Zombie: The Rescue Review

A lot of people deal with the issue of fighting back against hordes of undead. Not many think the idea just to survive. Zombie: The Rescue has its part in something a bit different by powerless players (mostly) and asked them not by their brains eaten alone try. Now, mind, and a steady finger.

Cytus Review

Somewhat surprisingly, the degree of difficulty, it seems that without a stable curve. Unlock new songs, the songs have been done once before, but the songs from a difficult four and then back to two leap. This is a strange design choice, but at least forgiveness difficult to offset this potential problem.

FREE Triple Town Review

"Match three" puzzle in the presentation may vary, but the reach of any genre can pick up something like that, generally divided into a comfortable groove. On the other hand, the three towns, married and urban architectural aesthetics, mechanics are relatively simple, an impressive amount of depth. The result? I've played so far this year the most addictive portable game.Oh, and bears. A large number of bears.

JAZZ: Trump’s Journey Review

I’ll admit I had somewhat high hopes for JAZZ: Trump’s Journey, and I was worried that I’d be disappointed with the end result, but it completely met all of my expectations. It even exceeded them in a few places. Its not just a clever idea, it’s a clever idea wrapped in an extremely alluring (and well put-together) package. One that’s totally worth playing.

Numberlys Review

Set in a dystopic world, Numberlys blurs the line between book, app and movie in a way that will engage younger readers and enthrall everyone else. Developer Moonbot Studios is the publisher who made the book-app turned Oscar nominated short film, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. Numberlys has a dark science-fiction tone with characters so adorably realized, I instantly thought Pixar. It turns out my instinct was not far off – the creative duo behind the studio includes former Pixar employee William Joyce.

FREE RunKeeper Review

One of the quintessential fitness apps available for the iPhone is the omni-functional, highly praised RunKeeper. I know I’m not the only one to think so; in 2008, RunKeeper won Best Outdoor Use App in our very own Best App Ever awards, and is nominated again this year (for 2010) as Best Fitness App. Alongside its brilliant socially integrated site, the team behind this app has been working constantly on updating and improving it to become one of the apps I use most, and most often recommend to others. I’m glad to give a rundown and highly suggest folks check try this app if they’re looking to track their fitness either with a new routine for the new year, or for their everyday efforts.

StreetBike: Full Blast Review

StreetBike: Full Blast, published by Chillingo, is a racing game that takes place on 2 wheels; 4 wheel vehicles are so over exposed in racing games! 3 wheel vehicles are not really represented in games at all. The goal is the same as pretty much every other racing game on earth: try to get to the finish line before every other racer, or to beat the clock. There are also races where collecting a certain number of money icons is required to succeed.

SocialBox Review

I can honestly say I’m genuinely impressed by James Shaw’s ability to create iOS apps. His creations are always incredibly low-key and simple, but they’re also usually ingenious and ridiculously user-friendly. SocialBox is no different.

FREE Hero Academy Review

Robot Entertainment completely blew everyone’s minds when they recently released the universally acclaimed Orcs Must Die! The experience was something both familiar and totally new, with the developer’s own special brand of style rounding the package out nicely. Sure they’d made a couple of games before that, but this is the one that really made them a household name. And oh look at that, they’ve gone and done it again.

Super Crate Box Review

Prior to the release of Super Crate Box, Vlambeer had not officially released an iOS title. However, evidence sure existed that their titles would work on iOS – not just with the infamous Ninja Fishing that apparently ripped off their Flash game Radical Fishing. It was also Muffin Knight that took particular inspiration from Super Crate Box, adding in RPG-style character leveling and some twists of their own, particularly in updates to the game.

Kick’n Chick’nz: Medieval Karnival Review

Going to carnivals in the summer growing up has always been a fun/scary experience. I’ve seen some interesting things in my time but I’ve never seen a carnival quite like the one featured in Kick’n Chick’nz: Medieval Karnival.

Puzzling Penguins 2 Review

Crazy Hedgy, looks like cross between Super Monkey Ball 2 and the original Crash Bandicoot. It’s a 3D “run and jump” platform game, or more appropriately, a “roll and bonk” that snuck onto the App Store right before the final rush to lock-down. It’s far from derivative – in fact, it may be the best platformer of 2011.

Crazy Hedgy Review

The refinement is best evidenced by the controls. I am not a fan of tilt controls, least of all on iPad, but these are by far the best I’ve seen. The game calibrates before each level and the device is held at a comfortable viewing angle. Since the goal is not just to run endlessly, but to punch, shoot, and blast, and also collect apples for health, gems and coins while quick-dodging obstacles there are two on-screen tap zones as well. Tapping on the right makes Hegdy jump or double-jump, while a tap – or several – on the left launches furious fists.

MapleStory Cave Crawlers Review

MapleStory Cave Crawlers is yet another spin-off of the extremely popular 2D MMO MapleStory. Cave Crawlers takes the franchise in a new direction after the Thief Edition and Cygnus Knights Edition provided an experience very similar to the original game. Cave Crawlers is a turn-based RPG in which players are able to choose either a thief or a warrior in which to explore the depths of five dangerous caves, each more challenging than the last.

FREE Buffer Review

The times of day at which tweets are status updates are sent is all set up on the web site at bufferapp.com, but they can be re-arranged in-app, should the order not be to the user’s liking. The app really us more for creating the content, rather than setting the account up as required.

CheckIn+ HD Review

Ever since Foursquare splashed on the social media scene and gracefully shoved Loopt out of the way, there have been numerous check-in apps that have desperately tried to reap what Foursquare has sown. Many have failed, with the exception of Facebook Places, which should surprise no one. As a result, some apps, like GoWalla, tried to combine check-in services. CheckIn+ does exactly that, but without adding in its own check-in service. With CheckIn+, one can check into places via Foursquare and Facebook Places at the same time.

FREE Soccer Showdown Review

The problem with most multiplayer games on iOS is that even many well-realized multiplayer components are still secondary experiences. This makes finding players extremely difficult. Soccer Showdown goes around this problem in the most obvious way: by making the multiplayer mode the core game mode. This makes it easy to find players to play with, as the only players playing are playing the multiplayer mode. See? Easy.

The game takes the most controversial way to settle soccer matches, penalty kicks, and turns the conflict into a game. Players alternate between the shooter and goal-keeper. The goal is obviously to get the ball in the goal when shooting it, and keeping the ball out when in goal. This is all done against an online opponent via Game Center matchmaking.

Lumi Review

I might be at a bit of an advantage when it comes to playing Lumi on iOS since I’ve actually played the original Xbox Live indie game version well before this one, and it was certainly a stand-out title back then. Of course, it was standing-out among games that (generally speaking) involved turning controllers into “massagers” and digital magic 8-balls. But now Lumi has its work cut out for it. While the App Store certainly has its share of pointless drivel, it’s also home to some of the best mobile games (and just plain old game games) around.

Wind-Up Knight Review

I’m of the mindset that runners are fun. For the most part. While I understand that some people out there aren’t fans of the typically one-button mechanics, it’s one that’s always struck a chord with me. That being said, Wind-Up Knight might just be the game that impresses the previously unimpressed. And knocks the socks off of genre fans.