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ReviewsHot Pockets: The Snacktaku Review
“Why do we eat garbage?” Of all the questions pondered by snackologists since the founding of the science, this is the most contentious, its possible answers the fuel for many of the field’s most fervent dance-offs. Some say the answer is convenience — what’s easier to prepare, a pita filled with mayonnaise or Beef Wellington?…
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ReviewsThe Swapper: The Kotaku Review
The puzzle genre is the last place I expected to find a game that makes me feel guilty about killing. I’ve murdered myself a hundred times over in The Swapper, and it never gets any easier. “They aren’t really me,” I tell myself. “They aren’t alive.” Technically it’s true. The meat of Facepalm Games’ award-winning…
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ReviewsPeanut Butter Pop-Tarts: The Snacktaku Review
Stop — just stop. I know what you are going to say. “Fahey, you already reviewed Pop-Tarts. You even suggested a new slogan for Kellogg’s — I believe it was ‘Pop-Tarts: F*** Breakfast.'” That’s true, but these are not Pop-Tarts. These are new Pop-Tarts Gone Nutty Exclamation Point, and they are beautiful monsters for your…
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ReviewsI’ve Never Played With Color And Shapes Quite Like This
Show me a collection of squares arranged on a grid and filled with color, and I’ll show you a game I’ve played before. That’s what I was thinking as I downloaded Blip Blup, a game that would shortly be proving me wrong. Created by ustwo Studio, the developer behind the popular Whale Trail, Blip Blup…
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ReviewsThis Is Angry Tetris Sex
Sometimes you want to go slow with your tetronimo stacking. Plan it out. Set aside an hour or two, light some candles, put on some inspiring classical Russian music and explore your relationship with the legendary puzzle game to its fullest extent. Then there are times when your passion for Alexy Pajitnov’s creation run so…
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Cracker Jack’D : The Snacktaku Review
Earlier this year I posted a list of five snacks I must eat in 2013, and on that list was a product from Frito-Lay that promised to shake up the status quo, challenge conventional snacking and fly in the face of more than 100 years of molasses-coated history. Cracker Jack’D, subtitled “Snacks with Impact” seemed…
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ReviewsI Want To Love This Game So Much, But I Can’t
“Hold me,” This Is Not A Ball Game begs me with her adorable French accent, tears running down her cheeks. Whimsical music plays against a backdrop of cardboad circus silhouettes, the lions and strong men and acrobats bearing witness. I hold up my hands, each finger a tiny gaming app critic, waiting to slice her…
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ReviewsIf You’re Into Endless Running, Might As Well Be Running With Friends
With its growing focus on mobile gaming and its penchant for trying to out-popular already popular games, Zynga was going to get around to stepping on Temple Run‘s toes eventually, and what better way than to combine the joy of endless running with the trusted …With Friends brand? The result is a combination I’m finding…
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ReviewsIt Only Took A Legendary Developer To Make Strategic Air Battles Fun
When I’m in the cockpit of a fighter aircraft, the last thing I want to do is slow down — I certainly don’t want to wait my turn. I need a joystick in my hand, a first-person view and buttons for machine guns and/or missiles. I was pretty sure Sid Meier of Civilization and Pirates!…
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