Press Clippings
Media coverage, in print and on the web, relating to Magnetic Billiards
Welcome to the Magnetic Billiards press clippings collection! A scrapbook of previews, reviews, interviews, and any other mentions of Magnetic Billiards from our favourite perodicals.
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Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Sun, 21 Jul 2013
Magnetic Billiards was listed in the Observer's 50 Best Games for Tablets and Smartphones this morning, which was a nice surprise to wake up to.
We're in some pretty amazing company here. I wonder if we can get a special prize for being the lowest gros...
Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Thu, 04 Oct 2012
The venerable UK national newspaper The Telegraph yesterday published part two of their 500 Must-Have Apps supplement, covering all mobile platforms, which finished off with a nice little mention for Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint.
The list wasn't just f...
Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Tue, 12 Jun 2012
We've had a fabulous review on the Macworld website, summed up by the two words "GET IT".
The rating of 3.5 out of 5 mice seems a little bit stingy when you read the copy, which is full of praise for the game, with such gems as:
"And it's a textbook ...
Pick of the Week - MacBreak Weekly #297
Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Tue, 08 May 2012
Through the magic of twitter we were alerted to the MacBreak Weekly netcast video blog, where Jason Snell, editor of Macworld, was kind enough to name Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint as his pick of the week.
The whole netcast is a great watch, but if you ...
Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Fri, 06 Apr 2012
The nice people over on RetroRemakes.com have picked up on the new prototype of I Sent My Monkey To The Moon, contained within version 2.0 of Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint on iOS. Our touch-screen play control demo reminds them of our mid-1980s 8-bit Ma...
Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Fri, 06 Apr 2012
Our announcement about the new Prototypes included in version 2.0 of Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint for iOS is picked up as a news story by Edge Online.
Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Fri, 06 Apr 2012
Pocket Gamer pick up on our news story about the Prototypes included in version 2.0 of Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint for iOS.
Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Sat, 31 Mar 2012
A lovely write up on the Eurogamer website, about version 2.0 of Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint for iOS, where we're named App of the Day because "the Pickfords have released a wonderfully generous update".
Eurogamer points out that "This smart and unusu...
Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Wed, 28 Mar 2012
A lovely write up about Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint from the guys over at Hookshot Inc, a smashing new blog site in the mould of Rock Paper Shotgun, but for downloadable games, which rather flatteringly describes our game as a 'modern classic'.
I li...
Press cutting added by Ste Pickford on Wed, 28 Mar 2012
We had a great night at the BAFTAs, where Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint was nominated in the Mobile & Handheld category. We didn't expect to win, but as we got to the awards being announced, we had that tingling feeling that we just might... We did...
Magnetic Billiards is a fresh family of puzzle games by The Pickford Bros.
The first game, Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint for iOS, is no longer available for download.
We're currently working on the follow-up, Magnetic Billiards: Seriously Casual, coming to PC soon.
Blueprint
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