Max Payne Ruins the Week in Gaming Apps for Everybody Else

Here I was, having a great week (in gaming apps), and Rockstar’s Max Payne Mobile has to wander in and make things all noir and edgy—in bullet time no less! How can a game in which you snipe at stick people stand in the way of the smirking face that would one day become Marky Mark? The colorful amoebae of this week’s strategy offering have gone goth and all the words in Dabble are rearranging themselves to spell out passages from Raymond Chandler books.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Even Crow, which I called one of the best iOS apps I’ve played, couldn’t possibly survive under the weight of its own atmosphere and Payne’s angst. It’s enough to make a guy want to dive out of a window in slow motion. If you have a suggestion for an app for the iPhone, iPad, Android or Windows Phone 7 that you’d like to see highlighted, let us know. Time to Shoot Stick People with Various Rifles https://kotaku.com/time-to-shoot-stick-people-with-various-rifles-5900255 There are many things the iPhone does well. Add shooting stick figures in their stick heads to rummy 365 them. More » https://kotaku.com/crow-could-be-the-greatest-iphone-game-ive-played-5900674 Crow Could Be the Greatest iPhone Game I’ve Played As the credits rolled I place my iPhone on the table, leaned back in my chair and attempted to work out in my head how to present Sunside Games’ Crow. I was having an incredibly difficult time of it, and now I realize why: Crow is much more than my Gaming App of the Day. More » https://kotaku.com/amoebattle-is-loaded-with-smart-and-challenging-touch-s-5901011 Amoebattle Is Loaded With Smart and Challenging Touch-Screen Strategy A touch-screen should work well with real-time strategy games, you know? RTS games require rummy 51 a good overhead view, the ability to quickly flick between units, and a ready batch of hotkeys and functions. The iPad in particular is uniquely suited to do all of those things; it just takes the right game. More » https://kotaku.com/bullet-time-and-max-payne-mobile-yes-please-30788153 Bullet Time and Max Payne Mobile? Yes, Please. What are you going to do while waiting for Max Payne 3’s release on May 15? Well, there’s a new Max Payne game out today, but it’s for the iOS platform. So if you have an iPhone, iPad, iTouch, rummy best iWhatever, you’re in luck for some of that bullet time, graphic novel-esque experience on the go. More » https://kotaku.com/dabble-with-word-puzzles-and-just-enough-strategy-5901688 Dabble With Word Puzzles and Just Enough Strategy Dabble is an incredibly simple but satisfying game that combines two of my favorite things: words and puzzles. More »