compelling gameplay, Zen Bound is not simply a great game, but the best of what iOS has to offer. The premise, as I said, is simple. A wooden animal figurine is presented to...

Sims 3, much like Battlefield Bad Company 2 is another attempt by EA to make a quality version of a large scale franchise and put it onto a mobile device instead of making a quick garbage port to make a few bucks. And for this EA, I salute you. Sims 3 takes the Sims experience and shrinks it onto your...

Battlefield Bad Company 2 is a port from the mega popular series on PC and console. The game follows the same four squad members as Original Bad Company 2 as they chase down a Russian convoy carrying a sever with designs for a new “super weapon.” The plot isn’t anything more than an excuse...

When I hear the name Oregon Trail, I flash back to middle school, sitting in the computer lab, pretending like I was doing work whenever the teacher came in, when in reality, I was cursing Jonathon for getting dysentery yet again. That’s the image that always pops into my head whenever I hear Oregon...

The fundamentals of an RTS are fast reactions, precise clicking, and the balance of micro and macro. This is near-impossible to do on a system of pure-touch controls on a small screen. Zooming and shrinking is a struggle, units can be indistinct, moving and issuing commands is fairly cumbersome and imprecise. Transitioning from battle to moving to grouping is far some smooth and far from fun. Battles are often two groups of armies bumbling into each other and trading shoots poorly.

Civilization Revolution is the portable outing of the long-running, seminal classic turn-based strategy game and while it encapsulates part of what makes Civ great, it also has some noticeable flaws that detract form the experience. I am a huge Civ fan and a bit of a purist at that. My reaction to...

Shibuya is a relative newcomer to the App Store and has yet to hit the top charts, however it is a thoroughly polished and well-crafted game, with addictive gameplay, excellent music, and a fantastic pick-up-and-play feel. Shibuya is part matching game, part tetris. In a single file line, clear horizontal...

Amid a host of similar real-time, top-down action RPGs, Zenonia seems to hold some sort of pedigree as a progenitor of the trend. The original was a fun, pick up and play title with good play time and ample amounts of fun. So when I picked up Zenonia 2 in a sale, I was expecting more of the same. I find...

While many recent iOS games seem to go for the flash and appeal of graphical enhancements (Chaos Rings and Infinity Blade for example) Pix ‘n Love Rush takes an effective and welcome step in the other direction. The game is entirely rendered in almost 8-bit pixels, with backgrounds and music clearly...