Ruan Shiels
Founder and Editor-in-Chief

Ruan Shiels is a writer, artist and entrepreneur. He founded iFanzine.com in 2009 after buying his first iPod Touch and being blown away by the potential of iOS as a gaming platform.

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Our Favorite iOS Games of 2010: Part 2

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Our end of year iOS gaming retrospective continues. And this time it's the turn of iFanzine Editor, Ruan Shiels, to pick his top three iPhone games of 2010. As ever, feel free to let us know if you agree or disagree with our selection and please share your own favorite games too.
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Our Favorite iOS Games of 2010: Part 1

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In the coming days each iFanzine writer will be picking their top three games of the last year as part of our massive 2010 iOS gaming retrospective. Kicking things off is our lead reviewer Sean Koch who has made some very interesting choices. Feel free to let us know if you agree or disagree with our selection and please share your own favorite games too.
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My Virtual Girlfriend: Updated, Enhanced & Available

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WET Productions' My Virtual Girlfriend has just received a significant new update that adds a host of new improvements and features to the fun, 3D dating sim. iFanzine quite enjoyed the game when we reviewed it, and said: " (My Virtual Girlfriend) looks good, is fun to spend time with, has a great sense of humor, and knows how to be a little naughty...
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Elemental: A Musical Instrument & Alpine Crawler Wild Mini-Reviews

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These $.99 offerings, from Nooskewl and Dimension Technics respectively, might get lost in the sea of increasingly sophisticated titles occupying the App Store's higher price ranges. That's a shame because they're both worth a look for their clever concepts and well-executed interfaces. And if you just happen to play them back-to-back, you might get the crazy feeling you've walked into an old school double feature matinée.
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Yslandia content expansion revealed; Yuletide sale

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As promised, MovingPlayer is hard at work rolling out updates to its MMORPG Yslandia, a collaboration with Bulkypix that saw worldwide release back in October. Here's the lowdown on the latest content expansions and details on a friend referral promotion MovingPlayer is running until 12/31/10!
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Battlefield Bad Company 2 Review

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The seemingly never-ending deluge of big name games onto iOS continues with Battlefield Bad Company 2 from EA Mobile. This is a surprisingly faithful mobile adaptation of the acclaimed PS3 and Xbox 360 First-person shooter, replete with the intense action, off-kilter humor, vehicular carnage and multiplayer deathmatches that title is known for.
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Secret of Mana In-Depth Review

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Time to party like it's 1993! This golden oldie has suffered a bit from the porting process in terms of user interface, but that's nothing iOS Action RPG fans haven't taken in stride already. Otherwise it's well worth checking into for its much-beloved party system and all-around excellent game design.
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Cause of Death Review

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There's no real mystery as to why iGamers everywhere aren't shouting about this expertly crafted interactive novel from the rooftops. The long and short of it is Cause of Death simply had the poor luck of being released on one of the App Store's busiest ever weeks alongside a staggering array of established franchises and much-hyped games. It's a shame though, because this is easily one of most interesting and original titles I've played/read all month.
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Shadow Guardian Review

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Gameloft are best known for putting their own spin on big name console games and bringing them to iOS. The results are usually either hit or miss. Lately, though they've been on a roll, with one spectacular title after another. While Shadow Guardian caught everyone unawares given the fact it was released so soon after it was announced, the core concept of the game came as no surprise - it's basically Naughty Dog's Uncharted for iPhone...
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