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Odd can only carry a game for so long...
This physics puzzler is a game worth saving.
These hills will make physics puzzler fans happier than other gamers.
First look at the first of the two films in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit series.
Does everything in the App Store really need a holiday edition?
When "just one more turn" is actually enough...
Youda time manager in this Farm Frenzy inspired game.
Why isn't OnLive available on iOS yet?
The classic brick-buster returns, updated for the new millennium.
Debut gameplay trailer for Robot Entertainment's Hero Academy.
A reminder that you can have fun with an adventure movie without relying on CGI effects.
It's the unicorns' kitten taking on the dragons' turtle in mortal combat...
It's tower defense ... with zombies.
These cows aren't really worth saving...
Found to be flatly unacceptable...
Not even recommendable to the monster hunting obsessed.
You don't have to be an audiophile to know what sounds good (and looks good doing it).
These goofy penguins on a rescue run have their work cut out for them...
Rockstar Games celebrates the 10th anniversary of their breakthrough game.
If you're a D&D fan and can forgive it for being hosted on Facebook, Heroes will provide you with some simple yet satisfying dungeon crawling.
The way games used to be...
You've never seen rock-paper-scissors like this before...
Don't let the cute and fuzzy Aiko fool you, this is one seriously challenging puzzle game.
It's curling ... but with pigs.
This race is a winner.
If you have an MP3 player or iPod without speakers, this little keychain with a speaker will give you the same sound you'd get using an iPhone's internal speaker.
A one-trick pony that doesn't even know how to play HORSE.
If you just can't get enough of time management games...
The thinking farmer's game...
Contre Jour is fun, yes, but its visual and auditory chops are what truly impresses.
The 'fract' of the matter is that this one is a gem.
For those who like to go in circles...
If you're a one trick pony, that trick had better be really good...
No, it has nothing to do with baseball...
Green (in both sense of the word) gifts for the computer geek in your life.
This Captain America will help you to really appreciate the 2011 version.
A fitting tribute to an enjoyable Sci-Fi adventure.
A new game convention is born at the same place the Spruce Goose was built, but XP flew a lot higher.
The time management game for iOS debuts on September 15th.
Checkers puzzles for the amphibian set.
Nintendo's Ambassador Program has arrived. Here's what we think of it.
It's cats versus dogs ala Metal Gear.
Wildlings must protect their babies from the invading evil Creeps.
Have you ever played Angry Birds and wondered what it would be like if you got to play as the pigs?
Pinball doesn't get more 'splosive than this...
Anook and Nooki, two bounding Eskimos, leap from one ice cube to another...
Join Barry Steakfries as he breaks in to a secret laboratory to commandeer the experimental jetpacks from the clutches of science evildoers.
Loki finally gets to step out from his brother's shadow...
Draw your racing line and then watch as your car races that line.
If you don't like the game after level 1 or 2, you probably just hate fun games...
Next time you're stuck on a line, um, stuck in line...
All roads should lead to you buying this game.
Does a Rocket Ranger gets his Qix in a Ranger Rocket?
Best left to those who have see-through fingers...
A lot like Fruit Ninja, only with fish.
Yep, it' a baby monkey going backwards on a pig...
Tower defense, shooting, and zombies.
Flight Control, except with bees.
Video taken at the 20 Years of id Software panel at QuakeCon 2011.
In SQUIDS players will command a small army of stretchy, springy sea creatures to protect an idyllic underwater kingdom from a sinister emerging threat.
Place over 30 types of torturous traps throughout your dungeon to fend off waves of heroes.
It's got a cookie, rope, and a cute monster, but it's not the game you think it is.
What Mars really needs is a better script...
Mario Kart meets the iPhone.
It looks pretty, can be addictive, but it's still a grind.
A puzzle racing game is a misleading way to describe this game, but it's close...
Freddy is the fourth and final fighter of the planned downloadable characters for Mortal Kombat - one would think that the MK team would save the best fighter for last, but in this case... no.
Rain is the third fighter of the planned downloadable characters for Mortal Kombat and he still maintains all of his moves that fans will remember him for.
The Community Managers: Un-Moderated! panel from QuakeCon 2011.
The First Person Perspectives panel from QuakeCon 2011.
Lead designer Luke Muscat and lead artist Sierra Asher give an inside look at the vehicles that will appear in the game.
Snuggies? Snuggies! We don't need no stinkin' Snuggies.
A gem of a fighter that will most likely go criminally unremembered due to circumstances beyond anyone's control.
