Wrecked – Hookshot’s internal politics revealed by Mashed successor
“Sorry!” says Christian, as his red machine-gun toting car belts over a clifftop backwards. “Sorry!” he repeats when I bash a thumbstick to nose him into the mountainside. “I really am sorry about that” he rabbits after securing a lock-on with his roof-rack rocket launcher and leaving my vehicle a smoking wreck.
Snuggle Truck added to Android Humble Bundle
Cuddly toy drive ‘em up Snuggle Truck, one of Hookshot Inc’s favourite indie games of the past 12 months, has been added to the Android Humble Bundle, a collection of games available in a ‘pay what you want’ download.
Parkin looks at why that matters.
The Fun Forecast: 26th March – 2nd April
Greetings friends. I am Alternate Michael Fish from the 1970s. In the past week Slightly Fuzzy John Kettley travelled back in time to warn me what I would become, and the havoc I would wreak on my fellow Weathermen. Here is this week’s Fun Forecast.
A treatise on Draw Something, while it’s still awesome.
I’ve been having a think. You know how great Draw Something is, and how you’ve currently got about ten people lined up to show you their squiggles? How does that work when, in truth, Pictionary is a bit shit?
Hotshot: Zombie Panic In Wonderland Plus
Akaoni Studio’s ninja + guns + fairytales + zombies WiiWare title lands on iOS in a strong and impressive port.
Hookshot Inc. takes a look at one of the most technically-impressive free downloads currently on the App Store.
Must Plays / PC
Hot Shot: Yeti Hunter
Cripes, Vlambeer makes the best games. What's more, the Dutch micro-studio increasingly makes the most varied games, too. If you roll up to the team's latest expecting the knockabout cartoon thrills of Super Crate Box or the scrappy overkill of Radical Fishing, you're in for a shock.
Paranoid Android
Google Android OS has taken a few knocks from its beloved developers in the past few weeks, many claiming the fragmentation of game stores and devices is making development increasingly tough.
Should we care?
And if we should, what might be done to change attitudes?
In defence of Dr Mario
Listen, Dr Mario for the Game Boy is out on the 3DS Virtual Console this week, and I've been hearing backchat from people who don't think it's very good.
These people are wrong, and you shouldn't listen to them.
Madcoaster Review: The Midnight Meat Wagon
Chillingo's latest is both a slick little autorunner and a feisty treatise on the pleasures of animal murder.
Madcoaster encourages you to power your little rollercoaster as far along the tracks as it will go, while also taking out any wildlife you encounter along the way.
Angry Birds: my journey. My journey into SPACE.
I first discovered my hatred of the pigs on April 27th 2010. I was about to get on the Eurostar for a journalist trip to Paris, and I was wearing new shoes. I was quite proud of them. They’re all scuffed up now. My first foray with Angry Birds made a strong imprint, you see.
It was a nice man called Rich Jenkins, who then worked for Nuts magazine, who first showed me the pigs once we’d stopped talking about boobs and some of the people who have them... read more
Minecraft XBLA release date announced + more!
Microsoft has come to the rescue of Minecraft fanatics everywhere and revealed the release date for its excellent Xbox Live Arcade edition. The game will be released as part of Microsoft's Arcade NEXT season, which kicks off with the equally brilliant Trials Evolution, then takes in Bloodforge and Fable Heroes.
What a line-up!
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Hotshot: Lap Uranus
Last night in a Glasgow pub, a bearded man pulled out his iPhone to demand we all have a game of Lap Uranus, a game that was surely developed on the strength of its titular pun.
Parkin takes a look at the rise of the pub-based multiplayer game.
