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Spiroids Free for a Day

Spiroids Free for a Day

Spiroids is free for a very limited time.
 

Spiroids lets you draw with a spiroid paintbrush. You just drag your finger across the screen and it generates miniature spiroids in a trail behind you. Kids love it. Parents pretend they're buying it for their kids.

You can also generate all kinds of "traditional" spiroid patterns, but don't stop there. With Spiroids you aren't limited to wheels inside circles. You can generate cool spiriods inside squares, triangles, even inside love hearts.


What I Played This Week - Gridlee, P.R.O.B.E., Trigger Fist, and Versu!

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I have several games to report on this week, plus interesting news about the makers of Galaxy on Fire 2 releasing a mobile space shooter, MMORTS (Massive Multiplayer Online Real Time Strategy) game later this year. So let's get right to it!

First up is Trigger Fist (my favorite shooter of all time), which I finally got around to grabbing an expansion pack for. Second, I'll review an old emulation game called Gridlee, a game other blog sites say allows you to drop other game ROM files into and play, although I have not yet personally confirmed this. If true, the free Gridlee may have a short life in the app store as Apple frowns on emulators and may soon yank it. Third up is P.R.O.B.E., a free Sci-Fi board game I played, which has a synthed up computer voice. Last but not least is Versu, a just-released interactive story app, reminiscent of old-school adventure games.



Word vs Word app is Free for the President’s Day Weekend

Word vs Word app is Free for the President’s Day Weekend

During the time George Washington was president, he knew Noah Webster, the man responsible for producing and releasing the first US dictionary.  In celebration of Washington’s birthday and his life, Spuzzle, Inc. is offering its word game app, Word vs Word for free from Friday, February 15 to Monday, February 18, 2013.

Word vs Word is a social word game with an all-in-one link between a crossword puzzle, hangman and a word search game that connects to Apple’s Game Center and Facebook.   The game allows users to interact and play games with their friends, as well as compete with random players and other players on Game Center’s Leaderboards.


New Game Reviews: A Soaring Climax, a Time-Shift Racer and a Zombie ShaqDown.

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Welcome back to my gaming reviews as I try out some of the best new iOS games!



Paddington Bear's Adventures - Officially Licensed App

Paddington Bear's Adventures - Officially Licensed App

Paddington Bear’s Adventures is now available on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The game is officially licensed and with its progressive gameplay is sure to appeal to children and nostalgic adults.

About the Game

Paddington Bear’s Adventures includes six games, five of which have a choice of 3 difficulty levels to allow for all ages and for progressive play. As you successfully play through the game you will collect various items of clothing for Paddington allowing you to dress and share your very own digital Paddington Bear. Players will also be able to create and edit pictures using the scrapbook feature.


How we improved our app sales by 10X in under an hour.

How we improved our app sales by 10X in under an hour.

Brisbane, Australia, Feb 7, 2013

Veteran game developers and publishers N3V Games today released a blog article about how they increased their app sales by up to 10 times with a simple change that took less than an hour to implement.


It's bizarre. It's dark. It makes you want to brush your teeth. It's.... Ball of Woe!

It's bizarre. It's dark. It makes you want to brush your teeth. It's.... Ball of Woe!

Ball of Woe - a strange, dark tale for iPhone, iPad and Android devices - is now available on the


Improve Your Texas Hold 'Em With THETA Poker Pro

Fun, efficient, and effective way to improve your Texas Hold 'Em skills. Build your virtual bankroll from nothing to a buy-in into the THETA Poker World Championship. Enjoy the strongest, fastest, and most customizable Texas Hold 'Em game on iOS, made by poker players for poker players. Easily share a picture or hand history of your latest victory or bad beat via Twitter, Facebook, or email. Universal app for iOS 5+.

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Review of Abyss: The Wraiths Of Eden HD by G5 Entertainment

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When G5 released Nightmares From The Deep, I had actually started to grow weary of hidden object games. Thankfully the balanced game play, focus on adventuring aspects, and interesting story kept me captivated until the end of the game. It even convinced me to play the bonus adventure, which I had never done before. Now G5 brings us another treasure from the same developers in the form of Abyss: The Wraiths Of Eden. While I’m not quite sure if I like this one as well as Nightmares From The Deep yet, there’s no question that it shares the same high quality as the previous game. Adventure and hidden object fans should have a great time with this one as well.



Ski Jump without the cold or danger!

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About 35 years ago, I visited Lake Placid, where the Winter Olympics had just been held. I had the opportunity to climb up to the top of a ski jump platform, and look down. Right then and there, I knew I would never, ever become a ski jumper.



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