When gaming started to get more serious on iOS, one genre I knew would be really popular among iOS gamers were tower defense games. Some of the most notable titles has been Fieldrunners and Plants vs. Zombies. The rest are pretty much the same kind of game, except they have a different theme, towers, and…
Review: DJ Rivals – Put the Needle on the Social Record
As much as I’ve been enjoying telling the world where I am, what I’m doing, and how delicious the food is where I’m at through Foursquare, Facebook Places, or Booyah!’s MyTown, I always felt something else could be done with my check-ins. What if you can make a game out of check-ins? That’s exactly what…
Review: Volcano Escape – Someone Help Me Escape It
Have you ever felt your twin-stick shooter games lacked originality since nearly all of them take place on a flat surface where you take on wave after wave of enemies until either you die or complete the wave and then die in the next? What about “How high can you get?” games that don’t offer…
Review: NBA Jam for iPhone – This game is ON FIRE!
Ever since Arch Rivals was released in 1989, I have loved the arcade basketball genre, especially when you can beat the crap out of the opponent and not get called for a foul. NBA Jam took its influence from Arch Rivals when it was released by Midway in 1993, but it was different in that…
iHound: Locates, Geo-Fences, Insures, Recovers Your iPhone And Smartphones
It’s 3:15 PM. Do you know where your kids are? Did they leave school already? Are they home yet? You accidentally dropped your shiny, expensive smartphone. Where is it? Did you make it easy for the lucky discoverer to return it? Your friend just spilled a beverage all over the table. The same table that…
Dropcam’s no-setup streaming internet camera goes Android
Internet cameras aren’t really new – we’ve seen web cams and purpose-built cameras rigged to stream live video to the web for longer than we can remember – but nearly all streaming internet camera solutions require some serious networking and tech savvy to get them up and running. Dropcam is changing all that with their…
Review: Dead Space for iPhone & iPad – Bringing Terror to your iOS Device
When I heard Dead Space for iOS was going to be released to fill the gap between the console versions of Dead Space and Dead Space 2, I was a little skeptical as games like that usually don’t offer that great of an experience as they’re usually produced to take advantage of fans who want…