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Pinterest …ed in knowing what all the fuss is about ladies?

jmcclain0129 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:14:44 +0000

Apparently Pinterest is every woman’s dream!

Before we even delve into the review of this app you should know we made it a point to have one of our male associates review it. The thinking being the longer we could keep the women staffers in the dark the better as this platform seems to be so engrossing to the female persuasion all else stops. This would be very detrimental to us as the women in our lives run everything in the first place so we can’t imagine what would happen if they knew Pinterest was in the house. Now the cats out of the bag.

Pinterest wisdom well spoken

With that said the app delivers just like the platform. It rolls everything up in a nice tight bundle and smells better than the scented potpourri in the halls. This is not just another platform hoping to jump on the social media bandwagon, Pinterest has hit the ground running and is currently the fastest growing social media in history. It appears to be a combination of both Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr. In a sense that users are able to view pictures in a scrapbook format neatly categorized according to their preferred niche areas.

Some pins to admire

Essentially, this means users can pin up their interests for other users to view. Thus the name of the app, Pinterest.

To join Pinterest, users have to obtain an invite from an existing member. Unfortunately at the time of this review, an invite was not granted and so this review will focus on the aspects that are available for all to see.

Great for showing off the gowns

Think of Pinterest as a message board similar to the many different niche forums scattered across the internet. Replace the threads within with posts similar to that of Instagram, and sort them in a format similar to Tumblr’s scrapbook design. After that, add in Twitter’s timeline method of presentation and you have Pinterest.

Pinterest Home sweet home

Despite being a social network, there really is not much social interaction on this app. Pinterest serves more as a marketing tool, drawing viewers and audiences to products whether intended or not. As a relatively young site compared to the heavyweights in the industry, the success and appeal of Pinterest remains to be seen. In the meantime, why not give it a go and see how you like it for yourself?

Pros:

Very organized layout for presenting images.
Simplistic design means no complex buttons or tabs to navigate through
Twitter and Facebook integration

Cons:

Invite-only

Rating is a strong 5

Kaptain Brawe – It’s A Brawe New World: G5 Entertainment

jmcclain0129 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:21:40 +0000

Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World (Full) – G5 Entertainment

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Kaptain Brawe – A Brawe New World is an epic based adventure play where a space cop Kaptain Brawe needs to rescue two alien scientists. This engaging as well as humorous gameplay has been developed by G5 Entertainment. ‘Kaptain Brawe- A Brawe New World’ runs on devices using Apple’s iOS Version 3.0 or later (iPhone, iPod touch and iPad).

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The game starts with how humans have progressed and made their presence in space by exploring new planets and other objects in the universe. Inter-space travel has resulted in space hijackers and kidnappers, and space police to control them. The game makes you the super confident and brave space cop, Kaptain Brawe. My mission was to rescue 2 alien scientists who had been kidnapped. It all sounded very serious but as I progressed the storyline became quite entertaining.

The game has been set in 4 unique planet surroundings. There are over 40 different locations in the gameplay with amazing graphics for each. So there I go jumping into the spacecraft.

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Kaptain Brawe keeps switching between three characters – Brawe, Luna and Danny as he meets up with numerous other personalities. These include characters in the form of space pirates, secret agents, interstellar government and so on. The storyline goes through space conspiracy, quests and general chaos.

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I could play in 2 game modes. Hard Mode – I had to choose between the hand and the magnifying glass to interact with objects on screen. Casual Mode – The hand and magnifying glass were chosen for me and there were lots of hints provided. The question mark icon proved very useful as it showed all intractable objects on the screen. Even the exits are visible as arrows on clicking the question mark. The journal at the bottom left of the screen showed a list of tasks I must finish.

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The look and feel of the game is similar to the point-and-click adventure games such as Telltale games. The initial download is free but once I finished the tutorial part, a payment of $4.99 has to be made to continue the play.

