Last month I posted a review for Appxplore’s sliding puzzler: Alien Hive. Last week, Appxplore announced a new mode for the game called “Blitz Mode”, in which the player has only 60 seconds to attain as large a score as possible. This update is free (for both iOS and Android), and is an even more addictive version of a game that I was already playing far too much for my own good.
My love of DJ Hero is known to many1; and during my all-too-brief interludes with the game, I fancy myself to be quite the star. While I know I’ll never be spinning platters at an actual club, I frequently browse through products for my devices that might allow for some fun ways to play music when I host parties at my house. Urbanears has produced a neat little free iOS app called Slussen that fits the bill quite nicely. Even more interesting: they have also created an inexpensive adapter that puts the “extra fun” in “extra functionality”.
If you want to know just how much people like games modeled after the inventions of Rube Goldberg, you need not look further than Mouse Trap (the board game), or This Too Shall Pass (a music video by OK Go). I cannot explain why the human mind is fascinated with these devices – but man, for such inconvenient ways to solve problems, they certainly are cool things to watch. Enter Crazy Machines Golden Gears from Viva Media; a game in which the most efficient solution is definitely not the most entertaining one!
The danger of game creation is that at some point a game will come out that is not really that original. It happens on all platforms (computers, consoles, etc.), but the handheld market is probably where this happens most often. And so a game that enters the market at the wrong time might be ignored if it’s nipping at the heels of another similar game that has experienced great success; or perhaps it will edge its way into the spotlight and experience some measure of success – the market is a fickle place. So where does Disney’s recent free-to-play release called Mittens fit into the mix? I guess it depends on whether you judge it on its own merit or not.
There are a number of guitar applicationns out there for various platforms; but the JamStik from Zivix is a pretty awesome idea. One of the biggest hurdles with any app based on a musical instrument is the interface. However, JamStik gets around that by actually having a physical input that emulates a guitar. It looks fairly effective – and definitely fun. Chad Koehler, VP of Zivix, was nice enough to answer a few of our questions.
Check out the interview below. When you’re done, why not take a look at their crowdfunding page?
The heroes of the DC universe are no strangers to fighting each other in videogames. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is one such example. Of course, when recently speaking with Co-creator Ed Boon (NetherRealm Studios) about this, he admitted that fans of both franchises wished to keep those franchises separated. Thus, Injustice: Gods Among Us was revealed in the latter half of last year, prompting some valid questions. For instance: how do you create a game in which a villain like Catwoman can stand on equal footing with a hero like Superman? How entertaining could a game like this possibly be? Well, you will have to read on to find out the answers to these burning queries.
Sometimes, I wonder what would happen if Tim Burton developed games for handhelds. Apparently, the folks at Modesty have been wondering the same thing, because they have created a game that answers that very question. The Spookening is a neat iOS (and Android) game is truly unique. The object of the game is to scare the living daylights out of the inhabitants of a village called Clifftown.
