Games

Quick Look & Video Demo: Paper Toss with Friends for iPad

by on in Games, iPad App Reviews

Paper Toss with Friends for iPad

Paper Toss has been one of my favorite fun little games for iPhone and iPad for years now. I played the heck out of the original version on the iPhone and both my 9 year old daughter and I loved Paper Toss World Tour where we could test our tossing skills at a range of scenic places around the world.

The latest release in this popular series is Paper Toss with Friends – a social, multiplayer version that let you play online against Facebook or Game Center friends or random opponents. I’ve been playing Paper Toss with Friends for iPad for the last week or so. It’s still a simple, fun game to play, but now it has added some cool bells and whistles – or actually staplers, footballs, soda cans, bouncy balls, watermelons, and even hand grenades. These are all new options to replace the crumpled up paper and try to toss into the garbage can.

[click to continue reading…]

Share this:

Review — Clash of Clans for iPad

by on in Games

Strategy games are not easy — there, I’ve said it. Games such as Civilization, Starcraft 2, Age of Empires and the like require serious multitasking skills and the ability to judge a situation in various ways. You might think an iPad game couldn’t compete with that kind of intense gaming experience. Well, you’d be wrong.

Clash of Clans is a game for the serious player.

[click to continue reading…]

Share this:

Video Review — Bastion for iPad

by on in Games


Bastion for iPad. This is a video review of Bastion for iPad, an indie action RPG that was released in late-August. Many thanks to Kenny Ryan for his narration in the beginning.

Here’s an App Store link for Bastion for iPad; it’s currently priced at $4.99.

Disclosure: This game was independently purchased by the post’s author. For further information regarding our site’s review policies, please see the “About” page.

Share this:

Review – Civil War: 1863 iPad Game

by on in Games, iPad App Reviews, Our Recent Favorites

Civil War 1863 for iPad

Civil War: 1863 is a turn-based strategy game for the iPad that lets you take command of Union and Confederate forces and engage in some of the epic battles that occurred in 1863 during the American Civil War.

I grew up playing turn-based strategic war games against my younger brother. They were board games in those days and we played tons of them – from ancient battles with Alexander the Great or Caesar’s armies (or their opponents’) to command to many Napoleonic battles and campaigns, World War II games, and lots more. I enjoyed these immensely, despite the fact that my brother ran rings round me and I very rarely emerged victorious when playing against him.

I’ve been looking for good strategy games of this type to play on the iPad for a long while, have tried out a number of them, but had never come across one I found compelling and wanted to spend a lot of time playing. Earlier this month I spotted Civil War:1863 in the App Store and thought it looked a lot like what I was after. I’ve spent many hours playing the game and I’m happy to say I’ve been enjoying it a whole lot.

[click to continue reading…]

Share this:

Review – Splice : Tree of Life for iPad

by on

In the past, I’ve written about iPad games that, in my opinion, are helping bring about an era of high-quality, in-depth and complex mobile games — including Infinity Blade II, Chaos Rings II and Lume, among others. Despite these games’ successes in helping redefine the mobile platform, I’ve always found certain problems with their execution. [...]

Read the full article →

Review – Yeti Jump for iPad

by on

Yeti Jump is an iPad platform game that looks and acts like successful platformer Doodle Jump, while adding a few unique flairs and cute details. Sadly, even though the game does build on its predecessor, it fails to get the basics down — leading to a game that would be a lot of fun, if [...]

Read the full article →

Review – Electric City The Revolt for iPad

by on

Let’s take a moment to talk about video game adaptations of movies and TV shows. I’m not talking about ones that take a retroactive look at movies and shows from days gone by, such as Telltale Games’ Jurassic Park and Back to the Future series. Instead, I’m looking at games that are released around the [...]

Read the full article →

Review – realMyst for iPad

by on

For those who may not be too familiar with video gaming history, Myst was one of those games that changed everything. Released in Sept. 1993, Myst was a fantastical CD-ROM puzzle game that combined a unique setting with a powerfully original story. Myst spawned a five-game series, several spin-off novels and a new generation of [...]

Read the full article →

Review – Tesla Wars HD for iPad

by on

Stick figures have long been one of gaming’s “cheap shots,” in that causing bodily harm to them isn’t considered a big deal. Starting with the classic children’s word game “Hangman,” stick figures are one of the only things it’s okay to throw off a cliff, shoot in the chest or dismember without having any repercussions. [...]

Read the full article →