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Review: Bastion
What does it feel like when your game talks back to you? Bastion quite literally finds a soul in the unlikeliest of places.
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Review: Deflex
Jason Johnson bounces through the mesmerizing—and esoteric—psychedelia of Jeff Minter’s Deflex.
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Review: Wii Play: Motion
Why a series of mini-games about swimming, vegetables, and balloons is one of the more profound titles in recent memory. Michael Thomsen breaks down the expressive abilities of Nintendo’s Wii MotionPlus controller.
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Review: Ms. Splosion Man
Don’t think too hard about the new run-and-jump game from Twisted Pixel, Ms. Splosion Man. According to staff writer Richard Clark, they’ve done the thinking for you. Let your hair down.
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Review: Jamestown
A steampunk take on Sir Walter Raleigh and Jamestown is more than speculative history—it’s a shared sensation. Read Lana Polansky’s take on how the indie shoot ’em up Jamestown takes its genre conventions a step ahead of the pack.
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Review: Shadows of the Damned
Goichi Suda and Shinji Mikami’s new horror adventure is rough and outright broken in places. Jason Johnson explains why that’s not so much a problem for Grasshopper Manufacture.
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Review: PicoPicoFighters
Looking for a quick distraction while waiting in line? A new iOS shoot ’em up has even less time for you. Jason Johnson reviews the murderous PicoPicoFighters.
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Review: Trenched
Richard Clark discovers Trenched, the tower-defense that is as much about brotherhood as it is about male posturing.
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Review: Forget-Me-Not
A tiny, psychedelic arcade game traces fondly through history and time. James Dilks reviews the iOS runaway hit Forget-Me-Not.
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Review: 1-bit Ninja
Jason Johnson explains why 1-bit Ninja will never live up to—let alone surpass—the 1989 Game Boy title it tries so hard to imitate.
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Review: Child of Eden
Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s new abstract creation is generous on the senses but not on one’s sense of agency. Richard Clark explains why this might be a good thing.
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Review: Feed Me Oil
An attempt to review a handheld physics game that attempts to reinvent a proven formula, and succeeds, we guess.