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• Quick Look: Transylvania for iPhone

  Sometimes it’s fun taking a trip down memory lane, especially when it comes to playing the computer games we used to play when we were kids. Unfortunately I don’t remember too much about the game computer game Transylvania when I was young, but after playing it on the iPhone I can see why I liked it back then. Now another generation of players can see what adventure games used to be like as well.

• Quick Look: A Quest Of Knights Onrush for iPhone

  In an effort to make sure that you don’t forget about their stellar castle defense game Knights Onrush, Chillingo has released a promo adventure called A Quest Of Knights Onrush. Basically a “run and slash until you die” mini-game, it’s amusing in short bursts. The up side, however, is that there’s plenty of potential should they decide to make a full game out of it.

• Quick Look: Fruit Ninja for iPhone

  Did you know that ninja don’t like fruit? Me neither, but it would seem they are so passionate about it that they go out of their way to slice ‘n dice fruit whenever they can. That’s the simple premise behind Fruit Ninja, but it sure is a lot of fun. There’s nothing earth shattering about this game, but once you start you won’t want to stop.

• Quick Look: Hysteria Project for iPhone

  The Hysteria Project is interactive FMV horror done right. The video looks good, the setting is quite creepy, and the interactive elements are well suited to the small screen of the iPhone. This game has been around for a while, but was pulled temporarily and then resurfaced in anticipation of part 2. If you haven’t partaken of this project yet, now is the perfect time to do so.

• Quick Look: HDMI Cable With “Active Technology”

  Are all cables created equal? I ask this simple question since the price of a HDMI cable can range from around $4.00 to $100.00 plus. From a simple visual inspection, most HDMI cables look very similar in that they have a common connector on each end, a specific length of cable in between and in some [...]

• Quick Look: Pop-A-Tronic for iPhone

  What do big chains, charge bombs and a purifier all have in common? Why, they can be found in Pop-A-Tronic, of course! Big Blue Bubble has taken the Jawbreaker style of puzzle game and put a fresh spin on it, making it once more fun to play.

• Saturday Specials: The Late, Late (Almost Like The Next Day) Edition

  The concept of Full Motion Video games was a fad that never really took off, and if you go back and look at some of the “highlights” of the genre you’ll understand why. There have been a couple of attempts to revive the genre on the iPhone, one of which is the two part Odyssey series. In this week’s Saturday Specials I take a look at whether these games have succeeded in revitalizing the FMV experience or just proved why it faded away…

• Quick Look: Birdie In Trouble for iPhone

  Recently I reviewed Kilk Games’ first iPhone offering, Fastball, which was a fun but ultimately run of the mill ball rolling on a platform type game. Thankfully their second game has a little more oomph to it. Birdie In Trouble is a puzzle game where you have to help a bird that looks an awful lot like Tweetie get across a series of trees. The visuals are cute, the music is pretty rockin’, and the puzzles are challenging yet fair. In short, I say “sufferin’ succotash – go get this game”.

• Review: Upsi Runner

  Platform games aren’t as prevalent on the iPhone as one might expect for a mobile platform, so it’s always nice to get ahold of a new one. I was intrigued by Upsi Runner’s claim of hearkening back to the days of classics like Donkey Kong, but the ultimate result of this retro platform game left me a little bit wanting.

• Quick Look: The Terminator for iPhone

  Are you ready to help the resistance fight the war against Skynet? Have you always dreamed of running around decimating Terminator forces? Well, keep on dreaming, because The Terminator from Big Head Games is really going to leave you unfulfilled in your dreams.