As a long-time Palm device loyalist dating back to the original PalmPilot in 1997, I was rather disappointed that the Palm Pre wasn’t able to restore the company to its former glory in the crowded smartphone marketplace now dominated by iPhone and Andriod devices. For 3 years, I stood idly by Palm with the Centro, hoping they would finally release a true iPhone killer, but it never happened and the company was later bought out by HP in April of 2010. When that happened, I knew I was done waiting and it was time to move on.
I drove to my local Sprint store and upgraded to the HTC Evo 4G. My early impressions were great. The beautiful screen is larger than I have ever used before and the touch screen and on-screen keyboard is very responsive. I was blown away at how changes to my contacts list in Gmail would instantly update on my phone and vice versa. As I get acclimated, the form factor of the Evo and all the available apps in the Android marketplace, I began to wonder, are there any good games on Android? What games would you recommend I play?
Chi Kong Lui
Somewhere between all the gaming, Chi some how managed to finish high school and get into the New York Institute of Technology. At the same time, Chi also interned at Virtual Frontiers, an Internet software consultancy where he learned the ways of HTML. Soon after acquiring his BFA, Chi went on to become the lead Web designer of the Anti-Defamation League. During his tenure there, Chi was instrumental in redesigning and relaunching the non-profit organization's Web site.
Today, Chi is the webmaster of the American Red Cross in Greater New York and somehow managed to work through the tragic events of September 11th without losing his sanity. Chi considers GameCritics.com his life's work and continues to be amazed that the web site is still standing after the recent dotcom fallout. It is his dream that GameCritics.com will accomplish two things: 1) Redefine the grammar of videogames much the same way French film critic Andre Bazin did for the art of cinema and 2) bring game criticism to the forefront of mainstream culture much the same way Siskel & Ebert did for film criticism.
Latest posts by Chi Kong Lui (see all)
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- Observations from PAX East 2012: Are video game gimmicks finally maturing? - April 11, 2012
The only game I’ve played so far that warranted a return was Angry Birds. And its free. And its pretty fun.
Please lemme know if you find anything else worth playing. I’d love to have another decent gaming console.