Flying Santa Cat
Michael (Admin) | Dec 25, 2011 Games
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Flying Santa Cat (free) by DAN-BALL
Available on iPhone & iPod Touch
I love games like this! There’s nothing to learn, no levels to advance through, no rules to think about… just get your weird little Santa Cat to fling his bag of toys as far as physics will allow. It’s not quite as funny as Sapus Tongue, but it’s just as fun and addictive.
Your first instinct may be to gently rub your iPhone screen at the start of the game to get Santa Cat going down the hill, but to get any distance you’ll need to rub like you’ve never rubbed before. Run your finger back and forth across the screen like you’re trying to put a hole in it, and then a couple of well-timed taps will launch your sleigh and bag of toys in the air like a two stage rocket. The hardest part is timing the final fling of the toy bag ‘cuz if you don’t do it fast enough Santa Cat will just chuck it directly at the ground, but you’ll get the hang of it fast enough.
Flying Santa Cat may not stay on your iPhone or iPad for very long because of the Christmas theme, but since it’s Christmas now go ahead and grab it! It’s fun. And it’s free. And I dare you to knock me off the leaderboard!
Annoying Christmas
Michael (Admin) | Dec 24, 2011 Entertainment
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Annoying Christmas (1$) by Baboonix
Available on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
Christmas is The Most Wonderful Time of the Year… for sending idiotic yet strangely festive videos to your friends and family! In a world where nearly every Christmas app is aimed at spreading cheer and good will, Annoying Christmas is uniquely positioned to capitalize on all the smartasses who are just itching to spread stupidity instead which I think is 100% awesome.
Annoying Christmas provides a small set of templates to choose from, then you record a video of yourself saying some really stupid shit while keeping your head relatively still, and then *voila* you’ve got a pretty weird video that you can upload directly to Annoying Christmas’ YouTube channel and share with loved ones whether they want you to or not!
Truth is, you don’t HAVE to be annoying. This app can be used for good as well as evil, so if you want to say nice things and sing Christmas carols while your eyes and mouth are stuck in a Christmas ornament or on a gift box, then by all means have at it. It’s fun! And it’s weird. And it’s potentially hilarious.
This first video below is yours truly. It’s a close approximation of the faces and noises I’d be making if I was doing the nasty with Angelina Jolie.
iTree’4′Christmas
Michael (Admin) | Dec 24, 2011 Entertainment
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iTree’4′Christmas ($0,99) by iJeem Factory S.L.
Available on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
Decorate a Christmas tree, turn on the lights, and admire it in all its glory while you listen to a nice piano rendition of Silent Night on an endless loop as snow falls gently from the night sky. There! I just described iTree’4′Christmas from head to toe.
It’s not the sexiest app I’ve ever seen, but the resulting tree is nice and I’m sooooo glad iJeem Factory made it so you can actually turn the tree’s Christmas lights on. Dragging tree decorations from their little boxes at the top of the screen can be hard at times (fat-fingered tree decorators beware), and I wish you could take in the tree, music, and animated snow without the control buttons present, but other than that iTree’4′Christmas is alright in my book. The app’s built-in screenshot button is also a nice touch in case you want to use your tree creation as a background image.
Finding Santa Christmas Special
Michael (Admin) | Dec 24, 2011 Games
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Finding Santa Christmas Special ($0.99) by Nob Studio
Available on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
You know how a game can be so simple that it’s obviously made for kids, except grownups get sucked into playing it because they can’t believe how f’ing frustrating it is? This is one of those games!
It’s kind of like Present Hunt except a million times better in terms of production value and originality. Keep in mind, though, Finding Santa is still a very basic find-the-characters challenge that’s set in a series of buildings where Christmas elves and other characters frolic in little rooms, gift boxes, and endless conga lines. The frustration and inevitable humiliation comes in trying to spot Santa and his pals among all the Christmas mess before time starts robbing you of stars.
Christmas Story
Michael (Admin) | Dec 22, 2011 Games
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Christmas Story (Free) by Animoca
Available on iPhone & iPod Touch
Christmas Story is a time-management game, a lot like Sally’s Spa, where you have customers coming into your toy store and you’re supposed to take them around to various stations before grabbing their money and kicking them out the door. The customers are children, so if you’re too slow at giving them what they want their eyes will well up with tears and eventually they’ll start bawling and run away screaming. Personally I think it’s funny when kids cry and run away, but that kind of defeats the purpose of this game.
Present Hunt
Michael (Admin) | Dec 22, 2011 Games
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Present Hunt ($0.99) by Zivix LLC
Available on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
A lot of times I like suggesting that you take this game or that and hand it to your child, or maybe your husband, to keep him busy! That’s usually a sign that I think a game is playable, but it’s not really interesting enough for the more sophisticated grownup’s brain.
If you hand Present Hunt to your kid, though, it might just make him cry and feel like a huge failure. It’s a little like Where’s Waldo, except you’re supposed to use your superior skills of observation to find little gift boxes hidden among a sea of Christmas crap! It’s pretty tough. There are wreaths, and gingerbread men, and bells, and snowflakes, and all manner of holiday items that pretty much cover the game board, and somewhere in this mess there are gift boxes that you need to drag into Santa’s Bag to score points.
