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Daily iPad App: Kingdom Rush

by Mike Schramm (Jan 19th, 2012)

I first played Kingdom Rush as a Flash game online, and it's very good in that context as well. It's pretty straightforward tower defense, in that you face a series of invading monsters, and need to build up towers to defend against them. But Kingdom Rush outgrows its simple tower defense roots ...

Daily iPhone App: Spellcraft School of Magic

by Mike Schramm (Dec 26th, 2011)

I'll be honest: I have come down with a pretty bad case of freemium ADD. Pocket Frogs was my first real freemium hookup on the iPhone (and it's still pretty great), but since then, I've made my way through a train of freemium games, including We Rule, Tiny Tower, Battle Nations, We Farm, more ...

TUAW's Daily App: Battleheart

by Mike Schramm (Feb 3rd, 2011)

There are tons of great RPG apps out lately, and I'm not sure why that is -- something about the way the App Store has developed. At any rate, here's another one. Battleheart is just out this week, and it's really amazing. The game is a real-time RPG battler. There's not a lot of story or extras to ...

TUAW's Daily App: Monster Feed

by Mike Schramm (Oct 26th, 2010)

Monster Feed is a colorful little tower defense title for the iPad, and it's a little more action-based than most TD titles. A lot of your interaction with the oncoming hordes is actually interactive, as you have not only towers to build and grow but also spells and even summonable minions fighting ...

Battle of Puppets brings the fight to the marionette stage

by Mike Schramm (Feb 24th, 2010)

Battle of Puppets fell through the cracks here when it was first released, and that was unfortunate -- it's a 2D real-time strategy game for the iPhone with a distinctive art style and a plethora of cool features that definitely deserves a look. The team has been updating the app often, and the ...

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