Games
One of my favorite discoveries on the iPad is this fabulous little game from KlickTock that takes advantage of the iPad’s generous screen size in ways that would never work on the iPhone. Little Things, as the name implies, has you searching through collages of hundreds of cartoony objects for specific items. The faster you find
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Review: Little Things
Games
How do you port something with complex controls like a sports title to a small, touchscreen device. That was the dilemma faced by developers at 2k Sports, but they more than succeeded with NHL 2K11 for iPhone and iPod Touch, thanks to a smart, intuitive interface and gameplay that keeps a firm hold on the
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Review: NHL 2K11
Games
A good game doesn’t have to be a terribly deep one. Take for example, Big Ideas Corporation’s Say What You See, a simple little puzzler app that’s so addictive, it’ll keep you up at night, trying for hours on end to figure it out.
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Review: Say What You See
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It would be easy to write off The Crystals of Atlantis as “another Bejeweled clone for iPhone,” but it actually reminds me of another crystal-matching game I got from Xbox Live Arcade, called Treasure Quest. You’re still out to match three crystals of the same color in a row — horizontally or vertically — but
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Review: The Crystals of Atlantis
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The New York Times Crosswords app is exactly what it sounds like: an app allowing you to do the Times‘ crossword puzzles on your iPad. For a subscription fee, the daily crosswords from the newspaper will be sent to your iPad, though the app itself is free, and it comes bundled with thirty free puzzles,
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Review: New York Times Crosswords
Games
Bejeweled has always been an insanely addictive little puzzler. Available in lots of different formats, it’s played by hundreds of thousands of players on consoles, computers, and even an uber-popular version on Facebook. Sadly, there’s no Bejeweled available for iPad, but game studio PlayBrains has remedied that with its original title, Babo Crash. Though not
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Review: Babo Crash
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The best thing Crazy Snowboard for iPad has going for it is how easy it is to play. You can literally pick it up and start playing in less than a minute, because the controls are super intuitive. The basic scheme couldn’t be simpler: just tilt your iPad to steer the avatar down the slopes,
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Review: Crazy Snowboard
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Ultimate Alphabet is one of the best unknown gems for the iPad. The name sounds like a set of flashcards for your toddler, but the game is anything but. It’s more like an interactive Renaissance painting. The screenshot you see above represents the main game board, where there are 362 objects that start with the
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Review: Ultimate Alphabet
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Just about anybody who’s played games on Facebook has at least tried out Scramble. It’s a 4×4 or 5×5 block of letters where you connect consecutive letters to form words. The more words you find, the better your score. It’s a simple but surprisingly addictive little word puzzler. Catnip Media brings the fun of Scramble
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Review: WordGenius
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Smithsonian Networks has crafted an amazing array of fascinating, family-friendly and free TV? Are we talking about a Discovery Channel meets Smithsonian Institute explosive App that is made for the iPhone’s gorgeous screen? We are! The “Smithsonian Channel†application is the iPhone’s free TV channel, complete with show listings and full episodes of outstanding and
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Smithsonian Channel App is Free TV & Education
