We've matched all kinds of things since Tetris dropped onto the original Game Boy in 1989.
Blocks, hexagons, fruit, balls, runes, animals, weapons. But have any of these various puzzlers matched the purity of Tetris itself? Arguably not.
Crossed goes back to a similar foundation, but arranges its dropping blocks in a cross shape and adds a splash of colour.
Is that enough?
Cross examin...
With Zen Pinball's licensed fare to date being rather action-oriented - Marvel, Star Wars, Walking Dead - South Park represents a big change in subject matter.
However, this is still Zen Pinball as you know it - a fairly traditional modern table, augmented by all manner of animated characters that wouldn't be possible in the real world.
On launching the app, it immediately explodes into the ...
Miika might have killed me with its cuteness.
It's a 3D puzzle game by London-based studio Noxus that combines the cute, cube-hopping look of ilomilo, and the optical illusion puzzles of Monument Valley.
It also stars a small family of furry squirrelly-things that I want to have as a plushie.
You'll travel with them through the four seasons across levels made up of what looks like cotton...
Seashine has appeared on these digital pages before but we didn't know much about it. Now, we know a little bit more, plus there's a teaser trailer.
You play as a luminous jellyfish at the bottom of an oceanic abyss. Your task is to weave through the narrow workings of the caverns to find light sources.
You need this light in order to live a little longer, so it's a constant race against ti...
With The Wind's prettiness has overrided my need to make bum gas jokes out of its title (whoops).
It actually has the brightly coloured 3D look of, say, Oceanhorn. It's close-ish, I'd say.
Beyond its looks, With The Wind is a puzzle game about collecting bags of wind for your dad. Your dad, it so happens, is Aeolus, Ruler of Winds - which is what I also call my dad after he's eaten dinner.
...
People are paradoxical. The more technology you give them, the more they yearn for the good old days. That's why mobile stores are rife with emulators and revisions of older games.
Perhaps the most extreme example is the resurrection of choose your own adventure game books. Originally these were physical books that allowed role-players to enjoy a solo dose of their favourite hobby. Now they've ...
One of the coolest, and most hidden features in OS X Yosemite - the new Mac operating system which launched last week - is the ability to record footage from an iOS device.
It's really simple. Just follow this guide to get set up.
And then bam you get a video of your screen in the full Retina resolution. There's no lag, juttering, or frame rate drops - even in 3D games like Republique and Mi...
It's pretty convenient that you're a "ski master" in Escape from Montegrande.
You see, the only feasible way to escape from Montegrande prison is to ski down the snowy mountain it sits atop.
You've been locked up for life, so you take the chance, hoping to out-ski the cops on the way down and make a break for it.
If you weren't a ski master then I'd imagine the game would be over pretty ...
Inside Pete is a real-time strategy game that would have been right at home among the gross-out toys and games of the 1990s.
I say that because it takes place inside the filthy guts of a lazy man called Pete. It's all kinds of icky.
You control nanobots that can clone white blood cells that Pete's clever uncle sent inside him rid him of the disgusting results of his lethargy.
This means ...
John Araujo is out to prove that mobile games don't have to be "shallow or coercive in order to attract an audience."
He's hoping that his upcoming 2D hack 'n' slasher Unbroken for iOS will do all the proving.
It's certainly a looker. I particularly like how a ghostly mist hangs at the jungle's floor in one screenshot, providing a sinister atmosphere.
Araujo also seems to be evoking image...
You no longer need an expensive capture card to record footage of iOS games and apps. Just plug your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch into your Mac with the usual cable and you can capture video of a game in action.
Want to know how? Just follow this guide. And check out the video above for an example of what your video might look like.
First things first is the equipment. You need an...
The sequel to Bronze Award-winning physics-based truck trundler Offroad Legends, Offroad Legends 2, is set to land on the App Store next month.
The game will feature 12 different monster trucks, 48 different dirty tracks, and turn-based multiplayer via Game Center.
All the physics have been tweaked, the graphics are going to be shinier, there's MFi controller support, and four game modes...
Remedy and flaregames's Clash of Clans-ish Agents of Storm is set to hit the App Store on Thursday, bringing with it lots of Agent-y Stormness. Whatever that might mean.
The game sees you building bases, launching attacks, and generally having a jolly old mid-core strategic time. There are boats, hovercrafts, planes, and lots of islands.
You can get an idea of what an earlier build of th...
