Seeing as how there's a gazillion iPhone pinball games already, the average gamer is probably wondering why there's any reason to get excited about this title with its spartan "toy-like cabinet (and) old-style mechanical score drum." Furthermore, it's easily the most primitive game released by a developer whose never budged from charging new-release prices even for titles that are 20 years old. ... more.

Summer's here, bringing with it that classic sport with balls and bats. Since most of us who play instead of watching it are on sandlots instead of in stadiums, there's also frequently rule tweaks to account for conditions/players/etc. The version we'll be playing on what we'll call Mark's Virtual Sandlot includes a few simple basics: • Everybody bats each inning. No strikeouts – players... more.

Looking for a way to get your creativity rolling? Look no further than  Aztec Quest. Aztec Quest allows you to take the elements of a puzzle and put them in their proper place to hit the ending diamond with your ball.  A ball comes out of the starting element, the dragonhead. The other elements of the game consist of  rollers, spring pads, tubes, hammers, catapults and teleport pads. Thes... more.

Fractured Soul 3D is a classic platformer that utilizes both screens of the Nintendo 3DS. This dual-screen feature can be used to dodge bullets, outsmart enemies, and complete each level. As Jake, players must blast their way through 20 levels spread across 5 different worlds. Each world is unique, offering new challenges like inverted gravity, damage, wind, ice, and underwater. There are fou... more.

SEGA of America, and SEGA Europe. today announced its roster of titles to be presented at the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 2011). The company will present more than 13 new games across all major platforms, including several games in stunning stereoscopic 3D, support for PlayStation Move for the PlayStation 3 , Kinect for the Xbox 360 and Nintendo 3DS. The lineup spans multiple gen... more.

PWCF's main claim to being "unique" (a word repeatedly used) is depicting various elements like enemies and weapons as crudely drawn icons on little scraps of paper. It also strips gameplay down to the essentials, as all action takes place on a single-screen battlefield with one cannon in the lower left corner as only your weapon. Waves of enemy soldiers march from right to left and your mission i... more.

Portable gaming has come a long way. For the first time in its history, X-Men Arcade is appearing on a portable device. Coming soon to the Apple App Store, X-Men Arcade includes all 6 original X-Men characters: Cyclops, Colossus, Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler  and Dazzler. The game supports drop-in multiplayer via Wi-Fi with up to four players. According to Konami, special attention was giv... more.

Outblaze and Animoca today released My Pet Cuby for Apple’s iOS devices including iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. The latest entry in the popular “Pretty Pet” series, My Pet Cuby offers a graphically-rich virtual pet app featuring the adorable dog Cuby. The game is free to play and can be downloaded from Apple’s App Store at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-pet-cuby/id438133965?mt=8... more.

Newest Resident Evil trailer for the Nintendo 3DS. Trailer: ... more.

Maybe it was figuring out how teachers' passwords were encoded on my high school's typing tutor program. Or how to copy the code from a game cartridge on my computer to disk. Or recovering "eternally lost" files for eternally grateful people. But the dark portion of my soul is largely occupied by a cyberpunk. The truly sinister contemplations are restrained by that large reservoir of sanity ... more.