To Review or Not Review Video Games…
…that is the question. I like to think to myself that I write this blog for me first. I turn to this blog whenever I have a gaming thought I think is worth writing down and I make it happen. It’s a...
View ArticlePick-Up Post: SoulCalibur for iOS
SoulCalibur for iOS is out now. While I am no good at any of the games in this series, I have picked up and enjoyed SoulCalibur II and IV in the past. I’ve been looking forward to this release even...
View ArticleSoulCalibur for iPhone/iPad Review
Following in the foot steps of Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat and King of Fighters, SoulCalibur has made its way onto iOS. Unlike Street Fighter and King of Fighters, this SoulCalibur release is mostly...
View ArticleWrestleFest for iPhone Review
The original WrestleFest is renown as an old school wrestling and arcade classic. I used to remember seeing this game at arcades everywhere. A lot of people have fond memories of the original...
View ArticleHunger Games: Girl on Fire Review
I woke up this morning alone in an empty bed. My girlfriend, who is a huge fan of the Hunger Games books and has been anticipating the movie for months, went to a midnight screening of the movie and...
View ArticleMarvel vs. Capcom 2 for iPhone and iPad Review
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is one of the most beloved fighting games of all-time. Casual fans loved it for the over-the-top action between their favourite comic book and video game characters, while hardcore...
View ArticleStreet Fighter X Tekken Mobile Review
(Download Street Fighter X Tekken Mobile from iTunes) Capcom’s track record with porting their fighting games to mobile devices are hit-and-miss. While their work with the Street Fighter IV series set...
View ArticleCheck Out My Borderlands Legends Review on Splitkick.com!
As a fan of the Borderlands franchise, I jumped into this iOS spin-off with both feet. To my dismay, Legends falls well short of the standards set by its console and PC brethren. If that last sentence...
View ArticleCuriosity – What’s Inside the Cube?
(Download on iTunes) From his crazy over-selling of ideas that never made it into the Fable games, to the early Kinect prototype Milo, Peter Molyneux isn’t afraid to make kooky ideas come to life (or...
View ArticleCampaign: The Game Review
By night, I am a video games writer for In Third Person, and Splitkick. By day, I work as a project manager in the advertising industry. I’ve always wondered when my work life would manifest itself...
View ArticleContra: Evolution Review
I should have known better. A Contra remake on iOS sounds totally rad on paper. At a price of only $0.99, how could this go possibly wrong? Let me count the ways. Players familiar with the NES game...
View ArticlePocket Tanks Deluxe: The Battle For Subway Supremacy
(Download Pocket Tanks For iPhone) My first encounter with Pocket Tanks occurred in 2001. I was in high school computer programming class and one of my friends asked me to come over to his computer...
View ArticleXCOM: Enemy Unknown on iPhone Impressions
2K raised some eyebrows (mine included) when they announced a port of XCOM: Enemy Unknown for iOS. I love that game, but how the heck were they going to make it work on those devices? Well after the...
View ArticleBlokus on iOS Review
If memory serves me well, I’m pretty sure Blokus was one of the first board games to make the jump to iOS. Despite all of the positive things I heard about it, I never bothered to give it a chance...
View ArticleQwirkle on iOS Review
Qwirkle is the more popular and award winning precursor to Iota, a game I reviewed not too long ago. They share a similar premise and more or less the same strengths and faults. However, I can’t play...
View ArticleOut Today: Splendor on iOS
One of my favourite board games of 2014 is out today on iOS! Splendor is a game where gem merchants are working towards building their empire. The theme is actually inconsequential to the whole thing,...
View ArticleCamel Up for iOS Review
Camel Up is an award-winning board game from Steffen Bogen and Z-Man Games. Though my hype for the physical game has cooled with time, I still think that it’s a novel and entertaining title with the...
View ArticleLost Cities on iPhone Review
Lost Cities on iOS is the adaptation of the Lost Cities physical card game. In it, two players compete to create the best routes to five different ancient civilizations by playing numbered cards in...
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