TEDD
Brad H | Mar 30, 2010 Games
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(5 votes, average: 3.40 out of 5)
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Sweet Studio brings us this platform style side scrolling fighting game. You take on the role of Tedd, the older brother of Kara, who seems to have lost her necklace. You must track down the necklace by fighting your way through a ton of street thugs that stand in your way.
When I downloaded this game the english translation was really bad in a good way. It brought me back to the days of “ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!!” This didn’t bother me at all since this is a fighting game and not an RPG. The story line was like an amusing brain twist in between boss fights. To my dismay an update was put out that fixed a lot of the text. It defiantly isn’t perfect now but you can actually follow the story line. All my screen shots are going to be before the update as an homage to bad translation so I advise you to click on them and see for your self.
How To Train Your Dragon- Kids Book
Brad H | Mar 28, 2010 Books
User rating: (6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
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When I was growing up my Dad would always read me stories at night before bed. I believe this played a major role in my love for reading even to this day. Now that I have two boys of my own I have made it a point to read to them every night before bed. We have a decent sized collection of books to read but it seams like I just rotate reading the same five books. This is where FrogDogMedia LLC comes in with their iStory Time line of children’s books.
I was able to review the “How To Train Your Dragon” book. The book is based off the movie with the same name. The story follows the viking teenager Hiccup as he tries to make it in the world of brawn and muscle. Being a small lad he uses his brain power to invent tools to help him in the ways of dragon fighting. This puts him face to face with a dragon whom he befriends. Let the drama ensue. I wont go into any more of the story but be warned this book goes through the whole movie so if your worried about spoilers you might want to wait.
Tags: $.99, Entertainment, good for kids
The Price is Right 2010
Michael E. | Mar 28, 2010 Games
User rating: (6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
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“Come on down! You’re the next contestant on The Price is Right!”
If you’ve ever wanted to hear those words directed to you, now’s your chance. Ludia’s The Price is Right 2010 is as close as you can get to the real thing as most of us ever will. Short of going to Burbank, California, that is. But even then, there’s no guarantee that you’ll hear your name called to run down that aisle to participate in the classic game show.
Tags: $.99
Q&F: Quizarium
Michael E. | Mar 28, 2010 Games, Quick & Free
User rating: (5 votes, average: 3.40 out of 5)
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Are you a fan of trivia games? If so, here’s a freebie you might want to pick up. Quizarium is a Plus+ game specializing in all things trivia. It allows the user to customize the game to their liking- everything from determining color options so that your ID stands out from other users to creating your own game rooms with characteristics you set. What I enjoyed about the game is the fact that you can match wits with other players in a variety of game settings and topical areas.
You can share your results on Twitter and Facebook, rack up awards, invite friends into your game rooms, and challenge your intellectual ability in one of three difficulty levels.
There’s also a Quizarium Pro version available for .99. The Pro version is free of banner ads and offers 9 different skins.
One note, however. Since it’s an online multiplayer game, the quality of your data connection is critical. Spotty connections can lead to lag and lag is never a good thing where every split second counts.
Version 1.1
Tested on an iPod Touch 3.1.3
Tags: free
Next Episode
Michael E. | Mar 25, 2010 Lifestyle
User rating: (6 votes, average: 3.17 out of 5)
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Here’s an app you might not have known you needed until just this moment.
I’m referring to Next Episode by Nikolay Nachev. What does this app do? Let me ask you a question:
Have you ever rushed to get home from work or school or wherever to watch what you thought was going to be a new episode of Chuck or House only to find that the episode was a repeat?
Tags: $.99
Brain Tester
Michael E. | Mar 24, 2010 Games
User rating: (9 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5)
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Just when I think I’m out, they pull me back in. That was my recurring thought as I downloaded an app that billed itself as Moron Test 2 in its review request. I’d reviewed another such game a couple months ago and thought I was done taking these pass/fail tests. I guess I was wrong.
Tags: $0.99
Achieve iPhone game immortality
Michael (Admin) | Mar 24, 2010 News & Editorials
User rating: (7 votes, average: 3.29 out of 5)
(7 votes, average: 3.29 out of 5) Loading ...Have you ever been browsing the App Store and thought to yourself… geezzzz these people must have been high on crack when they named this app…? Well here’s your chance to do the naming yourself!
