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Take a Bite Out of Vampireville: Haunted Castle Adventure

Jennifer Beam — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:20:53 +0000

Vampireville is a seek-and-find game that features a rich, progressive story line with hidden object tasks, puzzles and mini-games spanning a total of 24 chapters. The premise of the story leads players to assume the role of a real estate appraiser checking out an ancient castle up for auction. With McGyver-like skills, you will weld broken water pipes, hunt down a ghost dog and pick locks all by employing random objects found in each scene. Players also interact with one rude-as-heck undead butler that can’t even be bothered to show you to your room when you arrive. Can you complete the story or will you go batty like your predecessor?

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PiggyWoogy Huffs and Puffs and Breathes New Life into Match-Three Classics

Jennifer Beam — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:30:19 +0000

Once upon a time there were two pigs who built their castle out of jewels…Well, maybe that’s not the exact version of the classic tale, but this game isn’t the exact version of the classic game it appears to be. PiggyWoogy is a version of the classic match-three puzzler and while it has a very Bejeweled feel to it, PiggyWoogy is a clever recreation of classic gameplay. PiggyWoogy’s storyline is simple – save piggy and his sweetheart swine from the invading woogys (wolves) by making matches within the castle’s jeweled wall.

Just like you would expect from similar game boards, different colored jewels are rearranged to connect three or more. As the matches disappear, new jewels fall into place. The difference in PiggyWoogy is the wolves that are scaling the jeweled wall. The right combinations will dislodge the wolves, causing them to fall. Rather than playing against a clock, players are pitted against the wolves. The levels are cleared by dislodging each level’s preset number of wolves.

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Where’s My Water? is a Proven Winner

Jennifer Beam — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:10:03 +0000

Disney Mobile’s Where’s My Water? has received some well-deserved accolades as a top-rated game and indeed, since it’s release in September the water-physics puzzle game has been a top seller in the App Store. For fans of the Swampy and Cranky battle for bathwater, the recent update that included “Cranky’s Story” is a welcome addition to an already stellar game. Where’s My Water? features seven different sewer worlds with 20 levels each and the recent introduction of Cranky’s Story provides an additional 5 with the option to purchase additional chapters.

The premise of Where’s My Water? is to solve each level by creating water flow to Swampy’s bathtub. Swampy is a hygiene-oriented alligator who really loves to take baths, but his nemesis Cranky is trying to block the water. To help Swampy stay clean, players solve various puzzles by digging out dirt and removing obstacles that prevent water flow. Levels become progressively more challenging as new obstacles and elements are introduced.

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Get The Latest Version of Facebook App for Social Networking on the Go

Jennifer Beam — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:15:39 +0000

Hard as it might be to imagine anyone NOT using Facebook, if you’re still not sold on Facebook, let 2012 be the year you jump on board the social networking bandwagon. If you’re on Facebook, but haven’t been using it because the only computer you’re ever chained to is the one at work, then by all means it’s time to check out the mobile version for iPhone. The mobile app has what many consider to be simpler and just as user-friendly features as the full site and still keeps you connected with friends, family and the strangers who care about you!

Downloading the Facebook app is quick, easy and free. It’s updated fairly regularly, not always for the best, but barring any major interface changes it’s easy to navigate and gives you a consolidated, in-a-nut-shell, no-nonsense version that fits in the palm of your hand. There’s access to your favorite Facebook apps like Words With Friends, chat and messaging, and the news feed can be sorted by most recent or highlighted stories. The newest version also includes access to your Facebook timeline (if you have one).

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Get Your Drink on With Liquor Cabinet

Jennifer Beam — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:35:48 +0000

Whether you’ve got discriminating taste in mixed drinks or just like to experiment with different cocktails, then belly up to the Liquor Cabinet app for iPhone. This app is a party host’s dream and is both thorough and concise enough to replace other bar books and drink recipes. The best part is, Liquor Cabinet has multiple features that fill just about every possible home bar-tending need.

