Hector: Badge of Carnage Ep. 1 Review

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Published on Monday, 12 July 2010 16:13

Written by Brian J. Papineau

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This point-and-click adventure game for iPhone/iPod Touch packs in plenty of crude, adult-themed humour, creates a memorable protagonist and features great production values. Hector: Badge of Carnage Ep. 1 is titled We Negotiate with Terrorists and the game puts you in the role of a Detective Inspector in the town of Clappers Wreake who is put in charge of meeting the three demands of a hostage-taking madman.

Hector is a cop with questionable moral and hygienic values who enjoys drinking and womanizing. After a fully-voiced cutscene that introduces the premise, the game begins with him waking up hungover  and trouserless in a run-down jail cell that he uses as an office and apparently as a residence. Read More...

Fruit Ninja Quick Review

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Published on Tuesday, 27 April 2010 13:16

Written by Brian J. Papineau

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This colourful and addictive score attack game is perfect for short play sessions. Fruit Ninja features good graphics, convincing physics and a simple, fast paced game play mechanic that can be controlled with one finger. 

Various types of fruit including pineapples, strawberries, bananas and plums will be lobbed from the bottom of the screen and you must slice them by swiping a finger or thumb across your screen before they fall.  Your game well end when three pieces of fruit fall off the screen or if you accidentally slice bombs that appear once in awhile.  Read More…

Aeropack Review

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Published on Tuesday, 06 April 2010 15:26

Written by Nathalie Caron

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In this challenging puzzle platformer players embody a scientist exploring the Moon and collecting gems while attempting to avoid aliens and obstacles. Bogged down by a series of problems including cumbersome controls and glitchy animations, Aeropack has promise, but leaves much to be desired.

Aeropack is made up of 30 levels, which are unlocked as you complete them. To move your character, you’ll shift your left thumb to the left or right on a the directional dial, or down to slide along ladders. Pressing a red button with your right thumb will fire your Aeropack or make you climb ladders. Unfortunately, twitchy and awkward controls make it hard to manoeuvre. You will also find your thumb easily slipping off the dial. Read More...

Nurikabe Vault Review

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Published on Friday, 22 January 2010 17:55

Written by Nathalie Caron

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Nurikabe Vault is one of the best executed independent iPhone/iPod Touch titles that Game Forward has come across in some time. Containing 500 hand-made puzzles and a highly polished presentation, the game was single-handedly developed by Rogers George.

Nurikabe is a Japanese number-based puzzle game created by Nikoli Corp., the inventors of Sudoku. It can best be described as a mixture of Go and Minesweeper, in which players are presented with a board containing various numbers. Each digit represents the number of spaces that make up the pieces of the puzzle. To complete the puzzle, you must build up each piece correctly so that they are separated by a continuous wall of blank spaces. Read More…