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December 29th, 2011 by Fade to Slack
I am the marginalized gamer. In my first year as an iOS device owner, I’ve taken to it pretty well. However, a majority of my game time comes in thirty minute windows as I travel to and from work.
I seldom have time to sit and play on consoles. My Nintendo Wii has become my go-to exercise device. Last month, I lost seven pounds playing Michael Jackson: The Experience and Just Dance 3. That’s your “No One Give’s a Rat’s Ass, Fade” fact of the day.
So, today, we look at my picks for the best of iOS gaming in 2011.
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December 21st, 2011 by Fade to Slack
 Despite the negative review that I gave to Com2uS’ HOMERUN BATTLE 2, I had a lot of fun with HOMERUN BATTLE 3D. Since the sequel is really more of the same, I know there’s a good game in here. It’s just hidden behind some appalling, greedy design choices that taint an otherwise enjoyable game. Rather than remain bitter and delete the app, I decided I’d ride out the early pains and try to find a route to be competitive against people who are willing to spend the cash.
The path is not simple. It will take work. It will take time. It will even take a little luck. However, it is possible. Let me walk you through the early game to get you powered up in as little time as possible.
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November 25th, 2011 by Fade to Slack
The game that inspired this entire week of PETA Games, and the first to be hypocritical, is the third “parody” of Mario games and the first to get any sort of traction within the gaming community: Super Tanooki Skin 2D.
I don’t have a lot to say about the game. I was expecting more, considering how much has been written about it. I thought, perhaps, there would be a lot of game going on here. What I found instead was a poorly-made running game that takes a harmless game and adds some gore for shock value.
Oh, potentially NSFW stuff after the jump.
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November 24th, 2011 by Fade to Slack
Our penultimate entry into our look at PETA Games based on real game franchises takes us to, I believe, the only game popular enough to get a sequel. And, while not technically their best game (that honor goes to their Cooking Mama “parody”), it retains the surprising playability of the first game.
The premise of New Super Chick Sisters is very much more of the same, except that this time the culprit is McDonald’s and the evil clown running the show, Ronald McDonald. Princess Pamela Anderson gets kidnapped by the Hamburgler while dressed almost identically to Princess Peach. I imagine this is the inspiration for the NSFW Hentai Princess Peach, but I digress.
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November 23rd, 2011 by Fade to Slack
The third entry in PETA Games Week, a look at the “parodies” PETA makes of existing games, is an interesting one. The game, Super Tofu Boy, isn’t what’s interesting, mind you, but why it was made may be.
Edmund McMillen may have used PETA to spread product awareness about Super Meat Boy. As the saying goes, there’s no such thing as bad publicity. And McMillen may have used this little nugget to his advantage.
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November 22nd, 2011 by Fade to Slack
In our second installment of PETA Games Week, a look at the games that PETA makes in response to real games, we’re going to take a look at the first “parody” of Super Mario Bros.: Super Chick Sisters.
The game, which can be found on Peta’s children’s site, includes links at the bottom to educate children about chickens (and turkeys which seems like someone’s a lazy webmaster) and over-dramatized propaganda information about KFC’s chicken. What I didn’t expect was that it was a decent, though brief, platformer. You know, all things considered.
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November 21st, 2011 by Fade to Slack
Last week, the internet, ourselves included, gave attention to PETA for their “parody” of Super Mario Land 3D. I, of course, don’t mind including adjectives like “unfunny,” “heavy-handed,” and “tasteless” to modify their definition of “parody.” Regardless, it served its purpose. People looked at them, again, like a child screaming at the top of their lungs. There really must not be anything such as negative press.
This isn’t the first time they’ve made “parody” games based on existing franchises. Hell, it’s not even their first stab at Mario. It’s their third. This week, we’re going to take the Wayback Machine and explore the other hells that are PETA games.
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, let’s start with their surprisingly competent parody of Cooking Mama. In The Unauthorized PETA Edition – Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals, it’s your job to prepare a turkey.
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