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A little less remuneration
by News Elvis (November 26th, 2010 at 9:30 am)
Uh-huh, thngyrvrmsh, omnomburghrburghrdrgsdrgs.
Issanr POGUHMRSAYRUNUP, a-huh. Continue reading this post…
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++ NAMCO = CHEAP ++
by NEWS ROBOT (November 25th, 2010 at 9:34 am)
++ OBSERVATION: RETURN OF NAMCO SALE ++
++ ENUMERATION: LISTED GAMES CONSIDERABLY / NOTICEABLY / NEGLIGIBLY REDUCED // DELETE AS APPLICABLE WITH STANDARDISED HOLE PUNCH ++
++ ACTIVATE PODGAMER NEWS ROBOT REPORT DESIGN MODULE ++
++ ACTIVATE PODGAMER NEWS ROBOT INTERJECTION MODULE ++ Continue reading this post…
Posted by NEWS ROBOT on November 25th, 2010 at 9:34 am
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Brick Dangerous
by J Nash (November 24th, 2010 at 9:33 am)
I’ve been gathering a slow education about famous iThing games in order to avoid too many howlers born of ignorance. It’s a heck of a task that’s taking ages, because according to official figures there are fifty million thousand hundred pop culture titles and at least 12 good ones.
Today: Edge. And the problem with Edge is that it’s too inventive. Continue reading this post…
Posted by J Nash on November 24th, 2010 at 9:33 am
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++ GAMELOFT = CHEAP ++
by NEWS ROBOT (November 23rd, 2010 at 11:04 pm)
++ UPDATE: REDUCTIONS INCONSISTENT. ERRORS CORRECTED ++
++ OBSERVATION: RETURN OF GAMELOFT SALE ++
++ ENUMERATION: LISTED GAMES REDUCED TO 59p/€0,79/99¢ ++
++ INVENTORY: ASPHALT 5, BROTHERS IN ARMS (GLOBAL FRONT), HERO OF SPARTA 2, IRON MAN 2, LET US GOLF 2, NFL 2011, THE SETTLERS, SHREK KART, SPLINTER CELL CONVICTION, UNO ++
++ OBSERVATION: iPAD VERSIONS ALSO INCLUDED IN SALE ++
++ INVENTORY: ASPHALT 5 HD, BROTHERS IN ARMS (GLOBAL FRONT) HD, HERO OF SPARTA 2 HD, IRON MAN 2 HD, LET US GOLF 2 HD, NFL 2011 HD, THE SETTLERS HD, SHREK KART HD, SPLINTER CELL CONVICTION HD, UNO HD ++ Continue reading this post…
Posted by NEWS ROBOT on November 23rd, 2010 at 11:04 pm
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Tipping point
by J Nash (November 19th, 2010 at 8:53 pm)
In today’s modern convenient videogame shorthand, Tiltstorm would be Tempest Without Webs. (Actually, in today’s modern convenient videogame shorthand, Tiltstorm would be Not a WW2 Cover Shooter, WRY SATIRES.)
The thing is, there’s a reason Tempest has webs. Continue reading this post…
Posted by J Nash on November 19th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
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Magical alien balls drop
by Craig Grannell (November 18th, 2010 at 5:23 pm)
Magical Drop is great. Magical Drop for iOS is a pile of steaming shit. As a huge Magical Drop fan, the combination of the previous two statements has resulted in HULK SMASH anger for me since iOS gaming took hold; but now Linkoidz is here to save the day, providing similar dynamics to Data East’s title, but without controls that make you want to take a baseball bat to your device.
Posted by Craig Grannell on November 18th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
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Tales of interest
by Nathan Grayson (November 18th, 2010 at 6:24 am)
Normally “free” and “not shit” are enough to warrant a bark and a point from us, your trusty App Store hounds at Podgamer, but today I’ve decided to mix things up. See, while Brutal Fantasy-Prologue is definitely free and also gleefully slashy (though generically so) enough to cross the rickety bridge out of Shitsville and into Mediocrity Zone, it’s also – dare I say it – profound. Actually, I don’t dare say it, because it’s really not. But it is profound’s plainer, lose-the-glasses-and-we-might-have-something sister, “interesting.”
See, in a slight twist on the normal App Store release formula, the full version of Brutal Fantasy won’t be out for another month, and this free Prologue – as you might expect – sports the beginnings of its storyline. What is that storyline, you ask? Uh, I think there was an evil knight or something like that. I didn’t really pay attention, but seeing as there are about three fantasy plots in existence, I’ve got a decent shot at being on the money. Point is, even if Brutal Fantasy-Prologue’s story physically spurted chopped liver out of my iPhone speaker, I wouldn’t have minded. It’s not important. What is important is the delivery of that story.
Posted by Nathan Grayson on November 18th, 2010 at 6:24 am
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House Of The (Wish It Was) Dead
by Nathan Grayson (November 16th, 2010 at 8:03 am)
Remember those House Of The Dead arcade machines from back in the day? You know, the ones with the big plastic guns that indirectly ate your first car in change? Weren’t they great? Well, Zombie Crisis 3D‘s a lot like that – only replace “great” with the most negative adjective you can think of. Horrendabysmal. Terribawfulstrosity. Dane Cook. Something along those lines.
How so? Oh, let me count the ways. First off, the basics: You’re a person. You have a gun. You shoot zombies. And that is – quite literally – all. Your movement is, of course, on-rails, so your eyes, legs, and head – everything aside from your itchy trigger finger – are the game’s to control. No big deal, though, right? Highly scripted, gore-spattered thrill rides are what this genre’s all about, after all. Problem is, Zombie Crisis doesn’t seem to have gotten the memo.
Posted by Nathan Grayson on November 16th, 2010 at 8:03 am
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The battle of b0rked drift
by RevStu (November 12th, 2010 at 10:01 pm)
Drift Mania Championship HD is free today. I’d had a brief play of the Lite version when it came out and dismissed it as an uncontrollable and dull stunt game (and I hate stunt games, because I’m not 12). So this seemed an ideal opportunity to give it a second chance, especially as I’d bought my iPhone 4 since then and would have a chance to admire its gleaming Retina graphics.
I don’t think that’s actually them in the screenshot – it looks a lot crisper and shinier than that in real life, which begs the question of why a publisher would choose to use a low-res image when the high-res graphics are a sufficiently big deal as to be highlighted in the game’s title. But anyway.
Posted by RevStu on November 12th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
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From consoles with love
by Nathan Grayson (November 11th, 2010 at 6:36 am)
Just because you can download 30 million new games per second on your newfangled iPodpadpodiummajig doesn’t mean console games have lost their luster. But there’s a price to pay for all those fancy big-name bells and whistles, and it is – shockingly enough – money. Or, to quote one of this generation’s wisest cultural mantras: “Mo’ money.” However, more money spent on iPhone games directly correlates to less bitches, and that simply will not do.
Fortunately, a quartet of console imports have seen fit to trim a little off the top of their price tags, handily solving that incredibly pressing dilemma for you. First up, there’s Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, which is now a (TURN BACK NOW OR RISK DEATH BY HORRIBLE PUN) steal at £3.99/€5,49/$6.99. Yes, it’s still a wee bit pricey, but don’t let its “ants having a gangfight” facade fool you; it’s far-and-away one of the best GTA games out there. And this comes from someone who normally hates Grand Theft Auto.