Podcast Update January 29th

Finally working on getting back on track with That Android Podcast. Working to rotate it with Digital Doctor Who Podcast (monthly) and one more cast on Fridays. Another new episode is coming soon, stay tuned.

4shared Podcast upload notice

Due to PC problems I am presently only uploading New content to 4shared. Once the problems are fixed I will be uploading once again to mediafire and posting links to the blogs asap.

In the meantime a brand new episode of That Android Podcast, Episode 6, is now up and available to check out at 4shared.

That Android Podcast now on 4shared

Presently Blogger is acting up, making it hard for me to update my podcasts. Reported it and waiting for some help, but while we are waiting I put all the new podcasts, including That Android Podcast, up on 4shared for you to check out. Update on podcasts here soon hopefully.

That Android Podcast Episode 5 now available.

Episode 5 of That Android Podcast is now available. First of a series of RPG, MMO and otherwise reviews as well as my review of Asphalt 8 Airborne as well as a whole new batch of random so check it out.

Next week is more RPG, more random, and my review of the HD upgrade to the Comixology app.

That Android Podcast Episode 4 now available

Now moved to it's new day of Wednesdays, and back to being weekly, we have an all new episode of That Android Podcast up and available to check out. See you next Wednesday!

Podcast Updates 9/20

That Android Podcast Episode 3 is now up and available, check it out. No new podcasts next week but we'll return with another That Android Podcast at the start of October.

Podcast Update 9/16

All new That Android Podcast now up and available. New episode coming next week so see you then!

Podcast Update 9/12

All new weekend is upon us, and once again that means New podcasts.

That Android Podcast Episode 2 - 33%
Saturday an all new That Android Podcast is coming, and since I'm moving Equestria This Week to Fridays th a t means That Android Podcast will be running weekly for awhile.

All new gaming podcast now available

Since I have been reviewing from the Android format for awhile now I finally released a new cast covering Android apps and games. In this episode we look at The Simpsons Tapped Out, Jurassic Park Builder, Order Up To Go, Batman Arkham City Lockdown, the Comixology app and more.

Coming soon is a revival of 3DS coverage with 3DS Lives... and we start that off with coverage of the... urgh... 2DS.... because apparently the people on the Square Enix forum boards were right all along, and Nintendo really was planning on going backwards with a non 3D handheld... wow. Painful memory. Stay tuned for that in the future as well as new episodes of That Android Podcast.

New Episode 1 details

Update on Episode 1 coverage

Kamen Rider Gaimu
That's the new series for 2013-2014... So what's Kamen Teacher?!? A movie? An unrelated series? What... anyway Gaimu, New multiple riders (5), New sunshine belts, New stuff. More details upcoming.

Mega force update
Has any progress happened with Power Rangers? Let's check!

More updates upcoming as I begin planning the new opening. Stay tuned.

That Android Podcast coming soon

New gaming cast covering gaminjg on android devices coming soon. Presently still in development stages  but I hope to have Episode 1 out before the end of the month. Stay tuned for updates.

Follow me over at Voice of Damnation over at WordPress

Recently I got picked up by Android Parlor, doing Android app and game reviews. To settle into my new home I have been piling content into my WordPress page. Anyway since hopefully I will be making Android Parlor a long term home I will be blogging about Android stuff over there. So please file this into your browser

http://www.voiceofdamnation.WordPress.com

Follow me over there. Have lots planned for this tablet review wise!

Minor Tablet Review : iTreeGamer' Marble Saga

Short and sweet this and its sequel are unapologetic Zuma clones, one of the game apps for this game even goes so far as say Marble Saga (Zuma). Same look, just weaker in design and graphics. Same gameplay (large snaking rows of multicolored marbles are rolling at you, match 3 or more to make them vanish). Touch screen controls with accuracy issues when shooting at hard turn areas of the rows, making it likely you'llyou're misplace a sphere. Same power ups from Zuma, Marble Saga not even trying o innovate even here, a non existent story to motivate you, basically down and dirty freeware Zuma. Fills a need for Zuma style gaming, but ultimately no replacement for the real thing... Still a good decent time passer in small bites. A middle of the road 3 out of 5. It's not much, but fills out a puzzler collection decently all the same.

Data Mining Alert : Blyts' Quiz of Seers

If you thought the Android app store only skimmed on checking adult game apps apparently they also fail at checking Game Show style games.

According to reviews of the title on the app store this title, plot concerning you being Imprisoned by a wizard that challenges you to quizzes for your very life, apparently data mines your personal info... but wait, wouldn't Amazon ban that? No, in fact today it's the Free app of the day... why? Well that's the thing, in this day age the most precious commodity is your personal info, but not only for identity theft. Companies can use your info and sell it to every company that might cater to your likes, who in turn shill you endlessly pushing their product to improve their bottom line.

Long story short always read the low star rating reviews to see why people are down on an app or game before downloading. A data mining Jigglypuff for an insta-fail. Just add internet.

Tablet Reviews : Feelingtouch's Zombie Frontier

Ah, zombie games, haven't seen enough of those yet... except in a good way, of course. Free Walking Dead game? Not quite, less game and more interactive comic. A good top down monster shooter akin to old school game Zombies Ate My Neighbors? Haven't seen anything like that yet. This game? No exception. With rather uninspired though admittedly pretty graphics, your presented with a challenge to fight zombies... with menu screens that, oddly, made me think of a mafia like game but no particular mafia game on Facebook, with small bites of levels akin to zombie duck hunt with touch screen controls.

