Looking for some real-time strategy for your iPhone? Lost Empires is an RTS with a RPG flavor, nice graphics and gameplay. It shows that you can get a big game experience on the little iPhone for a little price as well.
The debate over which Twitter app to use is pretty much over. While third-party apps will always try to offer extra functionality, it will most likely be the new official Twitter app that gets the majority of users. It’s free, and coming from Twitter itself it will always have the inside scoop on the latest Twitter features.
You can understand why this hit XBox game never made it to the iPhone — it really needs a larger screen to do it justice. Well, since we now have an iPhone-like device with a larger screen, we also have Geometry Wars for iPad.
Tired of the same basic tower defense game? Space Station for iPhone and Space Station HD for iPad adds an resource-gathering element as well as a space theme to this popular genre.
So the iPad doesn’t have a camera. But your iPhone does. With Camera for iPad you can link the two of them together and control your iPhone’s camera from your iPad. It can also be used with an iPhone and iPod Touch. It works using either the local wi-fi network, or bluetooth directly from one camera to the other.
If you like astronomy, or just things that look super-cool on your iPhone, check out Solar Walk. This app gives you 3D views of our solar system with up-to-date positioning and lots of info.
There are a few comic book apps available, and some are now both iPhone and iPad compatible. But the Marvel one stands out in that it presents clear, crisp graphics even on the large iPad screen. Plus, I like that they put their free samples right out front and don’t try to hide them. This app, like all comic apps, is a novelty on the iPhone and iPod Touch. But on the iPad it really can replace reading on paper.
If you love words and can’t get enough of word games, then you should try Etymologic! a game about the origin of words. What makes this game tough is the improbable origins of many words. Sometimes the least plausible answer is the right one.
I’m always trying to get the edge on my friends in our neighborhood poker games. One method I use is to play good poker computer games as practice. I’ve found several for the iPhone, but my current favorite is Apple’s own Texas Hold’em game. The graphics and features are excellent. But most importantly the AI is good, which means I’m learning to be a better player.
Here’s yet another game from CleverMedia (AKA MacMost): Home Run Derby. Even better, this game is free!
A new iPhone game from CleverMedia (parent company of MacMost) is Moon Lander. This is like the classic arcade game. You try to land a ship on a moon, past rocky terrain and outcroppings, before you run out of fuel. The main game has 25 levels, and there are two bonus challenges as well.
Whether you are in hollywood, community theater, a school play or make presentations, you can use Rehearsal to learn your lines. It is quite an interesting idea. You take script pages and load them on to your iPhone. You can then rehearse your lines, even with recordings of the other actors in place.
Yet another game in the store this week by me (Gary, the host and producer of MacMost). This week it is Free Style. I’m particularly proud of this game because it is an original design that I came up with years ago and a truly unique game. You move along a row of red and green blocks, trying to get them all to change to green while avoiding a marked block that changes. As you play, your moves mimic jazz improvisation, creating a little melody. Give it a try!
We’ve been on a roll here producing iPhone games. So we’ll keep featuring them. Hope no one minds. The next one is Add It Up. This is a math puzzle game that is not only fun to play, but deceptively challenging as well. Plus, it keeps your mind sharp as an added benefit. Take a break from Sudoku and try this faster-paced game.
CleverMedia (MacMost’s parent) has been busy taking some of its most popular Web-based games and bringing them to the iPhone and iPod Touch as apps. The next one to check out is Word Spell. You get six letters and have to make as many words from those letters as you can.
While MacMost is good for tech help with Apple products, the world is much bigger than Apple. When you need more help, Dave Taylor’s site is the one of the very best. And now you can access his huge database of questions and answers with the Ask Dave Taylor iPhone app.
Time to self-promote again. Gold Strike isn’t only one of the best games for the iPhone and iPod Touch, but it is my latest. I originally made this for the Web, but it has appeared as a downloadable and a mobile phone game before as well. This is the deluxe version with four game variations. It will only be $0.99 for a short while more before I raise the price, so get it now!
Tired of little 99 cent games and looking for something bigger for your iPhone? Try Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies. This long-titled game is also long on gameplay and graphics. It is pretty intense, though, so not for the kiddies.
Bummed that you have an iPhone 3G or older and can’t record video like your friends with the iPhone 3GS? Well, now you can. The iVideoCamera app allows these older phones to record video. The catch is that it is only 320×426, not the full 640×480 of the iPhone 3GS. And it is a pretty low-quality frame rate. But for 99 cents, you can at least record little videos and share them on YouTube, FaceBook, etc.
