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Pocket Gamer iPhone and iPad gaming podcast: Episode 218 - Sweatshop HD controversy, New Star Soccer 2, Fez, a touch of bad

First, they come for the iPad apps...

Pocket Gamer iPhone and iPad gaming podcast: Episode 218 - Sweatshop HD controversy, New Star Soccer 2, Fez, a touch of bad
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With half of the Pocket Gamer office readying itself for the Games Developers Conference, Peter and I step behind the mics for a late-night edition of the podcast.

First, we peer into the future to highlight the most interesting games preparing to clamber over the App Store horizon.

These potential iOS gems include New Star Soccer 2 (goal!), Fez (spinny!), Transistor (phwoar!), and Draw Something 2 (um... yay!?).

Sweating it out

With the dates of those upcoming beauts suitably marked in our calendars, we analyse Apple's controversial decision to ban satirical iPad game Sweatshop HD, and discuss the wider implications this censorship could have on the App Store ecosystem and community.

Unreal-powered physics-puzzler Unmechanical kicks off our New Releases round-up. We also mark the arrival of Star Wars Pinball, retro shmup Plasma Sky, and dog-rescuing sim Fetch.

Finally, I get over-excited about compulsive roguelike Dungelot, and Peter explains why you should play the ingenious (and bafflingly free) point-and-click adventure The Silent Age.

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James Gilmour
James Gilmour
James pivoted to video so hard that he permanently damaged his spine, which now doubles as a Cronenbergian mic stand. If the pictures are moving, he's the one to blame.