The Mood Setter

There are a lot of things I suck at, and scoring with chicks is definitely one of them! So is The Mood Setter gonna improve my batting average? Well… I suppose it could if the lady happens to be a gigantic geek who can appreciate gadget-based jokes.

Notice that I said JOKES… I mean come on, this is an iPhone app! If you’re actually relying on a piece of mobile software to get your date horny then you should probably just go back to playing with your lightsaber. The Mood Setter is basically two looping video clips that show either a roaring fire or glowing candlelight, and to aid you in your quest to get laid you can add one of four original looping music clips to set the mood.

Both the fire and the candles are really short video clips that loop endlessly and they’re both pretty seamless. A couple of the looping music clips, however, are not so seamless but that’s ok. Something tells me that Sobits threw in the four music clips as emergency coverage in case your music library is nothing but Slayer and Megadeth, and if that’s the case then you’ll just have to focus your energy on getting busy rather than listening to The Mood Setter’s built-in ambiance. In just about all other situations, though, you’ll want to start your iPod music first and then launch the app. The music clips that Sobits has produced for this app aren’t terrible, but there’s no way in hell any iPhone developer’s gonna be able to compete with Barry White or whatever you have in your “makeout” playlist.

Even despite my chronic ineptitude with women I can’t honestly say I’d pay a dollar for this app, but I can imagine it coming in handy under certain circumstances that I’ve seen on TV:

• You’re The Professor and you’re trying to get with Maryann (Gilligan’s Island)
• You’re Chandler Bing and you’re stuck in an ATM vestibule with a Victoria’s Secret model (Friends)
• You’re Hot Lips Houlihan and you’re trying to score with Hawkeye while pinned down in enemy territory (M*A*S*H)
• You’re Dr. Jack Shephard and you’re trying to get Kate to forget about the big murderous smoke monster and take her clothes off (Lost)

You’ll never find yourself in any of these scenarios for real, but they all have one thing in common: being stranded! And with that central theme in mind, I guess this app could come in handy if you and the object of your affection happen to get stuck somewhere.