Campbell Bird

5 days ago | 148apps.com | Campbell Bird

Each month, I want to share some less formal thoughts about the games I've been playing and my impressions of them. These might be game's that got reviewed for the site or not. As an individual person covering a storefront that is shoveling titles onto its store each day, I have time to dip my toes into a lot of it, but I can't always spend the time needed for a review. With recaps like this, I can give some games their due, even if I can't get a full review of them.

2 weeks ago | 148apps.com | Campbell Bird

Some time has passed since the surprise release of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night ($2.99) on iOS, which made lots of gamers pretty happy. After all, it’s one of the most celebrated games of all time, and has inspired countless titles that borrow heavily from its trademark mix of combat and traversal. Before Symphony of the Night came to touch screens though, there were plenty of other games trying to bring a similar experience to folks.

3 weeks ago | 148apps.com | Campbell Bird

Rusty Lake, the developer behind surreal and unnerving adventure games like Rusty Lake Hotel and Cube Escape, has turned 10. In celebration of this achievement, they put out a free game called The Mr. Rabbit Magic Show. While I am no expert on Rusty Lake's output, this game seems like a low-bar entry point to see what they are all about, which seems to be inspired tone-work, some absurd humor, and middling puzzle design.

4 weeks ago | 148apps.com | Campbell Bird

UPDATE: It's not often that I will come back to review a game, but when I do, it is for good reason. See below for some updated thoughts prepended to the original review, along with an updated score. Back when I originally reviewed TriviaLinked, it was during a time where the iron on daily challenge games like Wordle was still relatively hot.

1 month ago | 148apps.com | Campbell Bird

There was a time when Star Wars was good, and that's when there was a lot less of it. Those first three films? Awesome stuff. Everything after that? Well... I won't condemn all of it, but the vast majority of it is so tepid and uninspired that I no longer am interested in just about anything going on in that universe (or at least anything that doesn't revolve around Cassian Andor).