Liquor Cabinet allows users to “stock” a virtual liquor cabinet with the items that are on hand in their bar or pantry and then populates a list of possible drinks. It also allows you to experiment by showing you a list of drinks that can be made with just one additional ingredient. If you’re feeling truly discriminating, you can filter drinks by category such as martinis, sours, or shooters. Liquor Cabinet populates lists by filtering, but also has a searchable database and a “view all” option.

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Scribblenauts Remix – You Don’t Want to Miss It

Jennifer Beam — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:10:27 +0000

Last year Warner Brothers brought 5th Cell’s award-winning Scribblenauts game to the iOS platform for iPhone in the form of Scribblenauts Remix. As evidenced by its original success on the Nintendo DS, Scribblenauts is an ideal game for a mobile platform. During the holidays, the price for Scribblenauts Remix dropped to .99 and fortunately for iPhone owners, the holiday sale has been extended through the new year and it’s one of the best buys in the App Store right now.

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The Soothing Voice of Infinite Relaxation May Help With Insomnia

Jennifer Beam — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:35:20 +0000

If you’re a believer in the power of suggestion or have ever wondered if hypnotherapy might work for you, then you guessed it – there’s an app for that. The newest, Infinite Relaxation, is one in a series of several meditative, self-improvement apps designed to promote relaxation, relieve stress, quit smoking, eat better, and so on. Infinite Relaxation is designed for falling asleep or power napping and features the soothing voice of Andrew Johnson, hypnotherapist and expert on relaxation and stress management.

Infinite Relaxation is structured around a recording coupled with a selection of soothing music. The ability to personalize the app by adjusting various settings is apparently part of what makes it work. Features touted by Infinite Relaxation include the ability to adjust the voice recording and music volume separately, set the length of the recording playback and decide whether it should conclude with “wake” or “sleep.” There is also a selection of four different background music/sound choices.

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MonkeyBerry is More than Child’s Play

Jennifer Beam — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:30:01 +0000

What happens when a child has an idea and grownups support it? Often times, good things happen —which was exactly what ten-year-old Henry Maw had in mind when he was inspired to create MonkeyBerry for iPhone. A game that was clearly designed from one kid to another, MonkeyBerry is the brainchild of young Maw who was further inspired to help raise awareness of social responsibility and charitable giving by pledging 20% of sales profit from his app to charity.

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Control the Elements With Alchemy for iPhone

Jennifer Beam — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:30:02 +0000

There are a variety of alchemy games for pretty much every platform and iPhone has its own abundance of them – some paid and many free. Denis Butyletskiy created his version of Alchemy for iPhone in 2010 and it has a current total of 231 elements. If you’ve never played an alchemy game, you should definitely give it a try and the free Alchemy app for iPhone is as good a place as any to start.

The premise of alchemy is to start with only basic elements – earth, wind, water and fire and to create new elements by combining them. The goal of Alchemy for iPhone is to create all the elements available, with the ultimate element being gold. While a great many of the basic combinations should be obvious to even the most novice alchemist, there are a few surprising ones that may prove completely unexpected, if not down right bizarre (but in a good way).

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Tiny Review Features Short, and Often Clever, Location-Based Reviews

Jennifer Beam — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:34:36 +0000

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a go-to source that could potentially provide reviews of places and things at a glance? Who wouldn’t want a quick, efficient and to-the-point review of a place, its service, food or current occupancy? Along these lines, Tiny Review for iPhone aims to be that source. Tiny Review is short and sweet social networking based around reviews made with a picture and three lines of text. The idea is to provide a brief (tiny) review or opinion of a place or thing by uploading a picture and inputting informative text captions in very few characters.

The coolest thing about Tiny Review is it looks nice and neat. Reviews, as such, can be sorted into “latest” and “nearby,” the latter of which is the only really useful one if you intend to use Tiny Review as a source of local information. If you were reading through Yelp and comparing it to the reviews to those of Tiny Review, you would notice that Tiny Review is shorter and often cleverer. However, as with all such apps, it is still limited by its user base.

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