video games

Fancy a race? We've got you covered with Forza, Grid, and more of the best racing games of the last few years.

This week we look at even more games that do a lot with little.

Since even indie devs take time off for the holidays, there weren't a lot of new games this week. Luckily, this month's Ludum Dare about villainy produced enough games for two weeks of great games.

A platformer that makes you literally hold your breath, a text-based online shooter and more.

Apple's OSX isn't exactly a gamer's paradise. But the same can't be said about iOS--especially when it comes to the iPad. In some ways the iPad is the perfect gaming handheld: It has great battery life, and games are cheap. But before you run out to give Apple all of your money, there are a few things you should know before using the iPad as a gaming device.

I approach iOS-ified versions of classic arcade and console games with a healthy mixture of anticipation and trepidation. On the one hand, it's nice to see all those games I wasted all those hours playing in my misspent youth making an appearance in my slightly less misspent adulthood. On the other hand, the graphics and gameplay of two or three decades ago doesn't always translate well to Apple's state-of-the-art handhelds.

I only recently reviewed Capcom's iOS port of Dead Rising, and here I am with yet another game starring the undead, albeit a very different one. In a game market that has been bombarded with all kinds of zombie-themed action, Stupid Zombies by GameResort is a straightforward, clean, and--dare I say it--adorable puzzle game for the iOS.

One word for SoupToys Toybox is "amusing." Another way to describe it is "something that'll eat up a lot of time if you're not careful, and that's a good thing." SoupToys Toybox (free) places a box full of basketballs, tennis balls, tiny rubber balls, a roller skate, a basketball hoop, and other objects, on your desktop. It gives these objects cartoony physics and lets you go nuts with them. It even keeps score when something manages to clear the basket. The roller skate, especially, is amusing because of how it gets knocked over when a basketball is tossed at it.