Baublez Xmas Free
Michael (Admin) | Dec 21, 2011 Games
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Baublez (Free) by ArtefactGames
Available on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
It wouldn’t really be Christmas without a holiday-themed Match 3 game, now would it? Baublez Xmas is your basic Match 3 challenge where your job is to create a string of three or more Christmas ornaments to score points and make stuff explode. There are powerups mixed in that help keep things interesting, and if you get stuck the game will give you a little hint as to where you can make your next move.
This isn’t the greatest Match 3 game I’ve ever seen, but it’s free and the Christmas ornaments look nice & shiny! If nothing else it’s something fun you can hand to your 10 year old to keep the kid occupied while you’re cruising the shopping malls.
Xmas Find in Difference
Michael (Admin) | Dec 16, 2011 Games
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Xmas Find in Difference (2011 Christmas Hits) (Free) by iMobile Worldwide
Available on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
Ok, so the name of this Christmas-themed game is a little weird, but the game itself is ok! It’s one of those “find the difference” games where you have two mostly identical photos and you have to tap on the spots where the photos differ.
You get three “lifelines” for when you’re stuck and time is running out, making a wrong guess takes 5 seconds off the clock, and overall this game is pretty barebones but it’s Christmasey and it gets the job done. The music is cute at first, but if you play long enough you’ll get really sick of hearing dogs barking Jingle Bells over and over again, but hey it’s free and if you have kids they’ll probably like it.
Festive Dash
Michael (Admin) | Dec 7, 2011 Games
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Festive Dash (free) by Bell Pottinger Digital
Available on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
Frosty the Snowman likes to jump. So do elves… the Santa kind, not the Lord of the Rings kind. And apparently penguins like to jump, too! So here they are in Festive Dash, all jumping together as they slide through a little obstacle course. Your job is to make them all jump at the appropriate times to avoid the rocks, bushes, and hurdles that get in their way.
It’s a dead simple game that might keep your kids busy long enough for you to bake some cookies, hang some lights, or maybe just sneak off to the garage and cry! The gameplay is nothing special but it’s one of those holiday freebies that competent and festive enough to warrant downloading so you can hand it to the young ones.
Golden Miner Christmas
Michael (Admin) | Dec 21, 2009 Games
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Back in the day I was a fan of the flash version of Golden Miner and I liked Colorme Info Tech’s iPhone port when I reviewed it earlier this year… but this Christmas version of the game is kind of… meh.
The thing about the “classic” version of Golden Miner that makes it fun is that there are levels to clear and new obstacles to deal with as you progress through the game. Golden Miner Christmas, however, is basically just one neverending level that features all kinds of cool little Christmas things like candy, tree ornaments, and toys (iPhones included!) but the game gets pretty old pretty quick.
Obstacles are also a part of this Christmas version of the game but they seem to be more of a nuisance than strategically placed barriers. Several different kinds of critters crowd the screen and there’s some weird flying demon thing that you’re supposed to fight off by pressing the fairy button in the bottom right corner. Once again… meh. Not really buying it.
If you know this game from playing it online and want it on your iPhone, go for the original or Colorme’s Golden Miner 2. This Christmas game you can skip right over.
iTunes Link – Golden Miner Christmas
Version 1.2
Reviewed on iPhone 3G OS3.1.2
I dunno what the flying demons are up to - all I care about is reeling in that iPhone
Christmas Sudoku
Michael (Admin) | Dec 19, 2009 Games
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Hey sudoku nuts, are you ready to tear your hair out? Christmas Sudoku is a holiday-themed sudoku game where the typical rules apply… even when you’re playing with “goodies” instead of numbers.
That’s right, in this game you can choose to play with either numbers or nine little Christmas goodies like candy canes, snowmen, and jingle bells. I’ve never been good at sudoku to begin with, and it only gets harder when you take away the numbers and throw in the tiny pictures.
Not only does Christmas Sudoku come with the fully functional sudoku game, it also includes a bunch of other extras like “Hug-a-Friend” for creating and sending a Christmas card from within the app, “Tug-a-Friend” which pits you vs. another player via bluetooth as you race to finish the puzzle first, and several different background themes for the game.
Tags: $1.99, Christmas, christmas cards, puzzle, seasonal
App Sale: iSanta 2010
Michael (Admin) | Dec 17, 2009 App Sale Alert, Games
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iSanta 2010 is on sale for free – normally $.99
If you need a diversion to keep the kids busy, iSanta 2010 might fit the bill. I repeat… if you need a diversion to keep THE KIDS busy… see, this isn’t really a grownup’s game. The goal is to drop presents down chimneys and you need to drop presents of the right color into houses that match, and the action is pretty slow but it’s probably about right for the tots.
I don’t know that I’d pay a dollar for iSanta 2010 ‘cuz I don’t have any kids, but if I did I’d think about it. The graphics are decent and it’s a very Christmasy game, so there’s no harm in trying it for free.
Ho Ho Ho Merrrrrrrry Christmas you little chowderheads!
