Touch and Sing Along Picture Book (iPad)
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Posted on July 20th, 2013 by
Touch and Sing Along Picture Book, or Touch & Sing for short, is an activity center app for iOS devices and will be available later for other smartphones and tablets later on (iPad version reviewed here). Developed by two Japanese moms, Touch & Sing combines learning activities with familiar tunes. Two songs are available for free, with a third free song available for a limited time. You can buy others for 99 cents each, or get a group in a value pack. The free songs are Hokey Pokey and the ABC song, with Twinkle Twinkle Little Star for free until the end of July. Other songs include Ten Little Indians, The Wheels on the Bus, The Muffin Man, Old MacDonald’s Farm, and more! Over a dozen in all. Let’s take a look at the free songs.
Smooth Operators (iPad)
Posted on July 17th, 2013 by
If you’ve ever wanted to own, build, and manage your own call center office, now’s your chance! Smooth Operators is a downloadable simulation game where you design an office building, create facilities, and hire staff to run a call center and make money. You can buy it on iPhone and iPad (iPad version reviewed here). Is it more fun than work? Read on to find out.
Garfield’s Wild Ride (iPad)
Posted on July 15th, 2013 by
The fat orange cat of newspaper comic strip fame now has his own game for various smartphones and tablets (iPad version reviewed here). Garfield takes a nap in an easy chair and dreams of something he’d never do while awake: run as far as he can. Not to mention flying to collect coins and floating lasagna! That’s right; Garfield’s Wild Ride is clearly inspired by other continuously running games, especially Jetpack Joyride!
Motorbike (PS3)
Posted on July 10th, 2013 by
Motorbike is a downloadable physics-based motorcycle obstacle course game that plays very similar to Trials HD on the Xbox 360. But if you own a PS3 and not a 360, you’ve been out of luck if you wanted to play that. So is Motorbike even close to being the next best thing? Read on to find out.
Reader Review: Deadpool (PS3, 360, PC)
Posted on July 8th, 2013 by
One of Marvel Comic’s most wisecracking, insanely silly (literally) anti-heroes now has his own game! Play as The Merc With a Mouth, Deadpool, in this third-person action brawler shooter game for PS3, 360, and PC (PS3 version reviewed here). Shoot and slash your way through all manner of bad guys, interact with other popular Marvel characters, and enjoy the off the wall raucous humor that Deadpool fans will love! Speaking of fans, my brother Jeff’s favorite Marvel character IS Deadpool, so I decided to let him take a stab at reviewing this one.
Bugs vs. Tanks (3DS)
Posted on July 3rd, 2013 by
A WWII German Panzer battalion has been shrunk by a mysterious force, and now must use their tanks to defend themselves against a new threat: bugs! Blast insects and other miniscule obstacles in this top down arcade action shooter, downloadable on the Nintendo eShop for 3DS.
Wario’s Games in Game & Wario (Wii U)
Posted on July 1st, 2013 by
Recently I got Game & Wario for Wii U. It’s in the WarioWare series of titles, but they probably didn’t use the name because the games are a bit different this time around. More like longer mini-games instead of the two second microgames of the past. They spoof Game & Watch with the title, and the start screen for each game feature cheesy ‘box art’ for every mini-game. So as I always like to do with these kinds of things, here’s a rundown of the mini-games you can play in Game & Wario.
Doritos Crash Course 2 (360)
Posted on June 27th, 2013 by
A few years ago, Doritos and Microsoft teamed up to release a free game on Xbox LIVE called Doritos Crash Course. It was a 2-D platforming obstacle course game where you played as your Xbox Avatar, and it was similar to games like WipeOut (based on the popular game show). Now they’ve released a sequel, but is it truly free-to-play like the first one? Read on to find out!
FitStar: Tony Gonzalez (iPad)
Posted on June 26th, 2013 by
FitStar is a free-to-play fitness app for the iPad that provides weekly customized workouts and videos. It features visual and audio instruction by NFL star Tony Gonzalez. But how much fitness do you really get for free? Read on to find out!
Sheep Up! (iPad)
Posted on June 25th, 2013 by
This free-to-play game for iOS devices (iPad version reviewed here) doesn’t pull the wool over your eyes! It’s actually really fun. A mischievous little dog has knocked a toy sheep into a stack of cardboard boxes, and now you must help guide the bouncing sheep out of the correlated abyss. The game kind of reminds me of a classic Game Boy Color title called Kirby’s Tilt n Tumble. Or if you want to go even really old school, those tilting maze marble games. Except in Sheep Up!, your toy sheep is always bouncing, not rolling!
