Category Archives: Game Reviews

Fanfiction & Strategy in “Star Trek: Timelines”

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Meg

Star Trek: Timelines from Disruptor Beam is a mobile strategy game with fan fiction elements.  Since the overall game premise is a time paradox, all different characters from all different Trek series appear, and they’re almost all able to join … Continue reading →

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Walking Dead: No Man’s Land

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Meg

New post over on iOs Strategy Games: In The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land from Next Games Oy, high production values and solid combat mechanics help this stand out from the crowded field of freemium zombie battles. The zombie apocalypse setting will be … Continue reading →

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AstroNest: The Beginning

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Meg

I’ve started writing some game reviews for iOsStrategyGames (I swear I didn’t know about that awesome communist branding before I took the assignments), and I was assigned AstroNest. On the plus side, female characters wearing clothes!  On the minus side, pretty … Continue reading →

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BuriedTown Review on Hardcore Droid

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Meg

I have a new post up over on Hardcore Droid: In BuriedTown, you are a lone survivor after the rise of the zombies, looting what you can to build up your home. You’ll need to get a weapon, maybe some … Continue reading →

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In ‘A Dark Room’

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Meg

Someone on social media recommended A Dark Room, which sounded great, but I promptly forgot about it. So, thank you, whichever friend suggested this! I love text-based adventures, probably because I can never decide if I like reading books or playing games more. Doublespeak … Continue reading →

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Come for the Zombie Slayage, Stay for the Survivor Stories

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Meg

Recently I put Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadville on my phone to play during quiet times at work. (Eventually I’m going to write you a post about my current job, and the hilarious moments as a Mandarin-speaking, er, a Mandarin-understanding white … Continue reading →

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Attack with PBR and Vinyl Records in Indie Game “Hipster Zombies”

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Meg

Hipster Zombies, available on iOS and Android from indie devs Sharkbomb Studios, is yet another game inviting players to battle oncoming hordes of zombies. But these are hipsterzombies, and in addition to brains, they want old records, black plastic glasses, … Continue reading →

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Pineapples Don’t Wear Makeup

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Meg

I wrote a quick post about the latest dev diary for No Pineapple Left Behind. It’s great to see this game taking shape! The latest dev diary video introduces a teaching dilemma: a young boy named David likes wearing makeup to class. Should … Continue reading →

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See Ya, Space Cowgirls: Til Cows Tear Us Apart

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Meg

I’ve been playing tons of browser games to review for my students, which means spending a lot of time on sites like Kongregate. I keep getting Til Cows Tear Us Apart in my recommended games, which is probably because a … Continue reading →

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Destroying Daleks in “Doctor Who Legacy”

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Meg

I discovered Doctor Who Legacy when some of the kids at a homeschool convention saw my Tardis necklace, and told me all their favorite Doctor Who games and episodes. When one of the kids showed me this game on his iPad, … Continue reading →

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