Category Archives: Game Reviews

Is “Cookie Clicker” a Message Game?

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Meg

Like Cow Clicker, Cookie Clicker is a parody of certain casual game mechanics. Players start by clicking a cookie to earn a couple points to spend on an upgrade to earn extra points. Eventually, you’re earning millions of points per second, … Continue reading →

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Mayflies, Collage, and Music in Super Chop Games’ Ephemerid

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Meg

Super Chop Games’ new iOs release Ephemerid is a musical game, but fortunately, very little of it involves tapping in time with the background music (Ugh. How is that a genre?). Instead, players explore a paper collage world of flowers, … Continue reading →

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No Way Out of ‘Depression Quest’

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Meg

I’ve decided to share a post I wrote for IGM last year about text-based Depression Quest. There’s an ongoing conversation about depression and suicide, and talking about games is also how I like to talk about feelings. Depression Quest is … Continue reading →

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Free Free Free To Play, Pay Pay Pay To Win

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Meg

Indie studio Elevate Fun’s new free-to-play iOS Game, FFFFF2P, is Free Free Free Free Free To Play. Like most free-to-play games, you can, of course, pay to win. Free Free Free Free Free To Play smartly satirizes the usual free-to-play … Continue reading →

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PanemVille: The Hunger Games Adventures

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Meg

The Hunger Games novels suggest so many good games — a minigame hunting prey with Katniss’ arrows (a popular choice for the middle-school girls in my game design classes), a crafting and survival game like Lost In Blue set in … Continue reading →

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The Silent Age

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Meg

The Silent Age is a point-and-click (I mean, point-and-tap) iOs adventure from House on Fire, a small game studio in Denmark. Joe is a janitor on an average day in 1972, cleaning up on in a high-security government lab when … Continue reading →

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Not Quite Legendary ‘Legend Online’

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Meg

Legend Online is the second game I’ve reviewed over at GiN. My editor, Marie, assigned me the game and also sent me a very generous credit in Diamonds, the game’s premium currency, from the game’s publicist.  But when I looked … Continue reading →

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Revisited Game Review: Women’s Murder Club

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Meg

Originally written for ThumbGods, a coupe years ago, but I recently dug out my DS for visiting some old favorites. James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club has been a successful series of novels, a TV show and a series of casual mystery PC games before … Continue reading →

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Retro Adventure Game “Read Only Memories”

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Meg

Retro art and style in a narrative cyberpunk adventure game? And the player doesn’t have to be a Straight Male protagonist? I couldn’t cover this one fast enough. The game resembles beloved classic adventure games by using character dialogue and … Continue reading →

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Review: Prehistoric Park on Game Industry News

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Meg

Just did a guest piece over at Game Industry News about Prehistoric Park. GiN is a great outlet, with a great team, and it was awesome to be part of it! Sadly, I wasn’t quite as impressed with the game … Continue reading →

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