When I first got my iPod Touch, I was dumping apps onto it like crazy. Free apps, apps that made top 10 lists, just about anything. Many of those have been long since deleted. Weber’s On The Grill, however, has made the cut, and definitely falls into the category of “there’s an app for that.”
ZarkSeven has this cool segment on his blog called “APPraisal”. It’s his weekly…or mostly weekly…review of various iPhone/iPod touch applications. Since Zark doesn’t use Google Voice and I’m addicted to it, he asked me if I would take a look at the new Google Voice mobile site and give a review for his APPraisal segment. I’m new to this…but I love new stuff…so here goes!
I’m a huge fan of Google. I use a lot of their services as my primary way to communicate. From Gmail for my email to GTalk for my IM needs, Google just seems to “get it” when it comes to stable communication tools that just work.
One of their most amazing services is Google Voice. If you don’t know what GV is, check it out here. Google does a much better job explaining it than I do.
Read the rest of this entry at justinriggle.COM. Thanks Justin! »
I finally got around to playing Mass Effect Galaxy. Although it’s been out since June of last year, I never got around to it. But with the imminent release of Mass Effect 2 tomorrow on the PC and Xbox 360, I’ve been immersing myself in all things Mass Effect again, like reading the latest novel, Mass Effect: Ascension, and the new comic Mass Effect: Redemption. So I figured it was time to give Mass Effect Galaxy a shot.
Throughout the years, re-imaginings of Pac-Man have generally sucked. “New” Pac-Man games haven’t been good since Ms. Pac-Man. But when Pac-Man Championship Edition came on the scene in 2007, it created quite a stir. The swansong game of original Pac-Man creator Tōru Iwatani,Pac-Man Championship Edition was released on the Xbox Live Arcade in 2007. Does the iPhone / iPod Touch version of Pac-Man C.E. stand a ghost of a chance?
“Dragon’s Lair! The fantasy adventure where you become a valiant knight on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon!” I can remember well playing the Dragon’s Lair arcade machine. Specifically, I remember the Sears at Chesterfield Mall had one that beckoned to me with that looping intro every time I was in there with my parents. Space Ace has already been on the app store for awhile, so you had to figure that Dragon’s Lair was not far behind. Dirk Daring in the palm of your hand! Can it possibly live up to the nostalgia?
No APPraisal this week, as you may have noticed, but there are Thanksgiving sales galore, providing plenty of fodder for the future. EA started things of with a “Games Feast” sale that lasts through Sunday and includes the following:
Not to be outdone, Gameloft came next and announced a .99 cent Thanksgiving sale, which includes the following:
When thought the app sale goodness couldn’t get better, a few more gems have popped up:
When you are too stuffed from turkey to get up off the couch, just make sure to bring your iPhone / iPod Touch with you and enjoy some of these great apps.
Confession: I bought the iPod Touch for this app. Ok, not really, but I thought about it. Unfortunately, the C64 app got pulled from the iTunes store for violating Apple’s Terms of Service about a week before I got the iPod Touch. (Why that happened is a story unto itself.) Manomio revised the emulator and Apple finally approved the re-release last week.
I’m a bit of a newcomer to the whole app scene, and when I saw the app called Ambiance recently, I thought “what a good idea.” I’ve since learned that there seemed to be a bit of controversy surrounding the current version and the previous one, now called Ambiance Classic. But I was oblivious to all that when I downloaded Ambiance and formed my impressions.
Appy Rockin’ Monday! I’m a fan of Rock Band on the Xbox 360. I own Rock Band, Rock Band 2 and The Beatles: Rock Band on that platform. So an official Rock Band app for the iPhone / iPod Touch immediately peaked my curiosity.
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