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Halfbrick tries for a 10 with Fish Out of Water

by Mike Schramm (Mar 27th, 2013)

Halfbrick Studios held a media lunch at GDC to show off its brand-new original title, Fish Out of Water. It's the company's first since the very popular Jetpack Joyride arrived a few years ago (the Australia-based studio is also known for making Fruit Ninja). As we'd previously heard, Fish Out ...

Daily iPhone App: Danger Boat is an endless runner on the waves

by Mike Schramm (Mar 21st, 2013)

Most of the iOS buzz around this time last week was from the great Ridiculous Fishing, but there was another new release last week that I really liked and it's Pixelocity's Danger Boat. Vlambeer's big hit deserved all the attention it got, but Danger Boat was overlooked, I think -- it's a ...

TUAW's Daily App: Space Storm

by Mike Schramm (May 26th, 2010)

Space Storm is about as conventional as space shooters get; enemies come into the screen from the right, and your ship flies from the left, blowing things out of the sky with a few different weapons and picking up health or power-ups along the way. In this case, though, conventional is good. The ...

Tag Games bringing Rock'n'Roll to the iPhone's accelerometer

by Mike Schramm (Sep 19th, 2008)

The folks over at Touch Arcade are doing a terrific job of keeping up with all the good-looking games on the App Store (and even some not-so-good-looking ones) but for my money, this one falls solidly into the first category. Rock'n'Roll is an accelerometer-based puzzle/platforming game (ported ...