Top Ten Android Action Games
Android Action games have evolved with the platform. Gone are the days when every action title was a rough copy of a popular console game; there are legitimate spin-offs that…
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Aliya Tyus-Barnwell
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Aliya Tyus-Barnwell's first system was the old gray box known as the NES. Experience taught her that the assessment "hardcore" is not limited to games like Thrill Kill, and she's no longer ashamed to admit the cuteness of games like Dungeon Defenders. Now she writes techy news for Digital Trends and hones her fiction with the Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers.
Barking Irons Review
Give Me Back My Bullets I crouch behind a barrel as a barrage of bullets passes my 10 gallon too close for comfort. My trusty six-shooter is in hand. Unfortunately,…
Alto’s Adventure Review
Snowman’s hit endless runner Alto’s Adventure finally made its way onto Android in February. Since then, Alto the shepherd’s llamas have run loose on over a million Android devices. Having…
Star Trek Timelines Review
As Quark the Ferengi of Deep Space Nine once said, “Greed is eternal.” Star Trek Timelines is a lovingly crafted and polished example of its publisher, Disruptor Beam’s adherence to…
MULE Returns Review
I’m studying a tan resource map of our new planet, searching for my plot among the many others. Following at my heels is a mechanical mule, the metal lids of…
Heroes Paradox Review
WinterBleu’s Heroes Paradox tells the story of Lugh the knight, Robin the ranger, Lael the cleric, and their troupe of fantasy trope friends. Maybe the paradox of the game is…
Skilltree Saga Review
With its title, Skilltree Saga sets at least standard hopes with respect to the RPG genre. Images of growing from a weak, level one RPG character that looks like Kanye…
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
I’m Batman. Not a snarky, gravel-voiced, cartoon diner-goer perpetually arguing with Superman, but a Lego superhero. Luckily, I’ve kept my dark, strange humor. I’ll need it for the game ahead…
Hatfall Review
To people that have never seen Zero Punctuation, Hatfall may just seem like a weird “what the hell is this,” indie game. Those familiar with ZP, the series of hilariously…
Tales of Illyria 3 Destinies Review
You can either look back and sigh with longing for bygone days, or cringe and hope to forget. Tales of Illyria 3: Destinies is like an old familiar friend you should…
NY Zombie 2 Review
Zombies are my bread and butter. I make it my business to play zombie and survival games, simply because I love them. I was also born and raised in New…
Dead Among Us Review
I have a slight obsession with all things-zombie. Zombie games, zombie books, the zombie apocalypse, zombie survival guides, Rob Zombie; the multitude of facets that make up this revolution of…
Xenowerk Review
A maze of rooms infested with mutants descends 50 floors. As you work your way through the dark corridors, your flashlight and your guns are your only friends. The deeper you…
GunCat Review
The internet has entire data servers devoted to birds, and entire server farms devoted to cats. Why not add an Android game or five? Few things are cuter than a…
Hardboiled Review
Fallout came along as the second open-world RPG wherein the player’s choices had far reaching implications (the first was Wasteland). Forget about the obvious — of course killing certain NPCs…
Fox One Advanced Edition Review
The lure of a good flight simulator is that feeling of weightlessness. Swooping down on an enemy or barrel-rolling away from incoming missiles should make your stomach flutter as your…
Crime Lord: Gangster City 3D Review
Cue the faux Dr. Dre beat; Crime Lord is loading. The game, brought to us by VascoGames, is an action title where players control Paulie Bonbanno, corruption-king on the come-up…
Lords of Aswick Review
When I first saw the Lords of Aswick thumbnail in the Google Play Store, I was excited by the prospect of an interactive novel designed for Android. I love a…
Dead Space Review
Titan Station, known as the Sprawl, hangs in orbit around one of Saturn’s moons, sparkling gray in the cold and unforgiving black of the vacuum between stars. Within the space…
Because Zombies Review
Back in the fifties, before George R. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, the world had no idea that the zombie apocalypse was coming. Today, the zombie menace is ever-present,…