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
User rating: (2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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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!
App Sale: Elf
Michael (Admin) | Dec 14, 2009 App Sale Alert, Games
User rating: (2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Elf is on sale for free – normally $.99
This is one of those games where you really don’t need any instructions… just tap to make your elf jump, and then left and right to try to keep him flying higher and higher by grabbing all the colorful doodads that are floating around. Some items will earn point bonuses, others result in jumps of varying strength, and one of them you should avoid if at all possible.
Elf isn’t the greatest game ever but it’s not bad for some short-lived amusement, or maybe even hours and hours of amusement if you’re one of those people who refuses to quit until you’ve made it to the top of the global scoreboard. The graphics are nice, the elf has a gigantic mouth which is kind of funny, and it’s free so hey why not.
App Sale: Santa’s Sack
Michael (Admin) | Dec 11, 2009 App Sale Alert, Games
User rating: (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Santa’s Sack is on sale for free – normally $.99
Normally I don’t bother announcing that an app’s on sale unless it’s really good, but I feel compelled to announce this one in case you come across it when it actually costs money! Santa’s Sack has the potential to be a good game with its nice graphics and all, but there’s not a lot of good stuff to say about the gameplay.
The object of the game is to catch all the falling presents in Santa’s big sack, and to do this you have to tilt your iPhone left and right. Sounds fine, but the way Santa slides around just seems too buggy to make this a fun, playable game. Sometimes he’s very slow to respond, sometimes he doesn’t respond at all, and I found the whole thing to be pretty frustrating. Yes, I restarted my iPhone, and that seemed to help a little but I still wasn’t impressed.
Luckily this game is free so there’s no harm in trying it. If you do give it a shot, come back and lemme know if it’s as bad as I think it is or if I’m just an idiot!
iTunes Link – Santa’s Sack
Version 1.0
Reviewed on iPhone 3G OS3.1.2
Santa's big green sack isn't very good at sliding around on the snow
App Sale: Santa Naughty Nice Detector
Michael (Admin) | Dec 9, 2009 App Sale Alert, Entertainment
User rating: (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Well duh, *everyone* is naughty!
Santa Naughty Nice Detector is on sale for free – normally $.99
Most young children are pretty stupid, and if you play it up enough they might actually believe that your iPhone can detect whether they’re naughty or nice! And if they believe that, they might also believe they’re suddenly on Santa’s shitlist, and everyone knows you don’t get any presents when the fat man’s got it in for you.
Normally I wouldn’t bother writing about an app like this, but it’s Christmas season and silly things like this come with the territory. aHandSoft even went as far as building in a “chance” meter that, with some sleight of hand, could make it appear as if the meter actually works when one kid is nice and the other is decidedly naughty.
This Naughty Nice Detector looks very festive and it’s executed pretty well, but still I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t pay a dollar for this app… free, however, is doable if you’re in a house full of gullible children or at an office Christmas party in need of some holiday nonsense.
iTunes Link -Santa Naughty Nice Detector
Tags: $.99, Christmas, practical joke, seasonal
App Sale: Flight Before Christmas
Michael (Admin) | Dec 4, 2009 App Sale Alert, Games
User rating: (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Flight Before Christmas is on sale for free – normally $.99
Flight Before Christmas reminds me a lot of ATC and Flight Control, except instead of directing jumbo jets you’re steering Santa’s sleigh! All you need to do is drag a path from the sleigh to all the houses you need to visit, all the while dodging the other air traffic that could bring Christmas to an abrupt end.
There’s no global scoreboard and basically nothing in the features department except for an instruction screen and a pause button, but for a Christmas app this is really pretty good. Enabled Solutions took the time to make the game pretty and for the low, low price of nothing this game is worth taking for a spin.
Enabled says the sale lasts this weekend only, so hurry up and get it!
iTunes Link – Flight Before Christmas
App Sale: Holiday Smash
Michael (Admin) | Dec 3, 2009 App Sale Alert, Games
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Holiday Smash is on sale for free – normally $1.99
‘Tis the season to… download all the Christmas-themed apps that descend upon the App Store at this time of year! Holiday Smash is basically a jacked up version of Breakout, and the stuff you’re breaking is all in the shape of various holiday things like snowmen and Christmas trees. Your paddle moves left and right with finger drags, and it also shoots lasers! So even when your balls are flying around (powerups make multiple balls possible) your lasers will be hard at work as they hack away at the stuff floating above.
Sea Lion Games just released this app the other day at $1.99 and immediately dropped the price to free, so who knows if it’ll actually go back to costing money. Either way, it’s free right now and it’s not bad! Kids tend to get antsy this time of year, so even if you’re not a fan of this kind of game yourself it could at least serve as a distraction for the little monsters in your life.
