Bar Twitter Video Review

You just never know what you'll find in the app store. Today we have an app that is certainly, unique. Bar Twitter allows you to calculate just how drunk you would be after consuming a certain amount/type of alcohol. Rather than present a boring table of facts, with Bar Twitter, you arrange your drinks on a timeline then blow into the "breath analyzer" to see how drunk you "would" be if you drank those drinks.

Of course, it's not really a breathalyzer, and the app comes with the disclaimer that it's for entertainment purposes only. Frankly, the interface would be difficult if you were drunk anyhow. Oh, and it has twitter in the name (we'll see what Biz Stone thinks of that) because it allows you to tweet your level of drunkenness to your friends. Might I suggest you use that sparingly...

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Pro Surfing for the iPhone and iPod Touch Video Review

I'll admit it. I'm probably not the best person to review a surfing game if real-world experience equals videogame knowledge. With that said, Pro Surfing is fairly straight forward, and easy to figure out even if you've never seen the ocean. You quickly drop into a wave, and move the iPhone/iPod left and right to ride on the wave. Make a sharp right, and then use the four buttons on the left side of the screen to perform tricks. You get 60 seconds to put together the best run you can, which for me wasn't very good. The game has all the basics covered. Unfortunately, you have to go to a different screen to see which tricks the buttons correspond to, but once you get that down, Pro Surfing is fun even while it's frustrating.

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Above & Beyond Air Combat for the iPhone Video Review

It can be tricky to find ways to bring something unique to accelerometer-based iPhone flying games. Sometimes though, less is more. That's the case with Above & Beyond Air Combat. By a lot of app standards today, the game's graphics are average, but that can't stop quick, fun gameplay.

Consisting of two different modes, the "air combat" in the game is a bit slow and laborious. Speeding through canyons, racing for the best time is simple, fast fun. Is it $2.99 fun? Maybe not considering some of the cheaper game options.

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SkySmash 1918 for the iPhone and iPod Touch Video Review

I've always been a fan of vertical scrolling airplane games, ever since playing 1942 in the convenience store up the street as a kid. Later, when I got a Mac, I eventually discovered Wingnuts. Well SkySmash 1918 brings that same kind of gameplay to the iPhone and iPod Touch.

You pilot your plane by moving your finger around on the screen. Unfortunately if you have fat fingers, this means your plane is usually covered. You can also tap and hold, and the plane will fly to that position, although that's not really advisable. As you fly, you want to collect coins, power-ups, extra lives, etc. The graphics look terrific, and the music is fun. (although a call from the creator's of the Hogan's Heroes theme might be forthcoming, as the music is quite "similar".)

Overall, if you like this type of game, you'll really like SkySmash 1918. And it's priced right at 99 cents right now in the app store. Pick up for some weekend fun.

Denis Fazenda for the iPhone and iPod Touch Video Review

You sank my cucumber! Denis Fazenda, is an interestingly named game with an interesting concept. Essentially Denis Fazenda brings the gameplay of Battleship to the garden. You play the game as Denis, a happy go lucky bear who has buried all his vegetables (makes sense, right?) and you are trying to dig up the vegetables of your opponent James before he finds yours.

You hide the vegetables at the beginning of the game by sliding them into place, either from the left side for a placement across the grid, or from the bottom for a placement up and down. You then pick a patch of James' garden for Denis to dig up. Then James takes his turn. One minor point: in order to make the game board big enough to be played easily, you only see one side at a time, so you need to flick back and forth to see where James is digging (easier to see in the video, than to explain).

It would be a perfect pick for the parent who wants to share the gameplay of Battleship with their son/daughter without all the explosions and ship sinking.

Currently 99 cents in the App Store.

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