In first person shooter mode zombies wander at you, and all you have to do us shoot them, tapping to one side to reload... all this by the way earns you money that you spend on weapons and ammo... that you use to earn more money... to buy gear... to kill more zombies... that's it. Take on missions to kill zombies, buy gear, kill zombies, rinse off the blood and repeat... well, try as the game makes the dual mistake of throwing hardy sturdy zombies requiring multiple shots at you, then throwing way too many at you meaning your always overwhelmed. With a game like this you should be able to quick clear zombies with a good headshot or through the heart, except these zombies are too fortified so even headshots take several bullets which is absurd.

And did I mention the game seems to be a shoddy ripoff of Resident Evil 5 with not Chris Redfield fighting through Generic Town? Yup. All that combined and this is an recommendable pass. There's got to be better zombie games out there, and I will find it... this isn't it. A 2 out of 5.

Check out Raise This Village for village building sims reviews.

Go d own to the link list and click on Raise This Village, where all the village building SIM coverage is headed. Just reviewed Jurassic Park Builder (Ludia) and Fantasy Town (GameLoft)so check them out please.

Minor Tablet Reviews : Glass Bottom Games' Jones on Fire

As platformers go some devices play them better than others, and I tried them all. All the Game Boy types, DS and 3DS, PSP... and now the tablet. In this case it's Jones on Fire, from Glass Bottom Games.

When it comes to Jones on Fire I sincerely question the reviews left on the android app store partially praising it. For me I just don't see the appeal, honestly. In this rather blocky old school 3Desque environment 2D side scrolled you play as Jones, a firefighter with a love of cats. For some reason fire threatens to kill cats, stationary floating cats who only follow you when you touch them, so it's up to you to save them... by running through a sidescrolling burning environment, outrunning a tidal wave of fire by jumping and double jumping and speed sliding.

Gameplay is basic. Save the cats, outrun the fire, use the points you earn to upgrade yourself, rinse and repeat. Graphics is OK and gets the job done, gameplay is repetitive, and abilities are hard to level up requiring grinding in order to raise your stats... something you're only going to do if this game interests you... and it's not too bad, though I m still getting used to virtual controls, in this case virtual thumb tapping (tap left side to jump, tap right side to speed slide). If down and dirty simple platforming is your passion this should pry the prerequisite $1 or 100 google coins out of your pocket... if not? Skip it. This isn't the kind of game that will grow on you over time, you either s already love the genre or you don't, simple as that. A middle of the road 3 out of 5.

Minor Tablet Review : EA's Monopoly Hotels

From EA, voted worst company two years in a row, comes a tycoon SIM of Monopoly. An ultimately mind numbing repetitive slow grinding micro transaction free to play game... joy.

Mind you this could have been a fun game, but with only so so graphics your given empty hotel frames to install rooms into, earning money so you can buy hotel after hotel representing each space on the Monopoly board... and yes, that is as boring as it sounds.

You should be able to customize each hotel, but you will quickly find yourself repeating rooms in each hotel, the ability to buy new hotels hitting a roadblock as new hotels become very expensive very fast. Add to that an overuse of Premium currency room buys, a pointless grab the falling money mini game that randomly happens every minute, and slow level progression accentuated by short quick unfulfilling gameplay and this game just ain't worth it even if it is free. A 2 out of 5.

WIPR : Pocket Gems Paradise Cove

Sometimes you find a good village building game in the most unlikely places... then GameLoft goes and screws it up. This... is an OK game, heavily burdened by incentives to send real money on Premium currency, and now plagued by occasional severe freezing issues that forces you to completely reboot your tablet.

The game is OK, but is severely grind intensive as you have to save up larger and larger sums of gold just to pass simple tasks early on in the game, as well as unlocking sections of jungle to clear to expand your your village, a task that quickly becomes expensive very fast. Alot of this is to encourage spending real money in order to progress quicker, and while you dont have to spend real money that makes gameplay a long slow grind of money gathering and level building.

Full review coming soon, as well as an update once the crash issue is resolved.

Tablet Gaming Update - 6/8

So updates to tablet gaming off the android store...

GameLoft/Learning Center's Oregon Trail American Settler
Good news! The game now only occasionally suffers crash issues when loading.
Too bad bad news outweighed the good.

- Now you need to build multiple vet centers in order to grind ingredients to heal sick animals. Good thing this build, like the medical tent and workshop, is cheap and affordable.

- The sudden appearance of Premium buildings, which require an infusion of Premium currency in order to operate. Constant infusions. More and more this game is demanding Premium currency, which can be bought with real money, in order to avert disaster... what a bunch of crock.

The game has come down with a massive case of Premium currency addiction.
So far and I don't like it, not one bit.

GameLoft's Fantasy Town
For awhile the game was suffering slowdown slash brief freezing issues, and while it still suffers that a bit it's not as problematic anymore. The game however suffers from slow progression, requiring long hours to grind levels in this game, progression of your village a slow going chore.

Glu's Tavern Quest
As I reach upwards towards Level 30 unless New content appears it looks like the game is going to be all but done with only 24 hour recipes to grind in order to finish the game with as close to 100% completion as possible. Sad, but true.

More updates coming soon, stay tuned.