Year Walk By: Simogo I finally got around to playing Simogo's Year Walk after all these years and countless people telling me to play. It would be an understatement to say I had high expectations. So let me say I straight out: I loved Year Walk. But I also hated it. The game is named after a Swedish practice of starving one's self, then taking a spiritual journey through the woods, hoping…
Escape The Temple By: ruoming bian This will be a complete step-by-step Walkthrough for the iOS and Android room escape game, Escape The Temple by ruoming bian. It's a work in progress, so please bear with me. Feel free to ask for help in the comments section. Walkthrough: 1. Look behind the pedestal to see a clue, the numbers 512634. 2. Turn right and zoom in on the star puzzle. Use the…
Whispering Willows By: Night Light Interactive They say first impressions are everything. In the case of Whispering Willows on iOS, this is mostly true. My first reaction to it was "what is this madness?!" when I booted up the game on my iPad Air 2 and it was upside-down. This was both puzzling and annoying, as I've always held my iPad with the home button to the left and now I couldn't.…
The Guides By: Kevin Bradford and Luke Lisi I got my hands on the cryptic puzzle game The Guides a couple weeks before release. I was instantly intrigued and excited at the prospect of a puzzle game that was designed around mobile devices. I loved the idea that everything I needed to know is contained inside the app, since I've been turned off by similar games that required too much outside knowledge.…
Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon By: Tiger Style Late last night, I noticed Tiger Style Games, the folks behind Spider: The Rite of the Shrouded Moon, were tweeting an awful lot about walruses under the hashtag #WalrusFacts. This seemed like odd behavior for them, and I figured someone was either drunk or hacked...or just really supportive of walruses. Maybe walruses have been having a hard time lately? Well, I woke up…
The Guides By: Luke Lisi and Kevin Bradford This is a complete step-by-step walkthrough with answers, tricks, solutions and help for the iOS and Android game The Guides. I will explain all the answers, so only look if you don't mind spoilers. If you prefer to have a hint, you can ask in the comments section. Looking for my review of The Guides? Looking for Section 3 or Section 4? If you're…
A few days ago, I read an opinion piece on girls and gaming that I felt the need to respond to. But first, I want to give a little bit of my personal history as a woman who plays video games. I'm going to skip the early boring stuff and go straight to high school, where I found myself playing them the most. I enjoyed some PC games like Might & Magic…
KOI - Journey of Purity By: dawei lee KOI - Journey of Purity is one of those games I saw in the App Store and bought on whim, based on the description and video. I had just recently played Prune and had an itch for another artsy and tranquil puzzle game. But while KOI is most definitively a pretty game, it's by no means tranquil. The game has you controlling a small…