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A block puzzler called Tippy Tower has recently gotten an update and is definitely worth trying for gamers looking to use your logical side of the brain. The 1.2 update added a bunch of new levels to play with some challenging shapes to put together. Tippy Tower is not your standard Tetris clone, you do [...]

Cut the Rope is a puzzle game that fits neatly in the niche that Angry Birds has created and continues to dominate. What’s amazing about it is that it measures up to those ill tempered birds so well and, depending on your personal taste, might even surpass the amount of enjoyment we all get from [...]

Like most Castlevania fans I was more than a bit skeptical when Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night was announced for the iDevices.  But like any true hardcore gamer, I decided to reserve my judgement for the final product itself.  While I was not thrilled with the idea of a puzzle fighter I decided to [...]

One of the first and best puzzlers on the App Store, Ancient Frog took everyone by surprise with its completely original and soothing gameplay.  It’s been sitting at the $4.99 price point for a while, but developer Ancient Workshop has decided to finally lower the price to $0.99. If you’ve been looking to pick this [...]

Finger Physics was one of the most polished games I could remember, and while the puzzle aspect was a bit difficult, it did get your brain thinking and moving around.  It definitely added some intellectual aspects to my mind after playing kill-em-all in NOVA. Finger Physics was also wildly popular, gathering up close to a [...]

Zen Bound 2 has finally been turned universal, meaning it will work on both the iPad and iPhone (for one price, of course).  Secret Exit has done a ton of work to improve and optimize Zen Bound 2, and the sheer amount of content in this update really amazes me.  Along with iPad support, they [...]

Babylonian Twins is an Amiga puzzle platformer that I certainly enjoyed, and the iPhone version has been put on sale for 100% free.  This is definitely one of the best freebies I’ve come across so far, so all of you reading this should definitely take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime price deduction. If you’re not familiar [...]

Despicable Me is an upcoming movie that I’m actually looking forward to watching; the only real movie that I’ve enjoyed this summer thus far was Toy Story 3.  Karate Kid was far too bland, The Last Airbender consisted of horrendous acting, and Knight and Day was… just not my type of movie. I think I’ve [...]

The first thing that made me smile about this game is the price.  Namco has finally (hopefully) woken up and smelled the coffee to realize what iPhone gamers want: a reasonable price and reasonable content.  But from there, it doesn’t seem to get much better.  Pac Match Party is definitely a competent match-3 game, but [...]

Match-3 is getting old.  I’m serious, I honestly do not believe the App Store can take on anymore of that genre.  If it does, I expect the App Store to explode and die. So with that said, where does that leave 180?  And to that I say: not in the “causing the App Store to [...]