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148Apps round-up: TourStar, BoxPop, Cubic Castles, and more

The week in casual games

148Apps round-up: TourStar, BoxPop, Cubic Castles, and more
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Time is limited. Apps are plentiful.

How can you make sense of the ever-increasing number of new games in the App Store? Well, by reading Pocket Gamer, of course. But we can't possibly cover everything, and there are some games that just don't fit in our wheelhouse.

Thankfully, our friends over at 148Apps are here to save the day. Take a look at some of the casual games that have caught the attention of the 148Apps team...

TourStar

By ground(ctrl)

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"When The Ramones sang "Touring, touring/It's never boring," they clearly weren't referring to TourStar. This shallow sim tempts with swag, but instead, is just a drag." (Rob Thomas)

BoxPop
By FreshPlanet Inc.
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"Move from tile to tile to clear the board in this slightly too simple and easy puzzle game." (Jennifer Allen)

Cubic Castles
By Cosmic Cow

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"Some ridiculously frustrating camera issues aside, Cubic Castles is a pretty neat, voxel-based crafting game that sports serious future potential." (Rob Thomas)

Tap Sports Baseball
By Glu Games

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"Tap Sports Baseball is briefly fun but lacks some important features." (Jennifer Allen)

Frontier Heroes
By Planet H

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"Despite awesome visuals and great music, Frontier Heroes just doesn't quite deliver enough fun with its history lesson."(Andrew Fisher)

One Tap RPG
By Tinytouchtales

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"This casual arcade game introduces some very light rpg elements into its fantasy-themed pachinko gameplay." (Campbell Bird)

Who Stole Me?
By Northcube

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"Who Stole Me?'s formula is pretty standard, and free-to-play trappings cause the game's difficulty to ramp up quickly. It's still a fun little puzzle title, though." (Nadia Oxford)

Hero Tap: The Finger of Justice
By InMotion Software

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"Hero Tap: The Finger of Justice - a game in which putting together a team of superheroes to fight master criminals becomes an exercise in tedium." (Peter Willington)

Diver Dogs
By Hiptic

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"Diver Dogs is the cutest undersea animal rescue game on the App Store, by far." (Brittany Vincent)

All this, plus an interview with Battle Command's Greg Mueller, and an interview with the artists behind Namco's latest card battler, Outcast Odyssey. Click on over to 148Apps now for app news, reviews, interviews, and more.

Rob Hearn
Rob Hearn
Having obtained a distinguished education, Rob became Steel Media's managing editor, now he's no longer here though, following a departure in late December 2015.