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Dumb Ways to Die – Review
Youâ€d have to be either very dumb or incredibly naive to deny that Dumb Ways to Die is a blatant clone of Nintendoâ€s Wario Ware. Unlike many of the App Storeâ€s copycats though, itâ€s very easy to...
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Scurvy Scallywags – Review
I bloody love a match-three puzzler, and the tile-swapping variety is that rarest of things: a game mechanic born on a controller that actually benefits from a touch screen. Certainly that’s one reason...
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Garfield’s Wild Ride – Review
You know when you’ve been playing a game of an evening, and you can still see it in your mind’s eye when you go to sleep? Match-three puzzlers have a habit of doing it to me. Well, Garfield isn’t an...
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Fist of Awesome – Review
Fist of Awesome has been one huge charm offensive: from the early animated GIF screenshots, through the doubling-its-target Kickstarter, to designer Nicoll Huntâ€s beard. It’s been either: (a) a...
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Dungeon Keeper – Review
Back in the ‘90s, Bullfrog was one of the biggest names in PC gaming. Theme Park, Theme Hospital, Magic Carpet, Syndicate and Populous became instant classics overnight, but it was Dungeon Keeper...
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Tengami – Review
Have you seen just how many Flappy Bird clones there are on the App Store now? You don’t need to, because Stuart Dredge has been keeping a slightly obsessive eye on it for The Guardian. In short: lots....
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Dsmvwld – Review
The obvious thing would be to write about Dsmvwld in the manner of its puzzles, omitting the vowels. On the plus side, that would end up looking a tiny bit like something uttered by Zombie Dave. But it...
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Dragon Coins – Review
Coin pushers: gateway gambling machine, disappointing old-fashioned seaside arcade amusement, or terribly modern entertainment sensation? It’s looking bizarrely like the last of those. There’s daytime...
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Alphabear – not quite an obsession
For what looks at first glance like a simple word game with cute bears, Alphabear is surprisingly complex. They had me at cute bears though, especially as they’re reminiscent of the chaps from Triple...
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Miitomo: I gave Nintendo nothing and all I got was this smashing striped...
Few companies have enough obsessed fans or intrigued observers to get a new social network up to critical mass on day one. But only Nintendo could get away with launching an odd little social network...
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