February 7, 2008
By Chris in Games, Reviews | 0 comments
“Supermodel Empire” is obviously a product of a reality TV world, in particular one in which “Project Runway” and similar fashion and design competitions exist. For its setting it borrows heavily from the world of “Project Runway,” introducing you as the winner of a design competition and the new small-business-owner of your very own label. [...]
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January 25, 2008
By Chris in Games, Reviews | 0 comments
There is nothing remotely New York City-ish about “Megacity Empire New York” from Gameloft, so disregard the last half of this game’s title immediately. This is a city-building sim that presents you with a series of escalating stand-alone challenges (there’s no narrative thread to call it a “story mode”) where you’ll have to grow a [...]
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October 15, 2007
By Chris in Games, Reviews | 0 comments
Ancient Empires II, from Glu, is a turn-based strategy combat game where you create and move small groups of units, each with unique abilities, on a game board against up to three other opponents. Although the name is clearly a reference to the popular PC series “Age of Empires,” it’s closer in spirit and game [...]
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August 13, 2007
By Chris in Games, Peripherals | 0 comments
One of the most glaring design flaws of the N95 is that, while it has full gaming capabilities under the hood, it has a horrible button layout that almost guarantees you will launch other applications or somehow exit or pause your game multiple times per session.
SmartGamePad (www.smartgamepad.com) ($80) is an add-on Bluetooth device that lets [...]
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