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Here’s a game where you throw bananas at monkeys. The monkeys are on pedestals high above the jungle floor, or a body of water, or lava. I guess it’s not terribly important. What’s important is that there are monkeys throwing bananas at each other. Is that enough to make a… Continue Reading »

Created for those who love soccer (and the potential rule breaking that may be involved in it), Hand of God is a pretty interesting application. In essence, instead of being the player, you are the ball. The basics of the game revolve around keeping the ball away from the opponents,… Continue Reading »

This week is all about IM since we finally saw the release of Meebo. This app has been a long time coming, but it will likely be worth the wait. BeejiveIM now has some serious competition, especially considering Meebo is free. But even if IM isn’t your cup of tea,… Continue Reading »

If you don’t know what a Choose Your Own Adventure book is, you’re pretty much dead to me. Steve Jackson and Ian Livingston graphed more of a role-playing game onto the genre, adding stats, combat and dice, while retaining the “make a choice and turn to this page” mechanic. And… Continue Reading »

It’s another great week for iDevice apps. But really, what week isn’t? This week it’s all about Siri, your new personal assistant. It will find movie times, make restaurant reservations, and even help you buy tickets for whenever your favorite band is coming to town. And all you have to… Continue Reading »

This morning at Macworld Expo 2010, Alawar held a press conference to announce their plans for Apple gamers for 2010. The Russian company has published some of the more popular and successful iPhone games currently available—including Hotel Mogul and Farm Frenzy—and hoping to continue that success as they branch out… Continue Reading »

This week is brought to you by iTunes Preview. This means that every time you click one of the links on my list, instead of a useless blank page kicking you to iTunes, you’ll first get a snapshot of the app’s page on the App Store right in your browser.… Continue Reading »

At the unveiling of the iPad, one of the many features mentioned was the ability to run almost every one of the 140,000 iPhone apps already available. If you chose to, you can view the app as normal or full-screen by doubling each pixel. But will an iPad optimized app… Continue Reading »

This week has been all about the iPad, and for good reason. It’s an amazing device; if only we could buy one now. Alas, you’ll have to make do with your iPhone or iPod touch for the time being. Remember, the iPad will be able to run all of your… Continue Reading »

Puzzle games. You can’t avoid them, and really, why would you want to? The iPhone / iPod touch / eventual iPad are perfectly suited for some quick puzzle gaming, so you may as well get used to it. And thankfully, every now and again a few come along that ask… Continue Reading »