What if the zombie apocalypse came at the hands of vampires?
Ike Broflovski‎ certainly does not approve of this game, but you probably will.
If you never played a card game, never liked them, or fell out of a few card games in the past, Kard Combat may show you why collectable card games are still fun...
Catharina Mallet talks about The Sims move to Facebook.
Good, but totally unnecessary...
Barry Steakfries steals a highly explosive, unstable and experimental machine gun-propelled jetpack that he - naturally - straps to his back without hesitation.
Another trivia game, this one with squirrels...
Not quite as charming as it thinks it is...
This review will hold your attention longer than the game will...
This app manages to be less fun than watching the event in real life...
It just feels like a half-complete app project. The developers boldly chose to meld a few gaming elements into one, but somehow they forgot to add the fun.
Finally, a game for Leporiphobics.
First look at the Xbox 360 Limited Edition Star Wars Console Bundle.
Needs more "classic" and less "remix"...
Late night gaming session? Seattle's Best Coffee Iced Lattes are an option that don't come packed with calories or other questionable ingredients.
An alternative option to high-priced game cases.
Racing isn't as much fun when you're racing alone...
Kenshi is a good representation of the original Deadly Alliance character roster for those that are more familiar with the last few MK games.
(Almost) impossible to resist...
For the sim manager inside of you...
All in all this is a solid game for your iPad, a charming title that mostly suffers from a lack of challenge.
Godzilla meets Angry Birds...
The book that forms serves as prequel to Dragon Age: Origins makes for light reading that's entertaining enough...
Go download this one right away, you won't be disappointed.
It should have just stuck to being a puzzle game.
Stargate Universe comes to an end not with a bang but with a whimper.
Mighty Fin's play on Tiny Wing's title will clue you in on what to expect form this game.
Captain America - the 1990 version - will be on DVD on July 19th.
Skarlet is the first of the planned downloadable characters for Mortal Kombat and she really stretches that mature rating to the limit with her moves.
Cinematic trailer for World of Warcraft Patch 4.2: Rage of the Firelands.
An iOS platformer with extraordinary style that everyone can love.
Icebreaker makes hockey fun for all. Probably because it doesn't have to explain 'icing'...
Spoing needs help collecting beautiful diamonds in this ironically unpolished port to the iPad.
Fans of Missile Command games who enjoy a twist will probably want to check this one out.
While Nicolas Cage actually drives as if he's just mildly perturbed, it's William Fichtner that really puts the fun into this grindhouse throwback.
Meet the Hungribles...
The developers at Treyarch give a behind-the-scenes look at Hangar 18, Drive-In, Silo, Hazard and Zombies.
When a devastating explosion at an electroplating plant rocks downtown LA, detectives Phelps and Biggs are called to the scene. Was this just a tragic accident, or is something more sinister at play?
Best friends Woodrow and Aiden spend all of their free time building Mad Max-inspired flamethrowers and muscle cars in preparation for a global apocalypse...
If you enjoy tangled, high fantasy filled with leather, lace, and vivid imagery of seedy back alleys...
In a world of vampires and werewolves, a decades old truce is all that protects the land of humans from the undead beyond the river...
Golden Axe III now still feels like a fun, playable game, and in comparison to other Golden Axe games and most of Sega's recent ports, it's a treasure.
Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my boomstick!
Thor with a flaming sword is no Thor with a hammer.
Turn your regular controller into an arcade stick controller.
Characters you've seen four hundred times before if you're over fourteen.
Today's the day we all stop dying...
Not just another Angry Birds clone...
Download and solve the free Alice: Madness Returns Storybook App and get $10 off the videogame.
When you need a break from Angry Birds...
Can't get enough Cut the Rope...?
Too tedious and slow for most gamers...
A one-trick pony...
For when you don't have a piece of paper handy...
Who knew that there were so many ramps on Mars?
If your PC isn't what it used to be (or you don't want it to get that way), System Mechanic 10 is an essential utility for your computer.
Jason gives you three for one. Why? Read on...
Taken together, these two discs should please most comic fans...
Red Faction: Origins follows the children of rebel hero Alec Mason, set during a period between the Red Faction: Guerrilla and Red Faction: Armageddon games.
After a few plays you may be ready to return to Angry Birds...
The developers at Volition reflect on the series as it reaches its ten-year anniversary.
We got hands-on time with MX vs ATV Alive, Red Faction: Armageddon, and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, and bring you an inside look at each of them.
Sometimes simple is simply irresistible...
