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Zooloretto for the iPhone/iPod Touch. Developer: Spinbottle Games Publisher: Chillingo The iPhone is an idyllic platform for board and card games. While my digits often lack the finesses to manipulate the on-screen digital pads which ...

Gravitron for the iPhone/iPod Touch. Developer: Virtway, Publisher: Chillingo What’s so fascinating about a post-apocalyptic setting? It’s a complete destruction of the tedious factors in life. It’s a reversion to a life similar to that ...

Puzzle Kingdoms for the Wii/DS and PC. Developer: Infinite Interactive, Publisher: Zoo Games When Puzzle Quest was released in 2007, I became unspeakably addicted to its amalgam of wispy role-playing storyline merged with Bejeweled-inspired combat. ...

Apparently, there’s no consistency in the world of video sports. Why else would Virtua Tennis 2009 be released on the same day as Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10? For those unwilling to ponder that conundrum, ...

DesertEagle, TideGear, and SeanNOLA discuss their E3 favorites, Nintendo impressions, and argue over fighting mechs in our premier episode of TGP- The Tech-Gaming Podcast, recorded live from the E3 show floor.

Damnation for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Developer: Blue Omega, Publisher: Codemasters If there is an afterlife for games, Damnation doesn’t deserve the fate its moniker implies. Sure, the title’s imprudences are numerous- shooting ...

As Dickens famously, “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” The 2009 Electronic Entertainments Expo (or E3) was a tale of two conventions- the conspicuous gathering at the Los Angeles ...

Crimson Gem Saga for the Sony PSP. Developer: Matrix Software, Publisher: Atlus USA Recently, a colleague in the gaming press lamented over the stagnancy of the role playing gaming. He claimed that the genre remained ...

Cross Edge for the Playstation 3. Developer: Compile Heart, Publisher: NIS America For gaming geeks, there are few moments as pleasingly delicious as the crossover. The hybridization of two fictional universes in a single title ...

Never heard of the Moorhuhn? He started life as a German promotional tool for Johnny Walker whiskey, starring in a Duck Hunt-like game in 1999. In the early 2000’s he had a comic book, hit ...