Saturday, May 21, 2011
The Compulsive: What I Bought
I’ve come to the realization that the ease and relatively low price of iOS games has trapped me into a rather viscous compulsive buying habit. If a game is on sale, I’ll buy it. If it’s in the Top 10 … Continue reading
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Spirited Freely
It is one of the crueler aspects of any free market that allows for some really remarkable products not to get the recognition they deserve. So while Rovio can keep hammering out remixes of its one-hit wonder, a game like … Continue reading
…At Least It’s Free
Warpgate HD was one of the first games I reviewed for the iPad when it came out. It was large, ambitious, and flawed in ways that I knew would be addressed in subsequent updates.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Errant and Sundry Thoughts on Civilization V
In all likelihood empires could have been built in the time I’ve been playing Civilization V. And if I summed up the amount of time I’ve spent playing the various incarnations in the Civilization series, I’d have a doctorate in … Continue reading
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Cardboard iPad: Carcassonne
I’m a board game addict. For years my affliction was complicated by the fact I lived in NYC in a 450 sq. ft. flat and couldn’t hide the evidence of my illness from anyone. Massive cardboard boxes of board games … Continue reading