To sum it up, Kaptain Brawe – A Brawe New World is a challenging yet humorous gameplay about finding items, questioning characters and combining everything perfectly to solve puzzles. It has a brilliant soundtrack and I felt as if I was watching an old adventure flick. The amazing graphics combine hand-drawn backgrounds with 3D character models. The game scores in the retro look and feel but for new age kids who are used to playing modern adventures with full voice casts will get disappointed. The company needs to bring in more innovation for a longer app life.
Specifications:
Seller G5 Entertainment
Platform iOS3.0 or later
Genre Adventure, Puzzle
Number of Players Multiplayer
Updated 12 January 2012
Version 1.0
Size 285MB
Languages English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Requirements Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

Price $4.99

Freaky Jump App Review ricochets off the doodle jump bounce game

jmcclain0129 — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:53:31 +0000

Freaky Jump

Yet another app riding on the success of Doodle Jump’s bouncing game system, Freaky Jump injects some new concepts that hardly come across as creative but breathes fresh life into the genre.

Screen SHot | Game Action | Freaky Jump

To start off, Freaky Jump follows the same concept of bouncing off platforms and advancing to the top. However, the difference lies in the fact that Freaky Jump does not consist of one infinitely long level where your objective is to get a high score. Instead, you are required to reach a certain height before moving on to the next level. In short, stages and levels replace a free jump mode.

Screen Shot | Freaky Jump | Game Action

Add-ons such as propeller caps and rockets are also present in Freaky Jump. However, a magnet is also available to further boost high scores. Springs found in Doodle Jump and other similar games can also be found in Freaky Jump, giving a slight boost to gamers. However, unlike in Doodle Jump, players are unable to shoot projectiles in Freaky Jump.

Screen Shot | Game Play

Freaky Jump requires players to complete all the stages in one “world” before moving on to the next. While the concept of levels and stages in a traditionally open-mode genre is rather fresh, it soon becomes stale for levels are virtually identical to each other with the obvious reshuffling of tile placements being what sets them apart. With the completion of each level, stars are given based on the points accumulated, but they hardly do anything to bolster game progress.

Achievements are also available for fanatics, but that is hardly anything to fuss or rave about. It is insignificant as it does not contribute much to actual game play.

Pros:

Level system instead of infinite mode.
Slightly different from run of the mill jumping games.

Cons:

Levels are not very varied. Only background and slight platform changes.
Not much incentive to continue playing the game (e.g. unlockable content)

Proboards App Review Reveals Exactly What Makes A Great Utility App

jmcclain0129 — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:21:13 +0000

ProBoards

Screen SHot | Categories

Are you what they term colloquially a “post count warrior”? Do you like interacting with thousands of others in a certain niche community? Or do you just want something else to while your time away online? If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, then ProBoards is the app for you.

Screen Shot | Post Previews

A seemingly endless amount of message boards are available for participating in through ProBoards. Essentially a mobile site for these forums, it allows you to partake in forum discussions anywhere and anytime as long as you have a working network connection. ProBoards presents you with a selection numbering in the thousands, from which you can choose from many categories to suit your personal interests. Following which, you can choose to save the boards of your choice for easy access in the future.

Screen Shot | About Page

The simplicity of the app is lovable. There are no frills, and no fanciful features to distract you. Everything is presented in one neat page for your scrolling and reading pleasure. Forum signatures are not displayed, making load times much faster. How many times have you had a page take forever to load because one user chose to use a massive image for his signature? Forum posts just include the avatar and content, nothing more. There is even a toggle for users to choose if they want the avatars to be shown or not!

Organization wise, ProBoards groups everything neatly in categories and folders. Each section of a forum board is neatly categorized through folders, which in turn have tabs to separate the sticky threads from the normal ones, and a separate tab containing the announcement. All this adds to the wonderful user experience, making it easy to access sites that do not have mobile skin support.

Screen SHot | Settings

At $2.99, this is one app that is really handy to have. While the steep price might not be justifiable for some, users who frequently access online message boards will love the convenience it brings as well as not having to deal with ridiculous skin templates that sometimes prove to be an eyesore.

Pros:

Neat and well organized.
One touch access to all your forums.
No huge images to slow down your surfing experience.

Cons:

Price is a little too high.

Barrel Toss App Review for Game Carrots by Slapapp

jmcclain0129 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:55:18 +0000

The objective of the game is simple, knock the barrels out of the hangar by launching crates at them before the freight doors come crashing. It sounds easy, but when the game decides to mash things up a little by adding obstacles to block the way as well as lowering the number of crates you have, things start to get tricky.

