This week’s edition of the Georgia Straight includes my round-up of the best games available on the iPad that will appeal to hardcore gamers.

Making the cut: Angry Birds, Plants vs. Zombies, Dungeon Hunter 2, Infinity Blade, Mirror’s Edge, Monkey Island Tales (and the two Secret of Monkey Island games), Archetype, Dead Space, and Rage: Mutant Bash TV.

While the iPhone and the iPod Touch have become the portable gaming devices of choice for many people, the iPad’s larger screen can deliver experiences that used to be restricted to computers and consoles. In recent months, we’ve seen titles created for the stereotypical hard-core gamer – including first-person shooter, multiplayer deathmatch, and action role-playing ones – appear on Apple’s iPad.