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The Macintosh is not a gaming machine. I understand that. I’ve been fighting the good fight for over a decade now, but it’s a losing battle. Mac users will never get as many games as PC owners, we’ll never see the innovation, and simultaneous releases continue to elude us even… Continue Reading »

Ambrosia Software is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a holiday bundle sale that features a collection of six classic Ambrosia games: Apeiron, Redline, Bubble Trouble, Darwinia, Aki Mahjong, and SketchFighter. Individually, these games would retail for $123, but they’re going for only $19 from now until midnight, December 24th. Continue Reading »

Originally planned for one week only, Ambrosia Software is now putting all of its iPhone/iPod Touch games on sale for 99 cents throughout the entire month of December. The sale comprises the following games: Aki Mahjong, normally $4.99, combines the ancient Chinese game of Mahjong with an enchanting journey across… Continue Reading »

Touchgrind is a very different sort of game than what is common on the App Store.  It’s part game and part simulation.  The idea is simple, place two fingers on a virtual skateboard deck and perform tricks as if playing with a tech deck style miniature skateboard.  What’s great about… Continue Reading »

As has been noted numerous times here at Appletell and throughout the gaming world, there are three things you can kill in computer games without fear of reproach: Nazis, zombies and Nazi zombies. If you like, you can lump aliens in with the zombies, and you can lump robots in… Continue Reading »

I gotta be honest with you; I mainly only go bowling with the anticipation of the alley being attacked by The Blob. Or the Son of Blob. Or the Beware! The Blob! Whatever. The point is, expecting a blood red, gelatinous mass to come rolling up the lanes at any… Continue Reading »

Rather than try to explain what type of game Pirates is, it may be easier to just say that it’s not a first-person shooter, and it’s not a hidden puzzle game. It is pretty much everything else. Pirates combines action, adventure, turn-based strategy, resource management, people sims and rhythm games… Continue Reading »

I recently wrote an article for Appletell in which I wondered if the App Store / iPhone combination would kill iPod gaming. In the article, I opined that it will, and probably should, but that it saddened me to say so. For one reason or another, developers just never figured… Continue Reading »

It’s not long into Fable: The Lost Chapters before you realize you’re in for something different. As if the words “Action/RPG” aren’t already enough to warm the soul of Mac gamers everywhere (oh, we’ve tasted action and we’ve tasted RPGs, but we rarely have them served in the same meal),… Continue Reading »

Although not as hyped as Super Monkey Ball, Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D from the App Store provides just as much fun. Making use of the accelerometer for steering and the touch screen for destroying your enemies, this racing game is great for any iPhone gamer. Check out my review… Continue Reading »