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To start off, the game places a varying amount of barrels near the hanger door. You are given a certain amount of crates to shoot at the barrels to topple them overboard before the doors close. The game ends if you run out of crates or if the door slams shut. Why you have to do so is not explained, but nevertheless the game provides good entertainment.

ScreenShot | Game Play

In essence, Barrel Toss is one of those “high score games” where your objective as the player is to accumulate as many points as possible. Graphics are delivered with what is reminiscent of early 3D games, with crude edges and slightly pixilated details. Controls consist of a directional pad and a shoot button, which are very simple to maneuver.

Points in the game can be accumulated to purchase additional weapons, so players are not limited to shooting mere crates. This brings an element of surprise to the game as the hidden weapons are not made known at all. Think of it as a lottery, but without knowing the prizes.

ScreenShot | Weapons Selection | Can But Coins To Improve Weapons

One negative aspect of the game would be that there is no limit to where your control pads can take you. You can move out of the hanger to the abyss beyond and continue trudging towards the nothingness and nothing will happen except maybe a few glitches.

ScreenShot | No More Weapons Happens To Soon

But either way, as a free app, Barrel Roll is a must to download. Say goodbye to boringly long waits for the bus, or sluggish train rides.

Pros:

Easy controls.
Unlockable weapons.
Simple to learn and master.

Cons:

Prone to glitches.

ScreenShot | Game Over | Play Again | New Start

Monstermakr

Ryan Johnson — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:05:02 +0000

It’s that time of year again! Halloween is nearly among us so of course it’s time to start making ghoulish photos and posting them to Facebook, assigning them to contacts, and emailing them to friends and family. Monstermakr created by Dadako Studios is the newest edition to the face altering genre and does a good job of making the process easy, spirited, and kid friendly.

The kid friendly aspect of this app is what stands out the most to me. It’s really easy to customize your face and email, share, and post to Facebook and Twitter. I can see middle school aged kids having a field day making funny pics of their friends, teachers, bus drivers, and parents. Adults can get a kick out of this app too, especially in a workplace setting, but for me it loses it’s luster pretty quickly. Maybe that’s just because I’ve messed around with so many different face apps at this point

So there’s really not much to explain about Monstermakr. If you’ve tried one face altering app you have the general gist of what’s involved. The most important things to know is does it do a good job and is it easy to use, and for this app that’s definitely the case. It takes literally one minute to snap a pic, drag and drop in some funny fake eyes, lips, mustaches, wounds, etc. It takes just a touch or two to add sounds, share with friends, post to Facebook. I think anyone fairly acquainted with an iPhone or iPod touch will create masterpieces with little to know direction. Even 3-5 year olds could whip up a little somethin somethin with this app.

I think we can all agree that apps like this are seasonal and pretty cheesy, which is exactly why many of us like them. Kids love getting into the spirit of Halloween and having a funny face maker is definitely something they’ll enjoy. If you’re looking for one that both you and your kids can have fun with then Monstermakr certainly fits the bill. It’s only $0.99 and probably good for a couple of laughs.

Pros:

Kid friendly, mom’s can have fun with it too
Easy to use and has a decent selection goodies to choose from
Share creations on Facebook, Twitter, email, and assign to contacts

Cons:

Stating the obvious, it’s seasonal so you prob won’t use it more than a handful of times

Version Reviewed: 1.0

Requirements: iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad; iOS 3.0 or later

Dodonpachi Resurrection

Ryan Johnson — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:55:22 +0000

Dodanpachi Resurrection sets the bar for the way ALL touch screen arcade shoot ‘em ups should be. It’s touch screen controls are flawless and it’s borderline overwhelming action combine to create an ultra engaging and hard to put down gaming experience. Put in some eye drops because you won’t be able to blink once you start playing!

Created by Cave Co., Ltd, Dodonpachi Resurrection oozes fast-paced action. In keeping with it’s original 1990′s personality, you come out guns a blazing automatic fire style as you shepherd your rocket ship through a continuous onslaught of enemy ships and incoming fire. In true arcade flair, the energy and lights put out by the game are sunglasses worthy, and the importance of supreme bobbing and weaving and butt kicking is imperative.

