Pocket Gamer: While there’s a definite appeal to modern multi-million dollar fighter jets with their advanced technology and sleek lines, the embryonic days of aerial combat possess a unique romance of their own.
World War One fighter pilots were often called the 'knights of the sky', a chivalrous term no doubt inspired by the fact that they were often close enough to exchange words with their foes as they fought to bring their primitive machine guns to bear on their enemies' delicate fuselages.
On the iPhone or iPad, precise tilt controls make it a perfect device for steering a car in Need for Speed or Real Racing. It’s even more thrilling when you take your virtual controls into the air. Although there have been a number of great flying games, the most successful flight combat series on iOS is easily Sky Gamblers, since each of these great games has earned a Must Have rating from our reviewers.
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Slide to Play's Andrew Podolsky and Chris Reed discuss the recently announced iPad 2012. The two editors go over the new features, chat about two of the games that take advantage of the iPad's Retina Display, talk about Apple's claim that the iPad's A5X processor is four times more powerful than the Nvidia Tegra 3 in terms of graphics performance, and more. In addition to the insightful comments from the Slide to Play Crew, this video contains great footage of Epic's Infinity Blade: Dungeons, Namco's Sky Gamblers, and, of course, the new iPad.
