I take four days off and what do I return to? We've got Marvel's mightiest mashing things up, a creepy citrus fruit, a flatulent cat (had that anyway), a PC puzzler gone iOS and one hell of a hexagon. That's one pretty damn strange Week in Gaming Apps.
I've spent the majority of the week sitting around playing gaming apps on various devices (whichever weren't being chewed by children at the time), but what I played during my free time is nothing compared to this spectacular array of mobile madness the team put together while I was away.
I mean, they got a good Marvel Comics game in the mix. That's nigh-impossible! Tina touched on Splice, which is a game I loved in its PC indie form. Owen got his farting cat on, which is a thing. Ash, well, Ash did his juicy thing.
What's odd is that with all of these eye-catching entries, the game I most want to play is the that there Super Hexagon. It's nice to see a game that can kick your boss' ass using only two colors. Well done!
Maybe I should go on vacation next week as well?
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