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June iOS Roundup #2 – the strategizers
Pandemic 2.5 Hey, remember playing this on your web browser back in… err… 2008 or thereabouts? Well, now it’s on your iDevice. It’s much the same as I remember, right down to Madagascar being a royal...
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Review: Ascendancy
You can only imagine my joy when I learned that a true blue 4x game (explore, expand, exploit, exterminate – to expand the name into its full and most imperialistic definition) was available on the...
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Here at Arcadian Rhythms we receive literally tens of emails every decade (predicted), and if there’s a theme that comes up time and time again it’s people asking us whether we are gay and telling us...
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Star Trader (Android) An open-ended space adventure game with RPG elements? With combat, trading and exploration lying at the heart of its mechanics? Why yes, I will most certainly subscribe to your...
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Review: Jetpack Joyride
For the last couple of months I have been obsessed with Jetpack Joyride. During the heat of the darkest times I frequently had to apologise to my friends for pretending to write a text on my phone,...
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Review: Eufloria
Don’t worry, everyone. I managed to get my review in on time. It took a few late nights and more than a few strong coffees, but it’s done. Wait, what? Eufloria was released in 2009? Well… fuck....
View ArticleWhere the hell are all the good games for Windows Phone?
There’s every chance that you found this article by searching Google for the phrase ‘Where are all the good games for Windows Phone?’. That’s why I called it that – so you would find it, on Google, the...
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Review: Super Hexagon
SONGS OF INNOCENCE A new game from Terry Cavanagh, launching at 69p and available on Android – the platform upon which I’m slowly assembling a small library of decent games? Don’t mind if I do, Super...
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Saturday Spotlight: Dino Dominion
I had planned to write about something as experimental, unique and interesting as Mustache Armies this week, especially after getting this series off to a weak start by missing last week (I was at a...
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Saturday Spotlight: Shapes & Sound: The Shape Shooter
Every so often a game comes along that nails the balance between a sleek, elegant design and simple, addictive gameplay. Shapes & Sound: The Shape Shooter, from Jamaican indie devs ARRG Studios,...
View ArticleDisaster: the unthinkable has happened
This is another fine mess we’ve gotten ourselves into.Continue reading: Disaster: the unthinkable has happened
View ArticleMobile Round-up June ’13
It’s obvious from my most recent post on Arcadian Rhythms that my mobile gaming has, of late, been of a rather singular stripe. And is there much to say about Puzzle & Dragons that has not already...
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Little Inferno & games that do matter
When Allan Blomquist, Kyle Gabler and Kyle Gray formed Tomorrow Corporation and set out to create the indie studio’s first game, they began with a concept not much grander than Ian Bogost’s Cow...
View ArticleReview: Symphony of Eternity
There are many types of game I don’t think I’d ever invest much time in. Sports games, for one. I don’t follow competitive team sports at all, and although I like extreme sports such as skiing and...
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Saturday Spotlight: Out There
Out There is one of the few games for which I have ever requested a press or early access copy via Arcadian Rhythms. I also had to borrow an iPad and use the ghastly TestFlight utility to install it....
View ArticleSaturday Spotlight: In a Permanent Save State
Most of the press around mobile gaming title In a Permanent Save State has concerned its removal from the App Store; a minor controversy in line with the removal of other titles like Sweatshop HD and...
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Saturday Spotlight: Jurassic Park Builder
Do you know what makes a social/mobile game with cooldown timers, in-app purchases and a design based around regular short-term play sessions an all-round shittier proposition? No need to hang about...
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Hoplite: forge your own odyssey
As any fule kno, Greek hoplites are hard as nails. Take, for example, the terrifying power fantasies of Frank Miller and Zack Snyder. In The 300 we see a small band of hoplites massacring, with the...
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Alright, Dungeon Keeper, You’ve Got Thirty Minutes
It’s impossible to pretend that I’ve felt or witnessed much enthusiasm for this, purportedly the latest instalment in the Dungeon Keeper series. We’ve seen nothing new for fifteen years, which is of...
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Review: Out There
It’s eight months since we last checked in on Out There. A lot can happen in eight months. A passenger travelling between Earth and Ganymede can wake up from cryosleep to find himself adrift in an...
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