If you like casual flying shooters where you can timidly slide your finger from side-to-side across the screen you’re in for a rude awakening when you play Dodonpachi Resurrection. This game is over the top fast, requires you to take crazy angles, navigate through tiny windows of safety, simultaneously hold down buttons, and do it all at a ridiculous pace. I literally find myself navigating in a continuous zig zag motion when I play.

As you’d expect Dodonpachi Resurrection doesn’t disappoint in the weaponry department. In addition to the standard auto shot you have at your disposal a high powered laser and a hyper cannon. The hyper cannon emits a constant stream of fire that can be distributed at various angles. You can also enhance the fury of the hyper cannon with charge ups. Charging it up three-times unleashes a powered up hyper cannon that makes other weaponry look like pea shooters. I wish I had one in real life!

I think it’s pretty clear that I love this game. I’ve played quite a few manic shooter arcade games and this one certainly stands out as one of the best. Often times games like this struggle to provide controls with the responsiveness required to meet the fast-paced demanding nature of the game. Cave certainly figured it out. This game has some of the most precise touch-based controls I’ve seen. Equally impressive are the abundance of options and game modes. When it comes to options/settings you can completely customize the game controls and experience from button locations to screen size, so no need to worry about “getting used” this game. If you a fan of loud, vibrant, fast-paced manic arcade shooters then you definitely need to check out Dodonpachi Resurrection.

Pros:

Sick graphics, responsiveness, and ultra-fast game-play
Touch screen controls are second to none
Can customize button layouts and screen size
Authentic arcade-style game experience

Cons:

Priced a little high in my opinion; but still worth it

Version Reviewed: 1.0.3

Requirements: iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad; iOS 3.1.3

Prince Of Dragon

Ryan Johnson — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:16:45 +0000

The Dark Lord has given the land of Babylon a proverbial FU, taking rule over the land and spreading pain, suffering, and darkness to a once happy people. You are the Prince Of Dragon, the only one that can harness the power of a once untamed beast to overthrow the Dark Lord’s reign and to restore Babylon back to greatness.

Created by Chai Studio, Prince Of Dragon is a non-stop 2D shooter with continuous automatic fire and side-to-side up-down game-play. To defeat the evil Dark Lord you’ve got to bob and weave between enemy fire, destroy most enemies in your path, collect bonuses delivered by a fairy, and eliminate bosses. Your character, the Prince Of Dragon, fire’s his weaponry endlessly with no effort required on your part. You can earn three bonus powers that make conquering enemies much easier. You can shoot off a burst of flames that eliminates anything in it’s path with a single shot (except for bosses), a shield which does the obvious, and dragon power that unleashes a barrage of fire and blasts that inflict major pain on your enemies. Aside from unleashing the occasional bonus power, the only thing you need to worry about while playing is navigating the Prince Of Dragon so he can more easily kill enemies and avoiding taking too much damage. Seeing that the most important aspect of the game is precision control this has to mean that the game controls are flawless doesn’t it?

I liked most aspects of Prince Of Dragon. I love 2D shooters, who doesn’t? But there were two critical aspects of this game that I didn’t like. The game controls are very erratic, making precision control a near impossibility, and the game itself is too easy. Why is it too easy? Well, I beat it in about 20 minutes.

So what’s with the game controls? Well, it uses a floating circular touchpad that shows up anywhere you touch on the screen. This sounds perfect because being able to invoke the controls anywhere on the screen helps you avoid covering up critical parts of the gaming surface as you play, unfortunately I found that way too often I’d be trying to direct the Prince Of Dragon one direction as he shot forward in the completely opposite direction, or didn’t move at all. The developers appeared to have offset this by making the game easier. As mentioned, I was able to play straight through to the end of the game in a single sitting. You can take damage over and over and you don’t miss a beat.

If the game controls get updated so they’re more precise and the difficulty of the game is increased it’d go a long way to upping my rating. I’d love this game if it had more levels, was harder, and really demanded strong gaming skills to conquer. The graphics, sounds, and so forth are definitely good enough, but the rest of the game needs some tweaking.

