Posts Tagged ‘Addicting’

Dude That’s Cool

Dude That’s Cool is a fun multiplayer, strategy game. The premise is quirky and unique – play as a hamster who is out to steal goodies from his hamster friends. To get to the other cages you place pipe, strategically connecting the pieces to reach the goodies and protect the one’s you’ve already got. The [...]

 

Friday Findings

Discover Your Body HD – Discover Your Body HD is a funny and educational application for kids and adults. It allows you to explore the human body and learn about its organs and parts. The body of a boy or a girl will be displayed and you and your little one can explore different body [...]

 

Math Evolve

Math Evolve keeps practicing Math facts from becoming boring and turns it into an engaging game. Players are working as a “rapidly evolving creature” that uses Math to harness the power of the universe. They will solve equations and then create their own while flying through different environments, avoiding hostile enemy fire. I appreciated the [...]

 

Smash to Bits

Smash to Bits is an indie game that my son is really, really enjoying. Why could that be I wonder? Perhaps the fact that the premise of the game is you smash everything it gives you to literal bits? Yep, that sounds like something a seven year old boy would enjoy. Players are presented with [...]

 
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Egg Punch

Egg Punch is a twist on the game of miniature golf. Throw in some thieving rabbits, a bald chick and 54 levels of crazy obstacles and you’ve got the gist of the game. Rabbits have stolen a chick’s feathers which has caused him to hide in his egg shell. As a player in the game [...]

 

Turtle World

My seven year old son is currently addicted to Turtle World. I asked him why he couldn’t tear himself away and he told me three things – the turtles, the power ups and it’s easy to play. Turtle World is a “physics based survival game” where a turtle named Frank is trying to survive obstacles, [...]

 

Germz

Germz is a casual game with cute graphics and sound effects. If I was going to succumb to germs I’d hope they’d be as cute and colorful as these. The goal of the game is to match three germs in a row to eliminate them. When you do this the germs disappear from the screen [...]

 

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NewtonApples

Fancy a lesson in history and science while you play a fast paced finger tapping game? Check out NewtonApples. As in Sir Isaac Newton, he who discovered the laws of motion and gravity and has a history intertwined with the apple tree. In NewtonApples Sir Newton sits underneath the apple tree, thinking scientific thoughts while [...]

 

Volcano Escape

Volcano Escape is the type of app that I feel completely unqualified to test and review. It requires quick thinking and coordination of one’s thumbs as you dodge obstacles and maneuver to escape danger. Not exactly skills I possess so I turned to my in-house expert, my six year old son. He’s been given my [...]

 

Smack That Gugl

Smack That Gugl is one of those apps that begins innocently enough but then sucks you in until you find yourself frustrated because it’s just a simple game for Pete’s sake. And you’re stuck on the kid level. Speaking from personal experience of course. In Smack That Gugl you are trying to tap on “Gugls” [...]

 
 
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iOS 5.01 Released: Includes Fix For iOS 5.0 Battery Life Issue

iOS 5 Gets Its First Update Thanks to my husband Zack for getting this post out about the new iOS 5.1 release. I’ve yet to install the update…but I’ll be following his instructions below. Shortly after the iPhone 4S hit the market a bug was discovered that severely impacted battery life on those new devices. [...]

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I review iPhone apps for moms. I have a decent grasp of techy things but the technical guts (for lack of a better word) of how the apps work are beyond me. So my reviews will be practical and purely subjective. Reviews for moms by a real life, actual mom. My kids will vouch for me.