SPARKY (36) ASKS: GamerDad, I noticed you got an iPad – nice rationalization by the way – since I got an Iphone Touch (ed- I assume he\/she means iPod Touch) for gaming, mostly, it looks like the iPad would make a great gaming device. I know you like a lot of iPhone apps do they play well on the Pad?<\/p>\n
Yes. Sparky. YES!<\/p>\n
For some reason App games never entered my head when I was thinking about Apple’s new Giant iPod machine. That’s why the biggest surprise so far has been how well these games I’ve already paid for work on a big screen. Even the older, cheaper, already-paid-for iPhone titles look and play great and the HD iPad ones? Well, lets put it this way, the iPad is now the prettiest and best playing portable on the market – bar none. It blows the PSP way, is prettier and has better controls than the iPhone and the mighty DS, even the big screen one, falls short because the games are so expensive. On the Pad, like the Phone, game apps hover between $0.99 and $14.99.<\/p>\n
I’m playing Doom Resurrection, Band of Brothers 2 HD, Need for Speed Shift, Plants vs. Zombies, Sim City, Peggle, Katamari Damacy, Monkey Ball, Civilization Revolution, Call of Duty: Zombies, Bookworm and Resident Evil: Degeneration. The controls are much better, since your fingers don’t block your line of site so often and using the accelerometer to drive is painless. More accurate than my Xbox steering wheel.<\/p>\n
Music games like Rock Band, Tap Tap Whatever and many others are at a disadvantage though. It takes some pretty big thumbs to reach all the notes comfortably, especially when it’s a song that’s all over the place like FREEZEPOP’S Super Science Girl. Because of that, any game that requires using both sides of an Ipod in horizontal mode, with both fingers at the same time, is going to be a problem.<\/p>\n
Aside from that, and the steep price tag but considering the overall multiple uses for this machine, I believe the iPad is the best portable platform ever and one of the best gaming consoles bar none. I mean, every pro-game is a bargain bin. And it’s a Reader. And it’s a movie player. And it’s a browser – that Flash thing is annoying though. And it’s an iPod. And the App Store makes it many, many, other things to boot.<\/p>\n
It’s also terrific for the kid stuff. Aquarium lets kids poke at fish, Ants lets them burn and blast tiny critters you can now see and anything involving drawing or finger painting is so much better. Google Maps, programs showing space and even that enhanced Alice in Wonderland prove that this system trumps a Kindle, DS or PSP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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