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Pocket Planes makes me feel like an idiot

Pocket Planes makes me feel like an idiot

NImblebit, the creator of Tiny Tower, has developed another wonderfully cute social sim filled with teeny people with some place to go. There's just one problem: it is horribly obtuse – at least according to air traffic control newbie, KeithStuart.

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Snapshot: Bonsai Barber

Snapshot: Bonsai Barber
The thing that you must never, ever forget about Zoonami’s powerfully loveable hairdresser sim is that it’s a powerfully realistic hairdresser sim, too. Okay, maybe 'realism' is the wrong term for a game starring a chatty radish. Let’s try exacting instead: Bonsai Barber is exacting.

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Snapshot: Journey

Snapshot: Journey
It's time for another in our series of pieces examining the big moments in downloadable games.

Today, it's the forthcoming PSN marvel Journey getting a look-in - and don't worry, there are no spoilers ahead. (It's all Patrick Duffy's dream lol.)

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Snapshot: Fruit Ninja’s subtle act of game design genius

Snapshot: Fruit Ninja’s subtle act of game design genius

Designing a game’s front-end is often something that’s left until very late in the development process – and even then its rarely thought of as part of the entire experience.

But that is wrong.

That’s why I think Fruit Ninja is a work of genius.

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Snapshot: Drop7

Snapshot: Drop7
It's only the new instalment of Snapshot, a regular series looking at the big moments in downloadable games.

Today Chris is, inevitably, getting a bit carried away about Drop7. He's particularly excited about his new theory: it's all about drilling.

Explanation - of sorts - after the jump.

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Snapshot: From Dust

Snapshot: From Dust
Welcome to the first episode of Snapshot, a regular series taking a quick look at some of the big moments from downloadable games. (We should have called it SnapShot, probably, but I hate that kind of thing.)

Today, Eric Chahi’s luminous Hoover-‘em-up gets the Snapshot treatment, thanks to a level that encourages you to drop the deity stuff and break out your art tools. Ready to paint with mountains? Let’s go.

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