iPhone games (also Ipod Tooch/iPad games too)

idk, i didn't have a huge problem w/ that one. it was the getting to the 20th island or whatever that was impossible for me

just get it right before 4 and keep it until the end of 4

i know! and in fact, i've been trying for so long that i can now get a fever going at the end of 3 and carry it into 4 about 75% of the time. but that first stupid hill on island 4 is so steep that i can only get it about once every 5-6 times, and then i get so happy and nervous that i inevitably ruin everything within a few drinks.

uh, within a few jumps.

sigh

. it was the getting to the 20th island or whatever that was impossible for me

!!!!!!

you're joking right

i can't get past island 8

tiny wings seriously takes more concentration than golf

I only got to 9 once, and it was a glorious run

Gah gah I played tiny wings this morning for the 1st time in a long time and got frustrated cause it kept skipping throwing everything off.

haha the worst is when you lose network coverage and IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR GAME it pops up an alert about it, freezing the game behind the alert and making you decline or accept some bullshit

i seriously hate tiny wings a lot

i mean they created a brilliant, addictive mechanic and then made the game just soul-crushingly hard with no way to advance past a certain point

geoDefense Swarm is free at the moment. Get, if you haven't already.

cannot stand tower defense type games

it's like yeah i know i'm wasting time playing games on my phone, but tower defense games really foreground the "busy-work" aspect of it

My problem is I like to play tiny wings with spotify playing in the background, but it is damn near impossible.

bejeweled 2 + swarm is free right now

You say that like it's a good thing.

Let's Golf 3 is pretty addictive but warning it is freemium so ymmv.

nb: I think my taste in games is pretty far removed from all y'all's

Just downloaded some new games for the weekend:

Sprinkle (water physics puzzler)
Radballs (matching game with Totally '80s theme)
Spy Mouse (99c, iPhone non-universal, from the guys who made Flight Control)
Enviro-Bear 2000 (updated for iPad)
Edge EX (never played the original; iPad update)
Aralon HD (marked down to 99c)

Aralon was too buggy to play when I tried it originally, let us know if it's fixed and I might reinstall it.

Yeah I don't know about Aralon. It's sort of sad.

Radballs is very cool. It's like Bejeweled + Lumines + DJ Hero + a dog wearing sunglasses / riding a skateboard.

had a good time playing Alchemy with my cousins the other day. done alone it might seem tedious (combining different elements to make ~300 new ones) but with five of us playing on our respective phones/pads/toouches and shouting out different combos, it was great.

thanks for the spy mouse tip polyph

All Big Fish games US$1. These games are the most awesome time-wasters and always beautifully rendered.

(mainly hidden object point & click)

I like those games, but I realized after buying like 15 of them that they release these all the damn time and if I didn't quit, I would give them all my money, bit by bit.

But if you're going to get just one, Drawn: The Painted Tower is still my favorite.

Yeah that one's great. Also I see what you mean about feeding them money like it's a god damned drip, I just impulse-bought 12 of them. For a buck I don't care, they're always worth it.

Yeah, I'll probably get a dozen or so...

Clockwork Tower is another good one, nicely designed and reasonably long. I don't remember any being as artistically impressive as Drawn though.

Hmm, can't seem to find that one.

Lost in Time: The Clockwork Tower

Wait, they've changed it to free download with full game unlock and it's not discounted, bollocks.

Wait why can't I find either of those

Oh bcz they're IPAD

Sorry. There are some iphone-only and universal Big Fish games too though.

Oh bcz they're IPAD

yeah I just had the same frustrating realization

But there are like 40 which one do I buy

Get one with loads of reviews and a high rating.

geared/geared 2 is free
gameloft/ea a bunch of others are doing 99 cent sales

so I have been playing Grand Prix Story

its just like every Kairosoft game ever and it is good but also disappointing

World of Goo (universal iOS, so ipads and iphones) is US$0.99. BUY IT

I still need to play that one. It's on my phone but I haven't started it yet.

how irritating is that to control on tiny iphone screen?

Pretty bad. I also have it on my ipad. :)

Cross Fingers is a deece sliding puzzle game, free right now.

Oregon Trail also free right now (slash fremium).

Oregon Trail is fremium? lol

Johnny will die of dysentery... unless you buy the cure for 2 Trail Bux

Scribblenauts for iOS is awesome

O_O i had no idea that made it to iOS

Getting a surprising amount of pleasure out of Settlers on iPhone.