Mutant Mudds caught my attention with both its high review scores and 8-bit-esque design. Me being the sucker for good, old-fashioned platforming, I thought I’d give it a download. After all, if the ratings in the game’s description were legitimate, that many reviewers couldn’t be wrong. Ha. Oh yes they could. Mutant Mudds tells the…

In today’s world, competition is a rarely missed feature in games (look no further than Xbox Live, with its Gamerscore). This whole concept of friendly contention just works because it adds a layer to games that not only offers addiction and replayability, but provides chaotic fun as well. So what if a game lacked any…

It’s easy to understand why skateboarding games have appeal. You get all the exhilaration of pulling off a cool trick, without the danger of breaking your entire body in the process. However, the process of learning said tricks on a console with a controller can become tedious and frustrating. That fact makes the iPhone, with…

Take all the rapid gameplay of Fruit Ninja, add a Neo-Kung Fu theme, and you’ve got Gun Fu. It’s a reflex-pushing, ninja-shooting, action-packed series of minigames, and it’s not for the faint-hearted. There’s no story, and no sweeping setting. It’s just you, your guns, and a lot of angry ninjas coming your way. Gun Fu…

Drop the laser rifle buddy, because Waking Mars wants nothing to do with those. Survival horror, maybe? Nope, not a slobbering mutant in sight. Instead, Waking Mars is a side-scrolling, story-driven, adventure-platforming, plant-life manipulation-based puzzler (Didn’t see that coming, did you?). Waking Mars tosses out any clichéd “when aliens attack” storyline and instead puts you…

Have you ever been gaming on your iPhone and thought: “the games offered on the App Store are great and all, but I wish I could have physical buttons to play them with”? You’re not the first. But if you decide to pursue that wish online, you’ll discover that the current offerings of physical controls…