Category Archives: iPhone Games

iPhone Games

iPhone Dice Roller: dynamicDice

Posted on January 19, 2009 by RupertG
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One of the great perks of writing for the Dice of Doom blog is getting asked to play with loads of iPhone dice rollers. We get a few gentle requests to try a new one out, and generally speaking we … Continue reading →

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Strategy guide for Zombie Attack! (updated – level 50)

Posted on December 15, 2008 by RupertG
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Zombie Attack! for the iPhone has kept me happily distracted protecting the beer shack vigorously against the zombie onslaught for more hours than I care to admit. The recent update has seen the game improved immensely with new ways of … Continue reading →

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iPhone RPG dice roller ‘Pip’ reminds us simple is often better

Posted on December 8, 2008 by RupertG

A few days ago the developers of iPhone polyhedral dice rolling application ‘Pip’ (Mystery Coconut) sent me a request to look at their application and offer my thoughts. Well, we have had a play around with it and we have … Continue reading →

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Rogue on the iPhone – finally…

Posted on December 1, 2008 by RupertG

One game has been sadly missing from iPhones – a Rogue style game. Well, better than getting ‘a’ Rogue style game, Gandreas Games (the same people who brought us the awesome RPG dice roller Dicenomicon…) have released ‘the’ Rogue game … Continue reading →

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Zombie Attack! for the iPhone

Posted on November 11, 2008 by RupertG

There has been a sudden rush of Tower Defence games released for the iPhone recently, and for the most part, they OK to play. What there hasn’t been is any real innovation in the genre as it is played on … Continue reading →

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iPhone Polyhedral (RPG) Dice Rolling Applications

Posted on October 31, 2008 by RupertG

Some of you might remember my previous rant on this topic. Back when the iPhone 2.0 was released, the App Store contained a pretty poor collection of RPG dice rollers. And some were asking extraordinary amounts for them. Well, that … Continue reading →

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New uses for your iPhone Dice Apps

Posted on September 15, 2008 by RupertG

TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) has an article by one of their many resident nerds about new games to play using the multitude of Dice Rolling Apps available on the iPhone. Some of these are amusing. I myself, have posted … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Portable Game Collection for a Desert Island

Posted on August 19, 2008 by RupertG

Going through a lot of the games that are being made available for the iPhone, many of them appear to be ports or remakes of classic games. On the weekend I spent quite a bit of time enjoying a fairly … Continue reading →

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Unbelievably sucky state of iPhone Dice Rollers

Posted on August 6, 2008 by RupertG

Update: The situation has improved immensely since this post was written. While I don’t think that dice rollers on your phone will ever replace the tactile awesomeness of rolling a handful of dice, I have investigated the growing number of … Continue reading →

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Doom on the iPhone? Yes please…

Posted on July 28, 2008 by RupertG

oh wait… How would you control it? That would be a toughy… In case you are wondering why I am going on about this, id Software‘s John Carmack (a fan of the iPhone) has come out and said that one … Continue reading →

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