Trickshot Games is about to release a potentially fun game where you have to protect some cheese from a horde of evil (or possibly just hungry) mice. The working title is “Mouse Madness”, but hopefully you can come up with something far more clever. Your reward? 5 promo codes for yourself and your pals and, far more importantly, credit within the game. I have no idea if this game will be awesome to the max or shamefully bad, but I like the idea of letting the masses come up with the game title.
Check out the screenshots and if you have some brilliant ideas then post them in the comment box (not here, over there).
How about... MOUSE MADNESS! Wait that's already taken... then what about ALL MICE GO TO HELL! Hmm, I dunno...
Pistols At Dawn
Brad H | Mar 24, 2010 Games
User rating: (8 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
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If I asked you “Who shot Alexander Hamilton in that famous duel?” you might answer something like aaon uhr, or maybe Aaron Burr. WRONG! I SHOT HIM!… O.K. you were right, I didn’t shoot him, but I shot someone that looked like him…O.K., O.K. maybe he looked nothing like Alexander Hamilton but I did shoot some one in Pistols at Dawn by Cedar Hill Games Inc..
In PaD you take on the role of William Gibb, an early 17th century man, who is bumbling his way through a rough patch in his life. Some people might read a motivational book, watch a funny movie, take a walk in the park, but not our friend Will. He seems to find himself looking down the barrel of a gun.
Todew
Tony Mei | Mar 23, 2010 Productivity
User rating: (9 votes, average: 3.56 out of 5)
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Face it: most of the to-do apps that run rampant in the App Store are filled with clutter and difficult to navigate, making them useless. It’s not fun having to spend more time organizing your day’s events then actually doing your day’s events. Todew, in the words of its developer SomanticContact, is a “no-frills, yet powerful to-do app that won’t waste your time”, is sounds like exactly what the App Store needs.
Todew’s interface is fast, sleek and simple. No unnecessary buttons to fumble around with. No option panels to get lost in. Adding the day’s events is super efficient and easy. Press a button. Make a title. Pick a day and a color. Done. My biggest gripe with the built-in iPod Touch/iPhone Calendar is that it coerces you to make a time for your event, or else use the generic ‘All-Day’ feature. Thankfully, Todew takes care of this by only sorting the events into different days, which makes for a more simple and efficient process.
Tags: $.99, Productivity, to do
Manuscript
Michael E. | Mar 22, 2010 Productivity
User rating: (7 votes, average: 3.86 out of 5)
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Much like my second novel, this review is a long time coming. As I’ve mentioned before, I do a lot of writing and invariably- especially with novel writing- things tend to bleed together; plotlines and characters and settings all expand, becoming much more formidable than you initially thought. Writing a book is a marathon, not a sprint, and without discipline, even the shortest novella can balloon into an runaway epic of mammoth proportions.
When I first heard about Black Mana Studios‘ Manuscript, I knew this was one app I had to pick up and put through the paces.
Tags: $7.99
TopJam
Michael E. | Mar 20, 2010 Music
User rating: (4 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)
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TopJam, from Ole Gammelgaard Poulsen, is one of those apps that make you wonder why no one thought of creating it before now. It’s not a revolutionary concept and certainly won’t change the world as we know it, but it’s still pretty neat. What exactly does TopJam do? Its primary function is to pull up the 100 top US iTunes music videos from YouTube so that you can watch them on your iPod Touch or iPhone.
Cool, huh?
Tags: $1.99
SUPER WHY!
Michael E. | Mar 20, 2010 Education, Games
User rating: (8 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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As the father of a 5-year-old girl, I’ve become familiar with all kinds of kids programs. Yo Gabba Gabba, Dora the Explorer, Curious George, Handy Manny, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Ni Hao Ki-Lan…you name it, I’ve watched it. Many, many times. Some shows are just barely tolerable and others have me wondering what the heck those grown-ups were smokin’ when they conceptualized this or that show (I’m referring to you, Yo Gabba Gabba!). Still others have me wishing I could claw my eyes out rather than watch even one more second of it.
Given that I watch all these programs, it would naturally follow that I would know about Super Why!, a public broadcasting kids show I’ve watched with my daughter on many occasions. I’ve always been impressed with the educational quality of PBS shows because they teach vital literacy skills. It’s also one of the few networks where I genuinely don’t have to worry too much about inappropriate subject matter. So when I heard that PBS Kids had released a Super Why! app, I just had to have my daughter give it a try.
Tags: $2.99
