Entries for August 2009

By goyami @ Saturday, August 29, 2009 :: 1737 Views :: Shooting

MachineWorks Northwest has done it’s best to try and bring Duke Nukem 3D to the Iphone but they’ve come perilously close to squeezing all the joy out of gaming’s favorite bad boy by shackling him with controls that nearly push him into the abyss. Yet, if you stick with our hero he’ll show you his grit by overcoming perhaps his toughest foe yet to give Iphone gamers their first noteworthy FPS.

The Bargain Basement

By goyami @ Sunday, August 23, 2009 :: 1096 Views :: Other

The bargain basement use to denote bottom-of-the-barrel items that are obsolete, don’t fit or were never worth their original price to begin with. Not so in the app store. Today’s gaming bargain bin, all .99 cents or less, include some of the finest 3D games you can have on your mobile device. Let’s begin with:

Hero of Sparta (Gameloft) - .99 cents

5 Mobile Remakes

By goyami @ Tuesday, August 18, 2009 :: 1202 Views :: Other

One thing that is certain is that sooner or later, all truly great ideas get copied. This is especially true in the world of mobile gaming where new platforms are emerging faster than new ideas. There have been a number of classic ideas that have inspired remakes for the newest mobile platforms and give remarkably good approximations of some of the best ideas in video gaming.

Resident Evil 4 on IPhone

By goyami @ Sunday, August 09, 2009 :: 2218 Views :: Shooting

Capcom has taken one of the best survival/horror games of all-time and reshaped it to fit the Iphone in Resident Evil 4 Mobile edition. Hitting many of the highlights of the console blockbuster, Capcom has created a mobile synopsis that while it naturally suffers in comparison, if taken on it’s own, provides as much chills and thrills as anything found in the app store.