Eternity Warriors for iOS and Android

Eternity Warriors is a fourth offering from Glu games. They have released a few other skinned over games based on a similar engine and have had success. They could be some competition for Gameloft on iOS. Their games are free to play, and extra items and currencies are able to be purchased in game through the App Store. It is a fun ‘Freemium’ game. It’s a Diablo-esque hack-and-slash fantasy game. Eternity Warriors control set up has a stick and an attack button. An AI controlled companion follows your character around and gets in the way. The two burly icons bumble into each other like a pair of magnetized dwarves. Enemies come in waves monsters with swords and axes come at you on all sides. The character is difficult to move and the control stick does not work as fluidly as I am used to from other games with virtual joystick.

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Companions RPG for iOS

Companions is a recent indie top-down RPG -ish strategy game for iOS. It is much more heavily a strategy game with old school gameplay mechanics. It can actually be challenging and quite difficult, if you haven’t played one of these before. It has the grid based navigation like a tower defense game. However, one gamer’s challenge can be another gamer’s annoyance. In Companions there are two game modes, which are the quick play ‘Single Map’ mode, and the Campaign mode. Each of the members of the four person team has a little backstory. The controls are simple taps on the characters and then a tap on the enemies to attack. Each party member has three special skills that they can equip at a time. They are limited by cool down times as you would normally see. Graphics are limited. It’s very pixelish. You don’t actually see your characters in three

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Empress of the Deep 2 Song of the Blue Whale

Empress of the Deep 2 Song of the Blue Whale is out and it is another terrific offering from the franchise. This hidden object and puzzle game has some of the best features out there for this type of game. The graphics, sound and puzzles are all outstanding. It has superior graphics, and a beautiful art-style for the backgrounds. There is lots of magical glitter around. Special effects move the cutscenes and animations along with cleverly used transitions. There are flowing fountains and decorative ponds surrounded by gardens. The animal Guardians in the game who are outfitted with brass fittings that are able to translate animal to human speech. The animals aren’t the only nod to steam punk in the game. Entire areas look like they have been detailed with shiny brass whatnots. It is beautiful, and once again like the first Empress of the Deep, all those pipes and

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Review: Fruit Ninja Kinect (XBLA)

Rating: Rating Pending Developer: Halfbrick Publisher: Halfbrick Release Date: August 10, 2011 Price: 800 MSP BUY I am not lucky enough to own an iPad. I do have friends that are addicted to Fruit Ninja on the iPad, but I never really understood it. Our conversations went like this: Me: “You mean you slice fruit with your finger?” friend1: “Yep” Me: “And this is addicting?” friend1: “Yep” Me: “um..okay” as I walk away from friend1 thinking they are losing it At San Diego Comic Con, Microsoft hosted an event where we got hands on time with games that are coming out soon. After dancing my heart out, I walked over to a guy that was just drenched in sweat. Besides being slightly grossed out, I had to ask him if he was okay. He informed me that he was playing Fruit Ninja and had to get the highest score of

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Interview: Stephanie Herrera, Artist and Writer for Dreams

Recently Geek Woman played Dreams for iOS on iPad. And then got in touch with the artist/creator, Stephanie Herrera. Geek Woman: It seemed like the differences in the pictures were tiny details that women would be more inclined to notice than men, were you intending that? Stephanie Herrera: When I made the game I was a lot younger than now and the differences just came out of thin air, I didn’t plan them at all, just made whatever came to my mind. I think the innocence of the moment also helped and the stuff I was going through in my life at that certain point, such as becoming a self conscious woman. What art your art style influences? In that time I liked manga and anime a lot, probably you can tell from the images, lol… But now I’m older I have much more influences in my style, most of

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Aerial7 Tank Headphones (Hello Kitty)

A couple weeks ago my Pomeranian puppy chewed up the earbuds with the mic on it that came with an iPod Touch. Today I am very glad. After some frustrating shopping online for a new set of ear buds, I decided to go back to headphones. Out of the many pairs of ear buds I have bought, none of them are comfortable. None of them fit into my ears either. I realized that I was usually wearing them backwards, (I am such a geek.) just to get them to stay in my ears for more than half a minute. I had done an interview with someone from Aerial 7 so I checked out what they had. I found this set of Aerial 7 Tank Headphones in a Hello Kitty motif. I wanted them immediately, but I forced myself to really look around first to make sure that it wasn’t just

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Interview: Sharon Wood, Founder and CEO of Stone Creek Entertainment

Sharon Wood is an innovative female leader in the former “boys club” of the gaming industry, her past experience includes work on projects like Grand Theft Auto.  Now, Sharon is debuting Luminous, a lifestyle app that allows women to compare their opinions with those of famous female leaders. The game seeks to continue the discussion about ladies’ growing power in the gaming industry and Stone Creek’s unique approach. Sharon’s background is mainly in marketing, so the goal of her new lifestyle app, Luminous, is to get a high profile sponsor on board to use it as part of Stone Creek Entertainment’s digital marketing campaign. Recently, for example, MTV sponsored a Facebook game Stone Creek created to promote this season of The Real World. Her career has taken an interesting transition. Her first job was with a sports marketing agency, working on campaigns such as Major League Baseball. She then transitioned

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Interview: Tanya Otero, USA Sales Director for Aerial 7

Tanya Otero, USA Sales Director for Aerial 7 has been in the business of selling fun for a couple of decades. She started competing in snowboard contests which led to working in a snowboard retail environment, followed by being an independent sales rep, then a regional sales manager, then National sales manager, a brand manager and now Sales Director at Aerial 7 USA headquarters. Tanya, a self proclaimed snowboarder believes that snowboarding without music is like having a computer without email access, therefore happy to have access to a quiver of listening devices at Aerial 7. As a resident of Encinitas CA Tanya is able to focus on career and quality lifestyle simultaneously. Tanya believes that if you work from a place of passion your work can enhance your lifestyle and lead to long term success. Geek Woman: I was told that you are a snowboarder, do you still enjoy

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Are You a Luminous Woman?

What do you have in common with the First Lady of China, Madeleine Albright and Margaret Thatcher? Or maybe your personality resembles Ayn Rand and Lady Godiva. Find out by trying out Luminous, a game App that is now at the Apple App Store. With it you take personality tests that will give you a present life reading. By choosing answers to the questions, the game will tell you what famous women in history and fiction, think the way you do. it has stunning fractal graphics, soothing music and chimes. It is a short but informative quiz game that you will be certain to pass around the lunch table or the office on your iPad. It also links up directly with their Facebook page where you can nominate other famous women who have impressed you, to be part of the game.

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School 26: Summer of Secrets

Silicon Sisters is a female development studio from Canada. Not too long ago we interviewed them for Women in Games. Coming soon they will be celebrating the season with a brand new School 26 game. They are calling it tantalizingly subtitled. Summer of Secrets is coming to the App Store in July. Like the first School 26 installment, School 26: Summer of Secrets is a school themed game aimed for girls. It has unique psychological gameplay revolving around social skills. The School 26 games are said to have been developed with the help of academic research and had extensive focus testing among teens. School 26: Summer of Secrets includes music from up-and-coming Vancouver band Hey Ocean! The first School 26 game is currently on sale $0.99 for iPhone / iPod Touch or $1.99 for iPad.

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