Gemini Rue wowed adventure gamers in 2011 with it's gritty noir-style futuristic adventure storyline when it first released on Windows platforms. Now, this critically-acclaimed game is making it's way to iOS devices, offering more people a chance to try out this dazzling mystery/action/thriller.

Released on April 11th, Gemini Rue takes place in the Gemini star system in the 23rd century. The player finds themselves controlling two separate characters in divergent storylines that twist together as the plot develops. You alternate between Azriel Odin, an ex assassin searching for his lost brother while fighting the Boryokudan that he used to be a part of, and Delta-Six, a prisoner at a mysterious facility. All he knows is that he has tried to escape before, but was captured and his memory wiped clean. Azriel faces off against the Mafia-esque enemy forces and searches out people who can help him locate his brother. Delta-Six has to choose whether to trust the Director, who promises his freedom if he completes his training, and the other prisoners, who warn him of the impending doom he will face if he does.

I recently joined netgalley.com after the publicist for Prophet of Bones contacted me to write a review. Since then, netgalley has been sending me some nice emails with different books to review. If you don’t know netgalley.com, it’s a site where authors can upload their books and book reviewers can download them for free, including the option to directly send manuscripts to a Kindle, which is what I do. Netgalley is really nice for independent authors looking for publicity and it provides a means for large publishing houses to provide e-format books to reviewers before the printed version is ready. For the big-name books, reviewers must request and be accepted before they can receive the book. But enough of netgalley, this review is about Protocol 7.

This gaming generation will be known for quite a few things. One of them will be the resurgence and interest in retro gaming; an idea Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft took an interest in. Gamers saw remakes, ports, and other forms of retro games from the past make it to their favorite consoles. The big question is which one of them handled retro gaming better this generation?