Pen Pals
Jacob Jones | May 10, 2010 Entertainment, Social Networking
User rating: 
(24 votes, average: 3.08 out of 5)
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Dos Hombres introduces a relatively unique concept to the iPhone with the release of their app named Pen Pals. Like the name suggests, Pen Pals hooks you up with a complete stranger from another part of the world (more than likely you’ll be paired up with someone from the USA) so you can converse awkwardly about life in your part of the world. I say awkwardly because the majority of the messages I recieved were from guys looking to score and underage girls who were incapable of holding an intelligent conversation. A few messages I got read: “a/s/l” and “hi…!!!!!!11!!”. A massive turn off if you’re the kind of person who wants to meet an interesting person and hold a decent conversation with said interesting person. I don’t blame the app though; just the people who use this app for stupid reasons.
Tags: $1.99, Entertainment, Jacob Jones
The Impossible Game
Jacob Jones | Apr 22, 2010 Games
User rating: (24 votes, average: 3.04 out of 5)
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You’ll pretty much suck no matter what.
The Bible says that on the seventh day God rested. Well I like to believe that on the eighth day he created The Impossible Game and then to fool everyone he jumped forward through time to present day and published it in the app store under the name Flukedude. But don’t let the title of this game fool you! This game is not impossible; just insanely difficult. It’s honestly more like The Insanely Difficult Game of Trial and Error. Trial and error with an awesome soundtrack. With that said, If you’re the type of gamer that is easily frustrated and discouraged by games then this is not the game for you. However, if you are the type of gamer that takes pleasure in the otherworldly challenges offered by difficult games, then this is the game for you.
Tags: $.99, fun, Games, Jacob Jones
Boxterity
Jacob Jones | Apr 21, 2010 Games
User rating: (8 votes, average: 3.13 out of 5)
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Boxterity is the mutated offspring of “Where’s Waldo” and “The Rubix Cube”.
I have to say that I’m pretty impressed with Boxterity. I don’t say this very often about an iPhone game but the way Boxterity presents itself is downright sexy. I’m not the type to play puzzle games but SoftMosis had me hooked from the very beginning with the whole comic/cell shaded look. Not to say that the only reason I like this game is for it’s aesthetic beauty, the game play is original and challenging, it’s just in a world where so many app developers develop games for a quick buck and skimp out on delivering a quality product, its nice to see some people are still putting forth the effort out to make a seriously professional game.
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Tags: Games, Jacob Jones, puzzle
Retro Paddle
Jacob Jones | Apr 20, 2010 Games
User rating: 
(9 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5)
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You have to respect the classics.
Retro Paddle is Richard Fennema’s tribute to Pong for the iPhone! Although insanely simplistic in nature, Retro Paddle serves more to remind to the world how far the gaming world has come since Pong’s console release in 1974 (roughly three years before home computers were available to the public). This ridiculously simple concept was something the world had never seen before: at home console gaming! Pong, with sales totaling over $40,000,000 in it’s first year, was a massive hit and the public ate it up. This simple game sparked a series of innovations that led to cartridge based gaming and the decision to port classics like Space Invaders from the arcade to the TV screen.
Doodle Cannon War
Jacob Jones | Apr 19, 2010 Games
User rating: (14 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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Doodle Cannon Wars! Now with more vitamin D!
I’m going to start this review right off the bat by saying that I absolutely love Doodle Cannon War! I haven’t been this in engrossed in an iPhone game since I purchased Doodle Jump (a different game from a different developer) a couple months back. Anyone who’s ever played a video game can sense when a game just feels right when they play it. Doodle Cannon War has that tangible feel only a few games I’ve played on the iPhone have. The guys and gals at infiworks have truly created a game so fun and challenging that if it weren’t for the game crippling glitch in level nine, chances are, I probably would have bought it! I’ll tell you more about that later in the review.
Tags: $.99, Doodle, Games, good for kids, Jacob Jones, simple
Perfetto
Jacob Jones | Apr 17, 2010 Education, Games
User rating: (7 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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Exercise your brain and raise your stress levels at the same time!!
Welcome to Perfetto! Chances are you’ve probably played this game in your childhood as it is a direct copy of the legendary game Perfection by Milton Bradley. The object of this game is to place all the yellow pieces into their respective slots before the red timer runs out. As a kid, playing perfection was five times more scary than it was fun. I’d always freak out and jump when the timer ran out and the pieces all flew out. After a week of messing around with it I shoved into my closet and never touched the thing again until I was in middle school. Luckily, when your minute runs out it doesn’t pop up into your face like the original game did. Instead, the pieces float up magically and the board resets itself.
Tags: $.99, Games, good for kids, Jacob Jones, puzzle, traditional
Luna Story
Jacob Jones | Apr 16, 2010 Games
User rating: (8 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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I’ve been enamored by the concept of gaming since before I could read; Zelda on the NES being the first game I ever played. Back in the day, a half-way decent story and a sword was all that was needed to make a good RPG but the genre has come a long way since the early days of Zelda and even earlier days of ROGUE. Today’s standards have forced developers to push the limits of their thinking to create a living and breathing world. As a result, a lot of mediocre RPGs flood the market with only a select few shoving their way to gaming greatness. Njoy’s Luna Story doesn’t quite make the cut for gaming greatness… but don’t let that fool you. Luna Story is pretty solid RPG.
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Tags: $2.99, Jacob Jones, rpg
Giant Leap
Jacob Jones | Apr 15, 2010 Games
User rating: (54 votes, average: 2.69 out of 5)
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UPDATE: This App has dropped from $5.99 to $1.99!
In the game Giant Leap, you take the role of Hero, a lone marine with a convenient case of amnesia. With all his marine and scientist buddies killed in a freak alien attack, Hero is forced to wander the bloody halls of his ships fighting off hordes of Xoranid killers while reclaiming his lost memories. What happened on the ship? Are there any survivors? How did he lose his memories? If you can fight through the mountains of cliches, you’ll find that the basic game play in Giant Leap is quite enjoyable in the retro sense.
Tags: $5.99, arcade, Games, Jacob Jones
Ogre Hunt
Jacob Jones | Apr 14, 2010 Games
User rating: (7 votes, average: 3.29 out of 5)
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The Ogre Hunt experience from developer DGC can be summed up in two words: simple and frustrating. The instructions tab in the main menu failed to mention that the accelerometer is used to point your gun instead the single D-Pad on the screen. I spent a good minute wondering why my character was just going in circles instead of moving in the direction I was pressing on the D-Pad. Needless to say, the ogres that spawned in the starting area owned my ass with their hatchet things before I could get my bearings.
Tags: $.99, Games, Jacob Jones, shooter