The Relic takes the fun out of hacking and slashing...
Fun, but not quite a "must have"...
Paper Wars is a great example of a quick, fun way to kill time with your phone, but it will not satisfy those seeking to challenge their thinking muscles.
What happens when you cross Flight Control with a tower defense game?
The look, the control scheme, the puzzles themselves, all of it was just annoying to me...
It would be more rewarding to try and make a real paper airplane.
Not content to stop at 493, Jason goes for all 649...
A super model movie, that is, really nice to look at but it's not too bright...
A virtual roundtable with Tron: Legacy Visual Effects Supervisor, Eric Barba.
Jeff Bridges talks about his experiences filming Tron: Legacy.
It's not the most rewarding experience, but it's definitely something to show your pals.
This game does its job of endorsing painkiller medication, because you will need some after...
See what Charlie Sheen has been up to lately...
In the market for a new desk toy?
Quite possibly one of the most boring alien invasions ever...
Collision Effect is a simple game, perfect for micro gaming sessions where you need eye candy to help fill the gaps in your day.
They could have packaged an app full of the fun facts that they display during loading screens and that may have been more entertaining than this game. Basically, skip this game and get Peggle.
As an iPhone game this app may have had some real charm, but on the iPad, Big Boss just feels a little light and short on the thrills.
Purgatory will put you in gamers' hell...
Tennis Flirt is available for free on the App Store, and it STILL isnt worth trying out.
Brandon Routh stars as Dylan Dog, world famous private investigator specializing in affairs of the undead. In theaters April 29th, 2011.
Hot off her triumph at the end of Season Three, life returns to 'normal' for Codex...
It will burn you up ... in a good way ...
A 3D "peg and hole" game that's just about as much fun...
Toy Balls is for those who think that Tetris is for squares...
The fun lasts for just about as long as a typical jog...
Rango goes MMORPG...
Trailer for the new 10-episode series that retells the Arthurian legend.
As a whole this game does not break any new ground in the I Spy genre, but the effort is being made. Eventually they have to get it right maybe.
The story behind the upcoming free-to-play MMORPG.
In-game action from the upcoming free-to-play MMORPG.
Gameplay action from the iPhone old school shooter.
A fun "puzzle and I Spy combo that is deceptively challenging, and oh so adorable, but the pace of play is very slow.
A very challenging, arcade platformer that doesn't offer a ton of variety.
If you love 5 Card Draw so much that you'd want to play a bajillion hands of it against the same guy, then this is the game for you.
A mostly standard tower-defense game, infused with swords and magic to offer nothing new, but provides enough challenge to keep you playing.
It's a great game if you accept the challenge, otherwise it will be doomed to the app graveyard.
Get your first look at Felicia Day as Tallis, an Elven assassin on a quest to capture a rogue magician in the land of Ferelden.
Wordstr is an easy recommendation to make for anyone with an iPad and a grasp of the English language.
The games title, Etolis: Arena, and its tagline, Can you survive the arena? should give you a heads up that it cant.
A look at the animated film that fills in the storyline between Dead Space and Dead Space 2...
The Legend of Zelda is a great series based on amazing gameplay, and Gamelofts facsimile doesnt disappoint.
If you missed part III back in the day, it's probably worth your time to download and play through it.
A fast-paced, marvel of gaming. If you don't own this game, you should.
In the end, Spirits is a fun, different breed of puzzle game.
Gameplay trailer for the iPad dual stick space-age shooter.
A pocket racer with a simple premise, deceptively challenging, and filled with sinister swine.
This is as close to a full console experience as youll find on the App Store, and you shouldnt miss out...
This game is easy to pick up and play by offering progression, customization, something to work for, and a unique style all its own.
THQ held its Gamers' Week in January in Manhattan, and we were there to bring you developer interviews, hands-on impressions, and more from the games on display.
Yes, it has blocks and it has rogues.
Shots of Dead Space's Isaac Clarke's appearance in Dragon Age II.
Cinematic trailer for the tower defense game for iPhone.
Finally, jogging becomes a bloodsport...
The return of the jumping game?
Download game, play a couple of levels, get hopelessly stuck, pay to unlock remaining levels. No thanks.
UFC: Undisputed 2010 looks bad, plays bad and sounds really, REALLY bad...
At least this virus game is more fun than the common cold...
The phrase "less is more" would have made this interesting concept for a game a bit more playable, possibly even enjoyable.
Launch trailer for the iPhone/iPad puzzle adventure game.
The Comic Guy meets Penguin Smash...

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