There’s an app for this and for that. \u00a0My PSP is gathering lots of dust and the DS has become pretty much the province of my 7-year old son. Most of my mobile gaming comes from my iPhone. Since some of you might have Apple’s magical device, or something similar, \u00a0I thought I’d mention the apps I’ve been playing most. \u00a0Here we go!<\/p>\n
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Rock Band – The app version of Rock Band is about as good as we could hope for. Lots of songs for the money, even if the downloadable new stuff is almost unbearably slow to appear – look Harmonix, I want to spend my money, start loading up new music. Best of all, compared to Tap Tap Revolution – which I also enjoy, I have the DANCE version, the regular version and the DMB version – Rock Band is best because there are four ways to play. Bass, Guitar, Drums and a sorta Singing option – which doesn’t involve singing. It involves hitting buttons. \u00a0If they release a Beatles version, my wife is going to kill me for the money I will definitely spend.<\/p>\n
Plants vs. Zombies – One of the best PC\/Mac games ever, the best Tower Defense game ever is now one of the best Apps ever. Well worth the $3, I can’t keep my hands off of it. I also really dig Bookworm and Peggle, both perfect on the go and for kids. My son is\u00a0immersed in the world of plants and zombies, as any 7-year old boy should be and my daughter (9) loves her some Peggle.<\/p>\n
Tiger Woods PGA Tour – Who cares who Tiger is screwing? Not me. I’m too busy playing the links and enjoying the graphics and excellent control scheme. Wonderful game, even in multiplayer.<\/p>\n
Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor – such a simple adventure of jumping and web-building, how could I have forgotten it. Seriously, this is one of the top apps for good reason. \u00a0It just plays so well – plus you get to tackle wasps. Always a good thing.<\/p>\n
Kindle – Yes, I’ve read now something like 15 books on my iPhone. I never imagined it would make such a good reader. My wife is asleep and unlike a real Kindle I can boot up a book and read to my heart’s content – and eye’s content, the font can be enlarged – without turning on any lights and waking her up. Awesome for an insomniac like me.<\/p>\n
Eucalyptus – a cool page turning reading app that accesses Gutenburg, which means every public domain book (which means everything before 1930 or so, for free) terrific as a reference or just a good read. \u00a0I also dig the Lovecraft app I bought.<\/p>\n
Sonic the Hedgehog – I wasn’t a Nintendo nerd back in the day – I loved Sega and the blue hedgehog. It’s nice to have a portable version.<\/p>\n
Tris – Apple deleted this because it was a violation of the Tetris rights, but I nabbed it before that happened. Sorry Alexei, I’m playing this version because the official EA version is of lesser quality and is too expensive.<\/p>\n
Wild West Guns – a cool app. Turns out that tapping to shoot is fun as hell.<\/p>\n
I’ve also tried and enjoyed the Resident Evil game, Call of Duty Zombies, Brothers in Arms – the cover system is fantastic, RC Flight – because I really want a version of Red Baron that’s like the one at the PS3 store, that rally game with cavemen and I wish, wish, wish, wish we could have some Mario on the iPhone. Come on Nintendo, please?<\/p>\n
What apps, for whatever phone\/device, are your favorites?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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