Die for Metal Again Review
Yes, You Must Die Again Last year, a fast-paced musically-themed game called Die for Metal was conjured into the world by a Norwegian musician/graphic designer/developer known as SinSquid Games. SinSquid…
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Claire Donner
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Claire Donner is a blogger and comics professional residing in Brooklyn, New York. Her film criticism and illustrations appear regularly in various independent digital and analog publications, and she is passionate about old school action games that reflect her movie genre obsessions, like Contra, Metroid and House of the Dead. She looks forward to someone developing a serious Android update of Xenophobe.
KatataK Review
In KatataK, a 2D rail shooter from UK developers Pixel Spill, you can either indulge the popular internet obsession with cat-themed comedy, or enjoy blasting the little creeps to bits.…
Crossbow Warrior Review
If the hulking, happy hero of this game looks familiar to you, it’s probably because you’ve played one or both of Pixcube Games’ earlier efforts, Eiger Norwand 1 and 2,…
Samurai Showdown Review
The history of JForce Games’ Samurai Showdown (not to be confused with the SNK brawler Samurai Shodown) is much more complex than the unusually simple game itself. SNES veterans may…
Buff Knight Review
From Korea’s one-man operation Buff Studios comes Buff Knight, a nostalgia-drenched 2D runner that separates itself from the herd with the prominent inclusion of RPG elements. Unfortunately, the game suffers…
Deep Dungeons of Doom Review
Last year, a pretty, pared-down roguelike RPG called Deep Dungeons of Doom debuted on the Ouya, to a reasonably warm welcome. This fall, thanks to the joint efforts of Brazilian…
Nightmare Cooperative Review
Scottish developers Lucky Frame are on a mission, as their website states, “to encourage creativity through technology”. Their latest effort, a puzzle-heavy roguelike called Nightmare Cooperative, fulfills this promise by…
Burning Blade Review
Burning Blade is the latest product from developer Teebik Games, who single-mindedly cranks out ornate-looking fantasy RPGs for browser and mobile platforms. Veterans of Teebik’s Wartune and League of Angels…
Traps N’Gemstones Review
The Swedish company Donut Games is a prolific casual gaming developer known for satisfying, single-minded apps with simple concepts. Typically, you master one skill—sidescrolling through an obstacle course, catapulting characters…
Hundred Fires: Episode 1 Review
This half-true espionage thriller concerns two operatives from the real-life counter revolutionary Brigade 2506, fleeing Castro’s army in search of safety. What they find instead is an international conspiracy so…
Dead Assault 3D Pro Review
In the opening sequence of Dead Assault 3D Pro, a gaggle of gangrenous arms bursts through a plot of rotten earth, clawing at the screen, before we pan upward into the foggy…
Infinite Warrior Review
Weighed down with your blade, shield and armor, this Android port of developer Empty Flask Games’ debut effort Infinite Warrior takes the endless runner format and walks with it. The…
Shadow Blade Review
The Swedish-American developer team DeadMage has followed up their mythology-based melee-explorer fantasy-adventure debut Garshasp: The Monster Slayer with a fast-paced platformer called Shadow Blade, which is more concise in every…
Ronin’s Revenge Review
Developer Tyler Pack’s debut mobile game displays a facile blend of simplicity and complexity that you might expect of a more seasoned creator and a more involved game. Ronin’s Revenge…
Blood Zombies Review
In the freemium first-person shooter Blood Zombies, you are a military officer fighting your way through undead hordes in rescue and survival situations, grabbing the gold and cash necessary to match…
Double Dragon Review
In the post-apocalyptic “future megalopolis of New York”, which looks a lot like the New York City of the 1970s, twin brothers Jimmy and Billy Lee hone their mastery of…
Gangster Granny 2: Madness Review
The sinister senior star of Black Bullet Games’ third-person shooter Gangster Granny is back in this sequel, subtitled Madness. From its elderly antihero to its anarchic action, the thoroughly preposterous…
Random Heroes Review
It’s hard to deny the nostalgic appeal of a simple side scrolling 8-bit adventure, but there is such a thing as too simple. Canadian Indie developers Ravenous Games and Noodlecake…
Chainsaw Warrior Review
There is something fundamentally odd about Auroch Digital’s decision to bring the 1987 Games Workshop tabletop game Chainsaw Warrior to Android. As we all know, a board game has to use simple…
Don’t Run With a Plasma Sword Review
Canadian indie developer XperimentalZ Games has done the Droid community a solid by developing an ad-free premium port of their massive iOS hit Don’t Run With a Plasma Sword. Cursory inspection reveals that…