Pros:

Good graphics
Fun game-play

Cons:

Game controls need some major work, very imprecise
Currently too easy, I beat it in 20 minutes

Version Reviewed: 1.0

Requirements: iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad; iOS 3.1.2 or later

Fuzion2

Ryan Johnson — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:22:35 +0000

Here’s a freebie that you definitely shouldn’t pass up! Fuzion2 is all about saving the world from an atomic disaster–well sort of. There’s no huge explosions, no imagery of the earth in peril, all of that is pretty much left up to your imagination, but if you get yourself in the right mindset this is a kick butt game.

Created by Ninjamerica Games, Fuzion2 is all about fusing together like particles. This may sound a bit nerdy, but trust me it’s really addictive. The game presents you with a variety of challenges that require you to generate a certain number of points or accomplish a goal within a very short period of time (ex. 30 seconds). Sometimes you just need to fuse together as many particles as you can, sometimes you need to fuse together particles while also avoiding inert particles, and other times you to fuse together particles nearby dark matter in order to dissolve it.

It takes strategy and perfect timing to be efficient at fusing particles. Various different colors of particles bounce erratically around the screen. To fuse like particles together you must quickly touch the screen in a place where you think two like particles will exist. When you touch the screen it generates a mini vortex that temporarily sucks in particles that are close. If you time it just right with two or more like particles they’ll fuse together and explode.

Fuzion2 has 5 levels of game-play each one consisting of multiple goals. The game transitions seamlessly and quickly from one goal which makes for engaging and sometimes stressful game-play. You can earn a variety of power-ups that help make conquering levels a bit easier. There’s a Blueness Ray that turns nearby ions blue, an Ion Blast that obliterates nearby ions regardless of color, a Particle Accelerator that releases four extra ions into the reaction (big help), and an Atomic Clock that gives you 15 more seconds to reach your goal (also a big help). For a free game, Fuzion2 really offers a nice collection of features and challenges.

Overall I really like Fuzion2. I think it’s a well balanced game that offers a lot for a freebie and is certainly one I’ll keep going back to until I beat all the levels. If you’re a fan of puzzle games that require coordination, strategy, and at times can be a little stressful, then you’ll love Fuzion2. Definitely don’t hesitate to get this one.

Pros:

Good graphics, sufficiently challenging, offers a lot of replayability
Fast paced game-play, a good time-killer
Nice variety of challenges, very addictive

Cons:

Even though I haven’t beat it yet, it has 5 levels, I’d love to have more

Version reviewed: 1.0

Requirements: iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad; iOS 3.0 or later

Chain Disaster

Ryan Johnson — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:48:25 +0000

Here’s a freebie that’ll leave you wanting more. Chain Disaster, the newest app by omegaHern LLC, is the latest edition to the chain reaction genre of games, draws you in with it’s free price point, but unfortunately comes up way short of it’s predecessors. Unlike other popular chain reaction games which have multiple levels, a variety of themes, and cute and fun characters, Chain Disaster is plain, has only one level, no global leaderboard, and well — leaves much to be desired.

I’m a fan of chain reaction games. I can literally play Sneezies for hours. But Chain Disaster just doesn’t cut the mustard and here’s why. When I think of chain reaction games I think of them like puzzles. Games with multiple levels, that require real strategy and a bit of luck to advance in the game. Chain Disaster offers nothing of the sort. The entire object of the game is to beat your previous high score. To make it easier or harder on yourself you can adjust how many dots show on the screen. Obviously the more the dots the easier it gets, but aside from that you’re just touching dots, watching them explode, and then starting all over again. See what I mean by leaving you wanting more?

The saving graces of this game is that it’s free, but aside from that I don’t see very many pluses. The graphics are weak, the single level game-play is weak, and pretty much everything else about it is weak. Try it out if you’re curious to see how weak it is, but aside from a few minutes of life wasting not so entertaining entertainment, I’m pretty sure it’ll be a one and doner for you.

Pros:

It’s free

Cons:

Offers only one level
No global leaderboard
Only object of the game is to beat your previous high score
Takes literally one second to play

Version Reviewed: Version 1.0

Requirements: iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad; iOS 3.0 or later