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Crush the Castle Review
Crush the Castle is a port of the online flash game of the same name for the iPhone. Your goal is to launch a boulder from a trebuchet into a castle to knock down the foundations or walls so that the people inside the building are crushed. Your goal is to kill all people in and around the castle in as few shots as possible to earn medals. The controls are simple, tap the screen to start your trebuchet and tap again to release the boulder. You must time your release according to each m…
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Boom Brigade Review
Boom Brigade is an eclectic mix of tower defence, top down shooter and line drawing games all rolled into one. Your goal is to protect your bunker from attacking aliens by commanding units to move around the battlefield and attacking them. You will also need to collect as much dropped cash as you can in order to save up enough money to upgrade your units. Unit movement is controlled by tapping and dragging the iPhone screen to select and draw a path for them. Your units will fire auto…
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Aves Review
Aves is a surreal first person shooter in which players must shoot majestic looking birds with a bow and arrow. Not in a comical way, like you’re a drunk redneck hunter, but atop the clouds with an enchanted looking bow and arrow. In each level, players must kill a certain amount of birds in under a certain time limit. Players aren’t given a reason as to why they are killing these birds, leaving the game feeling a little too vague. Players tilt the iPhone to turn and look…
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Zombie Pizza Review
For those who have ever experienced working at a takeaway pizza store late night for a series of drunken, zombie-like customers, then Zombie Pizza should bring back some old memories. You play as a young pizza apprentice after zombies have taken over the world and must make your way up the employee ladder in order to surpass your boss. You will need to fill orders that come in and make various pizzas to satisfy the starving zombie clientele. The making of pizzas is quite simple; playe…
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Ninja TD Review
If the title hadn’t given it away, then yes, Ninja TD is a tower defence game with ninjas. Players must stop the incoming evil forces by placing different ninjas and utilizing different magic spells. The game offers some nice variation to the tower defence genre but if you’ve played any of these games before, you’ll know what to expect. Players place ninjas around the map by tapping on their icon in the shop at the bottom of the screen and dragging them up to where y…
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Str8ts 6x6 Review
Str8ts 6x6 is a self proclaimed Sudoku rival that follows similar rules but varies it up a bit. To simplify the game’s involved rules and instructions, the game is a much larger scale version of Sudoku, where players will have to place numbers in a 6x6 grid, rather than a 3x3 grid. Each number can only be used once in each column and row, and players must fill in all spaces on the game board to complete the level. To place numbers, players tap on a square and then tap on the num…
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Rope'n'Fly 2 Review
For those Rope’N’Fly fans who clutch your pillows at night wishing the app fairy will bring you more skyscraper swinging action, then your wish has come true. Rope’N’Fly 2 has arrived offering a number of different modes and lots more online accessibility building upon the already addictive gameplay offered by Rope’N’Fly. Just about everything from the first game is still here. Players must swing from building to building to get as far as possible b…
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Airline conqueror Review
Airline Conqueror is a line drawing game where player must direct planes and other air traffic around the world. You’ll need to safely guide the planes to their destinations without any mid-air collisions or you’ll lose the game. Players control their planes by tapping on them and drawing a line for them to take. You can also adjust plane routes mid flight by redrawing their flight path, and once more planes come into play, this will be a necessity. If you’ve played…
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Robocalypse - Mobile Mayhem Review
Robocalypse – Mobile Mayhem is a new port of the Nintendo DS Real Time Strategy game Robocalypse. When an industrial accident occurs in a toaster/military robot factory, the robots begin their revolt to take over the world. You play as Myron, computer programmer extraordinaire; as he tries to stop these evil robots by implanting the brain scans of WWII Veterans into new robots to create humanity's only chance for survival. Players control their units using the iPhone touch scree…
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AR3NA Review
AR3NA is a tactical strategy game where players square off against an opponent on a small battle grid. Each player has three units to control; an archer, a wizard and a warrior. Your goal is to eliminate all opposing units while keeping at least one of your units alive. Players take control using the iPhone's touch screen interface and issue commands by tapping the appropriate on screen buttons. One of the main elements to the gameplay is making commands in anticipation of your oppone…
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Castle Warriors Review
With a variety of strategy games available for the iPhone, new and fresh gameplay is always welcomed; and Castle Warriors offers such gameplay. In Castle Warriors, players must raid a number of different castles on the battlefield in order to take control of an area. Players must split their units into separate raid parties to both attack enemy castles and defend your own castles. Players can choose to split their army by sending some, most or all of their units from one castle to ano…
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iBlast Moki Review
iBlast Moki is a physics based puzzle game for the iPhone. It seems like all the little Moki’s are lost and need you to help them get home. And the only way to do that is to use bombs to blast them into small wormholes. You must blast them over obstacles and into the wormholes as fast as you can for a better score. You control bomb placement by dragging a bomb from the right hand panel next to a Moki. From here you can see the path that your Moki will take according to the place…
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Gold Miner Joe Review
Gold Miner Joe is a platforming game based on the PC title of the same name. This new port for the iPhone has players guiding Joe the Gold Miner through the legendary four-shafted gold mine. Your goal is to find all the gold nuggets and hidden gems without being killed by the Kentucky Brothers or any other nasties waiting in the mines. Players control Joe by using the iPhone’s touch screen interface. You move by swiping in the appropriate direction, jump by swiping up and throw…
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Parking Mania Review
Parking Mania is a parking simulator game for the iPhone. Players must take control of a number of different vehicles and navigate a parking lot or road side gap in order to park it as fast and neatly as possible. The faster and straighter the park, the more money you will earn. Players move their vehicles by using the iPhone tilt function to steer and a small throttle lever to control speed. The only problem players might have concerns the steering. The tilt controls are a good idea…
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Heads Will Roll Review
Heads Will Roll is an incredibly simple game that has players rolling different sized smiley heads down a large vertical maze. Your goal is to roll your heads into the gaps in the maze and avoid being caught by the scrolling top of screen, as you will pop if you do not roll down the gaps in time. You will be awarded points the further you drop and can use a number of power-ups to help you in achieving your goal. As this is a physics based game, players rotate their iPhone in order rol…
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