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Zombie Squash represents the sort of simple perfection that marks a damn fine portable game: an easy-to-digest concept, accessible controls, and bite-sized levels that are perfect for anything from a bus ride to a bowel movement.

The iTunes App Store is a fascinating microcosm that replicates the gaming world on a smaller, faster scale. Any original game that captures the public’s attention (and wallets) will quickly be followed by a series of mutated clones that promise all of the appeal of the progenitor title but with an added twist.

There have been some unexpected movie franchises resurrected as games over the last few years, with everything from Ghostbusters to Jurassic Park being pulled out of the mothbal

I recently discussed the zombie genre jumping the shark in my review for Zombie Carnaval for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch, and how the once-horrifying prospect of the living dead have been reduced to an omnipresent plugin for virtually any game genre. Got a puzzle game? Add zombies! Got a life sim? Add zombies! Zombies have become strangely "cutified" with this oversaturation, being reduced to little more than rotting rubes for pretty much any game, and with the right cartoony twist they