I think for most people, there's no end to friends who are more than willing to give you bad advice. But if somehow you've made it through life without these kinds of friends, then there's Halp. Halp is simply an app loaded with bad advice. Shake the phone, get new (bad) advice. Should you buy Halp? Well, Halp would say yes.
Ready, Steady, Go is a simple interpretation of the old carnival game of trying to move a metal loop from the top to the bottom of a metal rod, without touching the rod. In the digital world though, RSG can provide all kinds of shapes you won't find at the local fair. The game is quite simple, but then again, I'm not sure how many bells and whistles one should expect from this type of game.
If you like this kind of game in real life, then this is a no-frills re-creation of the real thing.
We briefly mentioned it a few weeks ago on DoubleTap, but here's a fuller look at Ridge Racer: Accelerated for the iPhone and iPod Touch. As mentioned in the video review, if you're looking for a racing game, you can't help but be seduced by the graphics from the screenshots, and even the intro movie for the game promises heart-pounding entertainment.
Most of that disappears shortly after your car leaves the start line. Up until the second corner, I thought "this is the best racing game yet" for the iPhone. Well, once you get to that corner, it becomes apparent that the game is hobbled either by graphics code that's not efficient enough, or graphics that are beyond the capability of the iPhone processor. Bear in mind this game was reviewed on an iPhone 3GS. Customers have also complained about the frame rate being significantly worse on older models, particularly the iPod Touch. A recent update seems to have helped many people with that issue, but our iPhone 3GS performance lagged.
The game also comes with a limited number of cars and tracks, with more tracks available for in-app purchase. Perhaps these intro tracks should be free if additional tracks will cost you more.
Still, with a few tweaks to make the graphics fly by, and some changes to the revenue model, this could be a solid racing game for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Oh sure, Mr. iPhone owner, enjoy your wide variety of free apps. Some people are stuck in a strange parallel Apple app store where all the games are $4.99 and the choice is quite limited. I'm referring to the Clickwheel app (well really, game) store.
Today, we take a look at Real Soccer 2009. As Clickwheel games go, this one is quite good. The simple left, right, up down movement of the clickwheel is a good match for the action on the soccer field. A wide selection of teams and formations adds depth to the game, as well as features like goal replays, and team strength charts.
It's easy to say it's the best soccer game for the clickwheel iPods since there's no other choice, but it really does rise to the top of clickwheel games in general
Awhile back, we looked at GoodGuide. For whatever reason it appears that review as disappeared. It was good timing though as GoodGuide 2.0 is now out. The app is intended to help you make shopping decisions based on the environmental and social impact of the products and their manufacturers. Using a ten-point scale, you get ratings on things like environmental friendliness and social responsibility. While the database of products is nice, it's the the ability to scan barcodes and instantly see the ratings that makes the app fun.
We became obsessed with scanning everything in the house (GoodGuide works best with food and health/beauty products), and were mildly disappointed to see most products had about a six to seven rating. I'm not sure if that's indicative of the products we purchase, or more of a lack of real delineation within the GoodGuide app.
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Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 1:00PM