Congratulations to hellorobert and @R1clifford, the two winners of our Air Brawn giveaway! Enjoy shooting down those enemies, but just remember: there’s a lot more of them than there are of you. Thanks to all those who commented! If you …
Continue ReadingAs the mother of a fledgling car hobbyist, I’m always on the lookout for car and truck-related toys that don’t include back-breaking hazards. Have you ever stepped on a Matchbox car in the middle of the night heading to the …
Continue ReadingWhere’s a Big Bad Wolf when you need one? The evil pigs (you can tell they’re evil because they’re green) have stolen all the eggs from the birds and are hiding in their houses made of sticks and stones and …
Continue ReadingBoy, you know that recession has hit home when you have to man the anti-aircraft gun and the mortar by yourself. You’d think that a base that is being invaded by waves of enemies would be staffed by at least …
Continue ReadingI remember several years ago while visiting Taiwan seeing all sorts of “The Dog” products everywhere: they featured extreme-closeup photos of dogs with really big noses and tiny bodies on pure white backgrounds. Cute, but kind of weird. Well, the …
Continue ReadingPoor Bob. While he was in the army becoming a national hero, his childhood friend John became a criminal. Eventually John set Bob up and got him kicked out of the army in disgrace. Vowing revenge, Bob found out where …
Continue ReadingI’ve always loved sliding tile puzzles, from the simple number kind to distant relatives such as the Rush Hour Traffic Jam puzzles. There’s just something appealing about putting things back in order with only the one open square to work …
Continue ReadingAre you an engineer who wishes they had access to some work-related calculations out in the field? A series of handy new apps may offer what you need. The Formulator Series by MultiEducator, Inc. is a series of iPhone/iPod Touch …
Continue ReadingDown in the garden there is a war being fought … slowly. Two armies of slugs face each other across the battlefield, each determined to break into the opponent’s base. Armed with acorn guns and salt shakers, they race—er, trudge—into …
Continue ReadingThe year is 3042, which of course means that there are death match tournaments. Fighters across the world strap blasters to their arms and shoot it out for fame and glory—or at least a high score on the Facebook Leaderboards. …
Continue ReadingRobot 13, a comic about a skull-headed robot who fights ginormous monsters, is now available for the iPhone. This is Robot Comics’ first adaptation that incorporates transition effects and simple animation, making the mobile version more than just a cut-to-size …
Continue ReadingOkay, I know, “Geekiest Comic Ever” is a big claim to make, considering there are other comics like “When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth.” But I had to get your attention somehow, right? And Erfworld is incredibly geeky in a fantastic …
Continue ReadingWhen I was considering retiring my Palm TX in exchange for an iPod touch (no AT&T service in the rural area where I live, so no iPhone), one of my essential applications was a good Chinese dictionary. I speak Chinese …
Continue ReadingDon’t you ever wish you could combine the head of a Triceratops, the body of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and the spiky tail of a Stegosaurus? (No? Okay, maybe it’s just me.) Now you can, without all the cutting and stitching …
Continue ReadingThere’s a great little app that’s just made its way to the iTunes store. It’s called LEGO Photo (links to iTunes), and it allows you to take any photo from your camera lens or your existing library and turn the …
Continue ReadingMy three-year-old daughter loves puzzles, particularly the chunky wooden puzzles with pieces shaped like parts of the picture (as opposed to jigsaw pieces, which she has more difficulty with). So it’s no surprise that one of her favorite iPhone games …
Continue ReadingMy daughters (and my wife) really want a dog, despite the fact that my six-year-old is allergic and breaks out in a rash whenever a dog licks her face. But I’m not really a dog person, and I know that …
Continue ReadingI’m a sucker for “casual games,” the sort of thing that runs in your browser or on your iPhone. Of course, the reason I play these instead of my old Xbox is because, theoretically, I can play for just a …
Continue Reading“Ha! Foolish Ninja! Behold the power of rum-powered technology!” So says one of the pirate bosses in Mika Mobile’s newest game for the iPhone (and iPod touch). OMG! Pirates! is a heaping serving of awesome. Unless, of course, you side …
Continue ReadingThe other day I was browsing the iTunes store, looking for something silly to do with the kids, when I came across ‘stachetastic. This app lets you grab a photo from your gallery or take a new one with your iPhone’s camera and add a beard, mustache, glasses, horns or any combination of more than […]
Continue ReadingOn car trips, my kids love playing I Spy, which is why I knew they would love Hidden Expedition: Everest the moment I saw it on a friend’s phone. The game is based on a race between you and three AI teams to the world’s tallest mountain with numerous stops around the globe. At each […]
Continue ReadingBoxee is the scrappy little home media software that continues to win the hearts and minds of geeks all over. These days, old computers aren’t tossed into the recycling heap; they’re turned into home media centers using Boxee (probably the Linux version, that’s likely to run on somewhat older hardware, though there’s a nice Windows […]
Continue ReadingAmazon dropped the other shoe in their Kindle-fest this month by releasing (or finally having approved) a book-reader application for the iPhone/iPod Touch, allowing users to choose from tens-of-thousands of titles to download and read on their handsets. We’ve reviewed dozens of kid-focused iPhone/iPod Touch apps and games, many of them focused on early language […]
Continue ReadingIt’s a cliche that the best things are often the simplest things, but even cliche is sometimes truth. iPhone apps are a good example — many of the best apps are simple tools or games that do one, maybe two things very well. Night & Day Studios’ Peekaboo Barn is a perfect example, a children’s […]
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