Stories By Shawn Leonard

When Trucks and Skulls launched last year, we really enjoyed the whole package. It was a perfect, manly version of the Angry Birds formula, and it had a ton of great content that allowed it to shine on its own merits. New to the game in a recent update is a fully stocked store begging to be pillaged.

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The lovable ninjas from Shawnimals have made the leap to the iPhone’s bigger and more powerful sibling, the iPad. Ninjatown: Trees of Doom is a special game for many reasons. For starters, it’s a testament to great game design specifically tailored to the iPhone’s touch interface. Over the past several months, we’ve been most impressed by the game’s continued growth. We’ve seen new modes, characters, and power-ups; all without a single price hike. Now that’s value. Needless to say, we were very excited to explore what makes the Ninjatown Trees of Doom! HD! different.

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In just five years, Telltale Games has already amassed quite a following by making episodic adventure games based on licensed brands like CSI and Sam & Max. Their newest adventure game, Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent, marks a slight departure for the studio.

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The man, the myth, and the legend that is Bruce Lee has played a pivotal role in inspiring some of gaming’s most popular fighting characters. It makes sense, too. Bruce Lee’s signature looks and flamboyant Jeet Kune Do fighting style are undeniably sick. Many efforts have been made over the years to do justice to the Bruce Lee legacy, but virtually all of them failed. Undeterred, Digital Legends and Indiagames have launched the latest attempt at getting a Bruce Lee game right. Does Bruce Lee: Dragon Warrior HD sport fists of fury?

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Not too long ago, we put Super Monkey Ball 2 through its paces on the iPhone. It was good, not great, and now Sega has ported its batch of cute monkeys over to the iPad. Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition is essentially just a super sized version of Super Monkey Ball 2.

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If you own an iPhone, chances are you probably have some version of Tap Tap Revenge already on your phone. Since the early days of the App Store, Tapulous has produced an impressive collection of music rhythm games, pleasing the tastes of rock, dance, and pop fans alike. Tap Tap Radiation is their newest concoction developed exclusively for the iPad, and like everyone else, we were eager to see if this is the same ol’ formula, or something special.

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As we continue our coverage of the first round of launch apps on the iPad, there’s a very strong case that Electronic Arts is bringing it harder than any other developer. With an amazing port of Command & Conquer: Red Alert and a brilliant new version of Scrabble using slick interoperability between iPads and iPhones, it’s very exciting to see some early returns on using such a large touchscreen. Of EA’s launch titles on the iPad, Mirror’s Edge is the biggest and most interesting surprise.

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