Author Archive for Marne Cales

Anicons Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Marne Cales | Feb 14, 2010 | Comments View Comments

When a plain old email just won’t do, you can use Anicons to add a little sparkle to your message. And then you can add some animations and color and dancing cupcakes.

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Kaeru Jump Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Marne Cales | Feb 12, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Kaeru Jump is a logic puzzle game for fans of frogs reminiscent of those golf tee/wood block jumping game. That’s right, all you frog lovers, a game was created just for you by Aotol developers!

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Vocab U Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Marne Cales | Feb 09, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Vocab U is a challenging word puzzle game for all you wordsmiths out there. A clever combination of word scramble and vocabulary test, Vocab U is simple to play, but will give your brain quite a workout.

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Audio Footnote Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Marne Cales | Feb 02, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Like most people that listen to such things, I enjoy having audio books and podcasts on my iphone for the long commute to and from work. If I hear something interesting that I’d like to go back to later, I’m at the mercy of my memory. That pesky driving keeps me from taking notes, and finding that one sound bite again is nearly impossible. Audio Footnote is an app I didn’t even realize I needed, but it’s just for situations like this.

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Cogs Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Marne Cales | Jan 28, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Steampunk and high-tech collide when you play Cogs on your iPhone, a new puzzle game, developed by Lazy 8 Studios and published by Chillingo.

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SongSketch Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Marne Cales | Jan 27, 2010 | Comments View Comments

I’m not much of a musician. I have a piano that’s dusted more often than it’s played, and a mandolin on which I can strum no more than three chords. Still, I love music and harbor fantasies of writing the next big single. SongSketch is just the app to help me with that lofty goal.

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Valet Hero Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Marne Cales | Jan 26, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Dreaming of making a career move to valet driver? Really, who hasn’t wanted to park the cars of the wealthy at fine restaurants and five star hotels? With Valet Hero, you get to do exactly that, and use your just your finger to do it.

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Phantom Mansion Chapter 1, The Red Chamber Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Marne Cales | Jan 24, 2010 | Comments View Comments

With a hero named Hector the Specter Detector, Phantom Mansion is a puzzle game that will test your skills of logic. Adapted by Gimme Five Games from the popular web game series, chapter one, The Red Chamber, promises to be the beginning of a multitude of color-based titles we may see in the future.

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Blocks with Letters On Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Marne Cales | Jan 13, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Part word game, part logic game, Blocks with Letters On A is an oddly named puzzle game from Gimme 5, that will keep your brain busy for quite awhile.

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Speed Forge Extreme for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Marne Cales | Jan 12, 2010 | Comments View Comments

I know I made fun of the whole “Spaceships racing around a track” thing in a recent review, but I think I’m going to have to take it all back now that I’ve played Speed Forge Extreme, the new space age racing game from Chillingo. In an attempt to give the game some context, there’s a story in the game description, about the colonization of Mars in 2142, and bored miners looking for entertainment, so I guess it makes a little sense.

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Chocotox 2 Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Marne Cales | Jan 12, 2010 | Comments View Comments

If you’re a dog owner you probably keep your dog away from chocolate. Chocolate is bad news for a dog’s system, and can be toxic if too much is consumed. Chocotox 2 can help you determine if your dog is likely to need treatment if he gets into your chocolate stash.

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Kapowie Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Marne Cales | Jan 09, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Kapowie is a shooting range game like the ones you play at the county fair, but better because you don’t have to worry about any toothless carnies. It’s a fun new arcade-style game from Bjango, great for the casual gamer to pick up and play any time you have just a few spare minutes.

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Finger Frenzy Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Marne Cales | Jan 07, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Finger Frenzy is a popular online game with a very simple premise: type the alphabet as fast as you can. Gimme 5 Games have created an iphone version, so you can frantically type away wherever you are.

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Low Grav Racer 2 Review for iPhone and iPod Touch

Posted by Marne Cales | Jan 05, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Rocket ships on racetracks don’t really make sense to me. Wouldn’t they race in open space? Apparently not, according to Cobra Mobile, developers of the recently released Low Grav Racer 2. Instead they follow a decidedly terrestrial, fixed, roller coaster-like track.

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