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Pocket Verdict started as a group chat where three of us kept swapping screenshots of odd little mobile games. Somewhere between the tenth argument about control schemes and the fiftieth recommendation, we decided to write things down properly.,We focus on independent and lesser-known titles. Big franchises get plenty of coverage elsewhere, so our energy goes toward the games that slip through the cracks — a strategy sim from a two-person team, a racing game with a strange soundtrack, a card game that only makes sense on the third try.,Every game gets played, not skimmed. If a review says a level drags, it's because someone here sat through it. We don't run press releases as articles and we don't rush a verdict to hit a launch day.,The catalogue you'll find here is curated by hand. We pick titles that surprised us in some way, good or bad, and we try to explain why in plain language.

Mattias Holm — Mattias has been reviewing games since flip phones ran Java, and he still argues that touchscreen controls can be genuinely good when a studio respects them.