Two-player games usually give each player their own controller space. But sometimes you want to fight over control, like in Michael Brough’s iPad game O, which looks like air hockey with many colored pucks. Balls appear on the screen in three colours. You score points by collecting a sequence of bal
It seems completely unecessary to make an orchestral version, since the synths were my favorite part, but this sneak peak of an upcoming orchestrated Fez soundtrack has me thinking it shouldn’t be too bad.
Foxconn, the company that makes iPhones, iPads, and most gaming consoles, doesn’t have the best history. In 2010, 14 employees committed suicide due to terrible working conditions. The iOS game In a Permanent Save State imagines their afterlives. Kate Cox at Kotaku reports: Like Molleindustria’s Pho
Andy Robertson’s son saved diligently for a used Gameboy Micro, convinced that it was the next new handheld from Nintendo. It was released in 2005. I was ready with a whole range of explanations for him once his starry-eyed wonder turned into the realization that this wasn’t in fact a new device at
There are plenty of racers inspired by NASCAR or science fiction. But what about one inspired by minimalists and constructivists? Brandon Boyer takes a look at Chalo Chalo over at Venus Patrol. Looking every bit like an even further abstracted & awesomely organic take on Nintendo’s bit Generations c
