More “My Little Tank” News from Astraware

In case you missed yesterday’s news, Astraware released “My Little Tank” for the iPhone and iPod Touch.  Well, today, even more people get to join in the MLT party!!!  Astraware released it for S60, as well as Blackberry, for the first time today.  For Palm OS and WM users, don’t worry, you are not being left out in the cold.  MLT has been updated to include newer WM and Palm devices, and they have added 20 new levels.  That gives the game a total of 80 levels!!!  “My Little Tank” is an arcade shooter game were you play the role of a mini-tank out to defend your base while destroying enemy tanks, radar stations, and bases.  Plus, you will run into all kinds of terrain changes from snow and swamps to plains and deserts.  If you already have a registered copy of MLT, the upgrade is free.  If not, it can be purchased from Astraware for $9.99.  Its also available for the sale price of  $4.95, if you are a member of Club Astraware.  Honestly, for $4.95, I am going to go home and download this game.  I love the little strategy games, and this will be great entertainment for traveling or waiting in line during the holiday shopping season. 

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An Accelerometer Trifecta From Pangea

A while back, I had the opportunity to review Astraware’s first title for the iPhone/iPod Touch, GTS World Racing.  At the time, I was extremely impressed by the use of the accelerometer, rather than the touch screen to control most of the action.  Really, anytime I can control the action without touching the screen, that is going to make me happy.  There is nothing worse than pulling your phone out of your pocket and finding a smudged and fingerprinted mess on the screen from that game you were playing last night.  So, I loved being able to play games that require only minimal use of the touch screen, if any at all.  Apparently, Pangea took note of this development as well.  They have now released three games: Cro-Mag Rally, Nanosaur 2, and Bugdom 2, which rely almost exclusively on the accelerometer rather than the touch screen to control the action (a fourth game, Billy Frontier, also uses this control scheme, but has been previously reviewed.)  The great thing here is that although the three games all share the same method of control, they are also vastly different games, which see you driving and racing, flying through a prehistoric jungle, and running through the garden.  Hit the jump for a closer look at all three games.

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The Arcade! October Edition!

I never know where Doug finds the time to play all of these games, but somehow he manages to collect an impressive amount every month, for his Arcade series.

 
At this point in time though, it might be fortuitous to offer a link to a little self analysis survey, that may help more than one of us! Do check out Doug’s article at MyTodayScreen as well

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The Arcade: A Monthly Roundup of Freeware Games (October 2008) | My Today Screen

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Quick Look: Shufflepuck for iPhone and iPod Touch

I just wanted to take a quick minute to tell you all about a game on my iPod Touch that has been taking way too much of my time: Shufflepuck.  A lot of you are probably familiar with this game, which is a tabletop version of shuffleboard.  Over the years, I have seen variations of this game in numerous bars, restaurants, and old fashioned (as in non-video) game rooms (which are becoming few and far between.)   And I have to say that I was impressed by how true to the original game the iPod version came.

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Don Your Thinking Cap And Get Ready For Brain My Day From Pocket More Games

Are you sick and tired of all of those brain training games out there?  You know the ones that give you some puzzle to solve or numbers to crunch.  Do you even care which is the next shape in the pattern anymore?  Yeah…that’s what I thought.  And so did the folks at Pocket More Games.  That’s why when they made their new brain training game, they threw out the rule book.  Where most of the games in this genre focus more on the training, Brain My day focuses on the game aspects, with the belief that brain training games should be at least as entertaining as any other genre.  So, to meet this goal, when Pocket More Games designed Brain My Day, they threw out the static images, threw out abstract color balls, and created, “a realistic interactive world,” which you can use to train your brain. 

Other features include:

28 games in total, plus building mode where you plant trees and build structures.
Tremendous amount of graphical content: over 100 locations

Unique NEW minigames, absolutely amazing and beautiful.
4 game modes - choose your gamestyle.
Little reading required - concentrate on playing, not studying.

Watch out, though, this game will require 20mb of memory to run.  Ouch.  Unfortunately, my Mogul does not have nearly enough memory to plan a review.  I’ll have to wait until I get a new phone to take a closer look at this one.

Brain My Day is available from Pocket More Games for $19.95

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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on the iPhone

The Force Unleashed begins the way every Star Wars title does…the yellow text crawls dramatically up the screen, setting the stage for the adventure which is about to take place.  As that yellow scroll begins to fade, most of us will feel a slight tingle in our spine as the anticipation builds.  Then again, Star Wars has been something of a mixed bag lately.  Will this thrill and excite the way the original movies did in the 1970’s and 1980’s.  Or, will it be an overpriced, over-hyped event with a special effects albatross weighing it down.  Because it takes place in the time between the two trilogies…anything is possible.  Let’s take a closer look.

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