iPhone games (also Ipod Tooch/iPad games too)

zomg brb

I can't seem to break past 250k on drop7 hardcore. Dammit, how do you manage to get those huge scores?

i can't tell you exactly but here's a hint

http://www.dailybuddhism.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/headphone_meditation.jpg

Dude doesn't even have an iphone, how can he get high scores at drop7!!!!

exactly... you're so close to 'getting it'

brb gone to sit and stare at iphone

you got it :)

Time for a frickin' drop7 thread on ILG, folks...

wtf is this drop7, looks like fucking Tetris w/ numbers; guess I could d/l the demo but Tetris is just stressful whereas when I game I am generally looking for ~peace~

such as provided by Strategery, my newest love (still only playing the demo but I'll probably gonna buy the real deal)

Oh shit, this

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/epic-citadel/id388888815?mt=8

So last night I drank a four loko and played peggle til 7 am OOOPS

Had to google Four Loko but the results are hilarious.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/17/health/main6592444.shtml

HAHAHAHA. You crazy hipster kids.

i had four loko for the first time the other night. drank two and it was probably a bad idea on a work night /derail

Oh god I drink one over like an hour or two and I'm smashed. If I drank two I would black out. If I could even keep it down , it tastes like how I imagine a scented marker would

I thought the fed/state governments already groused enough about this to scare companies into taking caffeine/alcohol beverages off the market! At least Sparks got killed.

yea i learned the hard way that 1 is the correct dosage for that drink, definitely a bit of blackout. i can understand the govt's concern

blue raspberry was disgusting, grape was a little better but not by much. i had sips of lemonade and fruit punch which tasted muuch better

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/daggerlee/IMG_0001.png

4's: name your reasons why they are so bad & hated

that's it right there dawg

Oh shit, this

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/epic-citadel/id388888815?mt=8

"this app is incompatible with this iphone"

;_;

To be fair I'm amazed it's compatible with *this* iPhone.

Monkey Island 2 ON IPHONE is on sale for one dollhair, anyone who doesn't get it can fuck right off

fucking chinatown wars was released for IPAD! :||||

correction, both Monkey Island 1 & 2 ON IPHONE are currently on sale for one dollhair; MI2 has also been updated with Retina graphics (though the update is taking FORRRREVVVERRRRRRR to download)

Got 66 million on Slingo :)

Mirror's Edge is just wonderful.

Typing of the Dead clone for iPhone

owns much, buy it

Got 648 on Orbital supernova :)

Stair Dismount is evil. EVIL FUN THAT IS!

big-ass unexplained sale going on right now

also John Carmack solicits TouchArcade forums for advice

you guys i had this horrible thought

what if the numbers inside the grey discs in drop7 are not predetermined? what if the game decides what they'll be at the moment they explode?

FUCK

This has worried me before. Sometimes when you form a long term plan that may end in disaster if the right numbers don't appear, the game seems to reward your gambit by giving you what you desire. Other times it seems to royally fuck you up with an unbreakable wall of 1s and 2s. Chances are it's just the old 'ipod shuffle isn't really random' phenom, the brain imposing patterns where there are none.

what if they're watching us

I equal parts love and loathe Drop 7, particularly for all those times when a gray disc needed to be anything but a 5 for ex, only to reveal itself a 5. Also, walls of 1s appearing are always horrible. But it is so addictive, that even though I get mad after having only 1s appear, I can't help but start a new game. Still can't get huge scores, my top one being around 550k.

Btw, looking at this thread, the games really recommanded were that, orbital, peggle. have and enjoy them all, but what are some other great games?

Drop7

IMO the randomness is what makes it addicting. Like a slot machine

exactly! it's that rush of the fates suddenly smiling on you as you beat back the enemy against all odds.

i have never broken 500k in hardcore, though i have come very close. i agree that in the end, that final bit that will push you over the top all comes down to luck. because i am like a viper with that shit now. there is no error.

I agree its not all luck, else I wouldn't keep getting approx the same score all the time (around 250k). But to get the really big scores, luck does play a part, like by not giving you all ones on the top row.

And agree with you tracer that what makes the game so addictive is for those moments when fate smiles on you and every gray disk turns out to be exactly what you need.

still only averaging 185k :( what are your secrets?

secret 1: quit before game over if you're gonna get less than your current average score

secret 2: build chains. easiest at the beginning, i try to get a column of 7s on one side, bunch of 6s across the bottom with a gap, then fill in the gap when the first grey disks appear. if you're lucky you can get >20,000 in one go, clear that row of disks, rinse and repeat.

secret 3: work horizontally. don't carve out canyons.

ah you're talking about normal mode. i remember those days.

- you can pit 1s and 2s against each other
- sometimes you have to gamble
- always, always whittle down the high areas

i still can't use 1s properly, i.e. i usually "waste" them when given them to use

while secret 3 is really the way forward to a good score, there is nothing more satisfying than dropping a 7 in a canyon only to see a great chain reaction take place.

i was talking about HARDCORE

secret 1: quit before game over if you're gonna get less than your current average score

weirdly glad that i am not the only person who does this!

ah ledge i misunderstood

still irritated by how many discs i "waste"

i'm sure i'd be better at this if i could visualize more than like one step ahead

Time to start a separate drop 7 thread????

I'm playing peggle again, the peggle nights add-on.