I went hands-on with Tiny Realms way back in July, when the game was soft launched.
I definitely thought it was kind of cool, but it also felt very much like a take on Clash of Clans, with the UI being particularly "inspired" by Supercell's mobile strategy classic.
The game has now gone global, so I thought it high time to revisit it and bring you a full review here on Pocket Gamer. Which is...
We've already been hands-on with Tilt to Live: Gauntlet's Revenge in word-form.
But because of diminishing attention spans, everyone loves video nowadays, so we've only gone and done one of those for you as well.
The game sees you traversing a series of super tough mazes, tilting your phone or tablet to try and avoid a deadly array of spikey, lasery, and general killy things.
It all l...
Here's an interesting concept. Let's say you want to make a wrestling game that's as close to the real thing as possible.
What you’d need to consider is that wrestling - the wrestling you see on TV, with stadiums full of Americans and rings full of gigantic pantomime dames - is more than grappling and throws.
It's a dazzling firework show of extravagance and hero worship, and any game that c...
Every week, Pocket Gamer provides a weekly digest of the most important and popular stories from these digital pages.
Both Apple and Google had big announcements to make this week.
The Big A unveiled the iPad Air 2 which is thinner, lighter, faster, has an anti-reflective screen, two improved cameras, and Touch ID. And the iPad mini 3 which has, erm, Touch ID.
G Dawg, on the other hand, h...
Sometimes, there are weeks when all news is created equal. This was not one of those weeks.
No, this week clearly belonged to Apple - as does any week when the Cupertino giant decides it wants to launch a new product - with the firm lifting the lid on the iPad Air 2 and the iPad mini 3.
Even though you can probably only think about getting your hands on one of those slick new iPads right now...
It's been a little over two months since Desert Golfing started blowing minds with its sublime tedium.
If you've bought into the craze and still find yourself flicking away at golf balls across the game's vastly uneventful expanse, you might be interested in what one iOS developer was able to do with it.
Patrick Winchell, developer of Gyrorbital, used libimobiledevice and AVFoundation to...
There's something painfully brilliant about Electronic Super Joy: Groove City. It's a cacophonous side-scrolling platformer that mixes together ideas from the past and the present to create an experience that’s startlingly unique.
It's also funny, incredibly tough, and gorgeous to look at. In other words it's exactly the sort of bonkers indie fun that the App Store can do so well.
This is th...
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We've matched all kinds of things since Tetris dropped onto the original Game Boy in 1989.
Blocks, hexagons, fruit, balls, runes, animals, weapons. But have any of these various puzzlers matched the purity of Tetris itself? Arguably not.
Crossed goes back to a similar foundation, but arranges its dropping blocks in a cross shape and adds a splash of colour.
Is that enough?
Cross examin...
With Zen Pinball's licensed fare to date being rather action-oriented - Marvel, Star Wars, Walking Dead - South Park represents a big change in subject matter.
However, this is still Zen Pinball as you know it - a fairly traditional modern table, augmented by all manner of animated characters that wouldn't be possible in the real world.
On launching the app, it immediately explodes into the ...
Miika might have killed me with its cuteness.
It's a 3D puzzle game by London-based studio Noxus that combines the cute, cube-hopping look of ilomilo, and the optical illusion puzzles of Monument Valley.
It also stars a small family of furry squirrelly-things that I want to have as a plushie.
You'll travel with them through the four seasons across levels made up of what looks like cotton...
Seashine has appeared on these digital pages before but we didn't know much about it. Now, we know a little bit more, plus there's a teaser trailer.
You play as a luminous jellyfish at the bottom of an oceanic abyss. Your task is to weave through the narrow workings of the caverns to find light sources.
You need this light in order to live a little longer, so it's a constant race against ti...
With The Wind's prettiness has overrided my need to make bum gas jokes out of its title (whoops).
It actually has the brightly coloured 3D look of, say, Oceanhorn. It's close-ish, I'd say.
Beyond its looks, With The Wind is a puzzle game about collecting bags of wind for your dad. Your dad, it so happens, is Aeolus, Ruler of Winds - which is what I also call my dad after he's eaten dinner.
...
People are paradoxical. The more technology you give them, the more they yearn for the good old days. That's why mobile stores are rife with emulators and revisions of older games.
Perhaps the most extreme example is the resurrection of choose your own adventure game books. Originally these were physical books that allowed role-players to enjoy a solo dose of their favourite hobby. Now they've ...
