Toshiba Excite Pure

“With good battery life and a relatively clean build of Android Jelly Bean, the Toshiba Excite Pure does everything it should for a $299 10-inch tablet. If you're on a budget and want a slate that you can share with the family, the device will satisfy all of your video streaming, digital reading and social networking needs.”

“The Toshiba Excite Pure suffers from a weak screen and lackluster performance. The tablet is decent family device, since it's durable enough to handle being passed around and can play video and games well. The plastic back means that it's nowhere near as fragile as an iPad.”

“If you enjoyed the battles in Ace Patrol but wish there was a bit more to chew on between fights, you'll probably enjoy Sid Meier's Starships an awful lot. It's also an easy recommendation to anyone looking for an accessible strategy game with a sci-fi theme. For whatever reason, space sims tend to be among the most complex examples of the genre, and that can be intimidating for a lot of people. Starships is about as friendly as a strategy game can get. The game will practically play itself if you keep asking for hints. However, it also has just enough depth to it to keep you coming back for a while, trying out all of the different variables and going after all the different victory conditions. Veteran strategy fans with hardcore tastes will probably find the game a bit too light, though, and the lack of multiplayer and flawed AI keep it from being all that it might have been. Even with its failings, I still think it's a good game that may not live up to the highest standards of Sid Meier's name, but certainly doesn't tarnish it.”

“Starships is a game that almost no one will hate — it’s too full of that old Sid Meier charm. But it’s too hard to love. The lack of content undermines the feeling of exploring beyond the final frontier and the limp combat is an awkward step back from the elegant Ace Patrol. All of the components of a brilliant game are here, but they’ve been fitted together almost carelessly. It was a lovely surprise back in February to hear that a new Sid Meier game was coming, but the biggest surprise has turned out to be how un-Sid Meier it is.”