IAR’s 6 Random Thanksgiving Freebies
Michael (Admin) | Nov 20, 2009 Random Freebies
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I’ve been slacking on the random freebies the past few weeks, but today I’m all over it! If you’re in the U.S., next week is Thanksgiving which means eating turkey, having awkward conversations with relatives you don’t really like, and most importantly… a long weekend! Hooray for holidays.
iShootTurkey by orientmaple.com: Apparently turkeys can fly (the skinny ones anyway) and this is your chance to shoot them down.
Thanksgiving Match by Jirbo: It’s not a holiday if you’re not playing an ad-supported holiday-themed Jirbo game!
A turkey -Let’s eat- by RucKyGAMES: Here’s an excerpt from this app’s iTunes description: EAT!EAT!EAT!EAT!EAT!EAT!EAT!EAT! I’m not kidding, that’s what it says.
TGI Black Friday by Ecatcher: I don’t know why the day after Thanksgiving, the busiest shopping day of the year, is called Black Friday but it is, and this app’s aim is to show you Black Friday ads before they hit the newspapers.
Turkey Tumble by Rich Olson: Launch cans of cranberry sauce at crates in order to get the turkey to the ground safely.
Turkey Trot by M5 Systems: Ad-supported Thanksgiving match 3 fun.
Hey, do me a solid and Digg this, wouldja? Thanks 8)
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- iShootTurkey
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- Thanksgiving Match
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- A turkey -Let's eat-
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- TGI Black Friday
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- Turkey Tumble
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- Turkey Trot
Tags: free, seasonal, Thanksgiving
IAR’s 18 Random Halloween Freebies
Michael (Admin) | Oct 30, 2009 Random Freebies
User rating: (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Halloween is tomorrow which means all these Halloween iPhone apps will be losing relevance really soon! Enjoy them while you can. This is my third installment of Halloween Freebies, so there are 6 new ones and I’m also tacking on the previous 12.
Movie Costume by DD Studio: Another dress-up-your-photos app, but this one comes with no less than 88 items for making your friends look stupid.
Singing Pumpkins by RAMDreams: I reviewed this app last year and it’s great! Tap the ridiculously cute pumpkins to hear them sing or make scary noises.
100+ Halloween Costumes by iPhoneCodeTutorials.com: If you’re desperate for a Halloween costume idea maybe this app can help?
Manic Pumpkin by Rich Olson: Roll your pumpkin downhill and jump it off ramps through a very Halloweeny 3D course! There’s also a non-Halloween-themed version called Manic Marble.
Ghostbuster by Geek Quarter: Capture at least 35 ghosts to advance to the next level. Sorry, this game has nothing to do with the movie!
Funhouse of Horrors 01 Digital Comic! by Carnival Comics: Like comics? Oh sorry, I mean “graphic novels”? This is an iPhone-ized version of Jazan Wild’s Funhouse of Horrors.
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- Movie Costume
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- Singing Pumpkins
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- 100+ Halloween Costumes
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- Manic Pumpkin
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- Ghostbuster
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- Funhouse of Horrors 01 Digital Comic!
App Sale: Styx Halloween
Michael (Admin) | Oct 29, 2009 Games
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Styx Halloween is was on sale for free – apparently the price has gone back up to $2.99
The further you go, the more different kinds of Halloween faces you have to contend with
Styx Halloween is one of those match 3 games where you run your finger across matching units that are either touching or diagonal from each other. I guess that technically makes it a “match as many as you can” game and the combination of great graphics and tons of powerups makes this a pretty fun Halloween diversion!
The game comes with three modes: Chains, Time Trial, and Puzzle. Chains and Time Trial are both very similar in that your goal is to find as many chains as possible, and Puzzle forces you to figure out how to eliminate groups of Halloween icons in the right order so that no individual pieces are leftover.
EMV Software built in a global scoreboard and made Styx Halloween iPod-friendly, so I’d advise you to go get this app while it’s still free! The App Store page says this game is on sale for 2 days only, and the price went down 2 days ago, so it may go back to its original $2.99 price any minute now.
iTunes Link – Styx Halloween
Version 1.4
iPhone 3G OS3.1.2
Tags: $2.99, good for kids, halloween, match 3, puzzle, seasonal
App Sale: Day of the Flying Pumpkins
Michael (Admin) | Oct 28, 2009 App Sale Alert, Games
User rating: (2 votes, average: 2.50 out of 5)
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Those little pumpkins fly around pretty quick, and don't forget about the timer down in the corner!
Day of the Flying Pumpkins is on sale for free – normally $.99
Pop the pumpkins, but it’s Game Over if you touch a skull! That’s pretty much all there is to this game, but as Halloween-themed apps go it’s not bad for a few minutes of amusement.
Load it up, hand it to the kids, and tell them they don’t get to go trick-or-treating until they reach level 20 on Nightmare mode. That’ll shut ‘em up!
According to the App Store page, Day of the Flying Pumpkins is on sale “today only” so if you want it for free you should go get it right now.
iTunes Link – Day of the Flying Pumpkins
Version 1.0
Reviewed on iPhone 3G OS3.1.2
Tags: $.99, good for kids, halloween, seasonal