One of the coolest, and most hidden features in OS X Yosemite - the new Mac operating system which launched last week - is the ability to record footage from an iOS device.
It's really simple. Just follow this guide to get set up.
And then bam you get a video of your screen in the full Retina resolution. There's no lag, juttering, or frame rate drops - even in 3D games like Republique and Mi...
It's pretty convenient that you're a "ski master" in Escape from Montegrande.
You see, the only feasible way to escape from Montegrande prison is to ski down the snowy mountain it sits atop.
You've been locked up for life, so you take the chance, hoping to out-ski the cops on the way down and make a break for it.
If you weren't a ski master then I'd imagine the game would be over pretty ...
Inside Pete is a real-time strategy game that would have been right at home among the gross-out toys and games of the 1990s.
I say that because it takes place inside the filthy guts of a lazy man called Pete. It's all kinds of icky.
You control nanobots that can clone white blood cells that Pete's clever uncle sent inside him rid him of the disgusting results of his lethargy.
This means ...
John Araujo is out to prove that mobile games don't have to be "shallow or coercive in order to attract an audience."
He's hoping that his upcoming 2D hack 'n' slasher Unbroken for iOS will do all the proving.
It's certainly a looker. I particularly like how a ghostly mist hangs at the jungle's floor in one screenshot, providing a sinister atmosphere.
Araujo also seems to be evoking image...
The sequel to Bronze Award-winning physics-based truck trundler Offroad Legends, Offroad Legends 2, is set to land on the App Store next month.
The game will feature 12 different monster trucks, 48 different dirty tracks, and turn-based multiplayer via Game Center.
All the physics have been tweaked, the graphics are going to be shinier, there's MFi controller support, and four game modes...
Remedy and flaregames's Clash of Clans-ish Agents of Storm is set to hit the App Store on Thursday, bringing with it lots of Agent-y Stormness. Whatever that might mean.
The game sees you building bases, launching attacks, and generally having a jolly old mid-core strategic time. There are boats, hovercrafts, planes, and lots of islands.
You can get an idea of what an earlier build of th...
I went hands-on with Tiny Realms way back in July, when the game was soft launched.
I definitely thought it was kind of cool, but it also felt very much like a take on Clash of Clans, with the UI being particularly "inspired" by Supercell's mobile strategy classic.
The game has now gone global, so I thought it high time to revisit it and bring you a full review here on Pocket Gamer. Which is...
We've already been hands-on with Tilt to Live: Gauntlet's Revenge in word-form.
But because of diminishing attention spans, everyone loves video nowadays, so we've only gone and done one of those for you as well.
The game sees you traversing a series of super tough mazes, tilting your phone or tablet to try and avoid a deadly array of spikey, lasery, and general killy things.
It all l...
Here's an interesting concept. Let's say you want to make a wrestling game that's as close to the real thing as possible.
What you’d need to consider is that wrestling - the wrestling you see on TV, with stadiums full of Americans and rings full of gigantic pantomime dames - is more than grappling and throws.
It's a dazzling firework show of extravagance and hero worship, and any game that c...
Every week, Pocket Gamer provides a weekly digest of the most important and popular stories from these digital pages.
Both Apple and Google had big announcements to make this week.
The Big A unveiled the iPad Air 2 which is thinner, lighter, faster, has an anti-reflective screen, two improved cameras, and Touch ID. And the iPad mini 3 which has, erm, Touch ID.
G Dawg, on the other hand, h...
Sometimes, there are weeks when all news is created equal. This was not one of those weeks.
No, this week clearly belonged to Apple - as does any week when the Cupertino giant decides it wants to launch a new product - with the firm lifting the lid on the iPad Air 2 and the iPad mini 3.
Even though you can probably only think about getting your hands on one of those slick new iPads right now...
It's been a little over two months since Desert Golfing started blowing minds with its sublime tedium.
If you've bought into the craze and still find yourself flicking away at golf balls across the game's vastly uneventful expanse, you might be interested in what one iOS developer was able to do with it.
Patrick Winchell, developer of Gyrorbital, used libimobiledevice and AVFoundation to...
There's something painfully brilliant about Electronic Super Joy: Groove City. It's a cacophonous side-scrolling platformer that mixes together ideas from the past and the present to create an experience that’s startlingly unique.
It's also funny, incredibly tough, and gorgeous to look at. In other words it's exactly the sort of bonkers indie fun that the App Store can do so well.
This is th...
