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KarmaStar

Susie Ochs — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:40:00 -0500

Tapping one of these green badges increases the trait skill and scores 1 point.

Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles 1.1.1

Susie Ochs — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:25:00 -0500

Assassin’s Creed looks amazing, with a pretty stunning opening cinematic and crisp, detailed graphics. The game combines platforming, stealth, combat, and some puzzles, but the simple tasks--navigating the game world’s narrow walkways and tricky jumps--are more frustrating than they need to be, and the anemic save system doesn’t help.

Trivial Pursuit

Susie Ochs — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:22:14 -0500

Up to four players can race for pie.

Topple 2

Susie Ochs — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:13:43 -0500

This might not end well.

Strategery

Susie Ochs — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:18:00 -0500

It's a rainbow-colored arms race in a hexagonal world.

Fans of the board game Risk will feel right at home in Strategery. In each turn-based match you battle four opponents (any mix of computer-controlled players and nearby humans you pass your device to) to control a hexagonal map.

Black & White 2

Zack Stern — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:05:57 -0500

From up here, the townspeople look like ants. It’s good to be the god.

The Oregon Trail

Susie Ochs — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:10:00 -0500

This eagle is about to steal my baby.

What better way to spend a commute than reliving the ultimate commute, pioneers’ deadly journey from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon? Now that Gameloft’s brought adventure classic The Oregon Trail to the App Store, you can.

iPhone at E3: A Roundup of Nearly-Finished Games

Zack Stern — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:24:33 -0500

This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo--E3--in Los Angeles lacked the full pomp of its prior years; I saw no sponsored helicopters, skate ramps, or parking lots that had been repurposed into booths. And even though the show focused on game systems from Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony, lots of companies were showing iPhone apps in private and public demonstrations.