{"id":12191,"date":"2014-08-04T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T00:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=12191"},"modified":"2014-07-27T11:59:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-27T11:59:08","slug":"letterhero-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/04\/letterhero-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"LetterHero (iPad)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/04\/letterhero-ipad\/letter_box\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12187\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12187\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/LETTER_BOX-133x150.jpg\" alt=\"LETTER_BOX\" width=\"133\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/LETTER_BOX-133x150.jpg 133w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/LETTER_BOX.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/a>With the new school year starting soon, it\u2019s a great time to help your kids brush up on their reading and spelling skills.\u00a0 It\u2019s LetterHero to the rescue!\u00a0 This spelling action game is available to download for iOS devices (review on iPad here) and adults can enjoy it, too!<\/p>\n<p>Letters scroll by on the bottom of the screen, and you must tap them to make words.\u00a0 Once you spell a word, tap on it and you\u2019ll earn points.\u00a0 If you spelled something that isn\u2019t a word, you\u2019ll hear a buzzer sound and you must swipe it left or right to throw it away and start anew.\u00a0 Each time you spell a word, you\u2019ll score points.\u00a0 The longer and more complicated the word, the more points you\u2019ll earn.\u00a0 You\u2019ll have a couple of minutes to spell as many words as you can, and when time\u2019s over, the game tallies your score and you can start again.\u00a0 There are also in-game achievements you can earn by performing certain tasks.<\/p>\n<p>Every so often a power up may scroll by along with the letters.\u00a0 Tap them to activate their powers.\u00a0 Some help you erase letters or words, speed up or slow down the scrolling, or let you have a \u2018wild card\u2019 letter.\u00a0 Only problem is that it\u2019s sometimes hard to know which power icons do what.\u00a0 The other problem with this game is that it feels a bit amateurish, like the glut of iOS games already out there (there\u2019s a lot of games that play just like this, too).\u00a0 But otherwise it\u2019s still a fairly decent diversion that\u2019ll keep you entertained for a little while.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/04\/letterhero-ipad\/letter_screen\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12188\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/LETTER_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"LETTER_SCREEN\" width=\"400\" height=\"710\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/LETTER_SCREEN.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/LETTER_SCREEN-84x150.jpg 84w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/LETTER_SCREEN-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Naturally, reading, spelling, and letter recognition skills are needed to play.\u00a0 But the game can be considered educational as it reinforces those skills.\u00a0 Some kids might get bored at the repetitive and simple gameplay, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the new school year starting soon, it\u2019s a great time to help your kids brush up on their reading and spelling skills.\u00a0 It\u2019s LetterHero to the rescue!\u00a0 This spelling action game is available to download for iOS devices (review on iPad here) and adults can enjoy it, too! 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