iPhone games (also Ipod Tooch/iPad games too)

Tower of Fortune is another game-rpg that's got me hooked. Slots mechanic -- sort of like King Cashing but more polished, with permadeath and much more grind, and very basic minimal strategy. addictive though.

Hunters 2 is awesome. Turn by turn strategy.

War Games WOPR is a cool Dungeon Raid ripoff with art from the movie.

Gasketball rules. Basketball trick shots from the makers of Solipskier.

man, the new bosses in Infinity Blade II have waaaaaay too much health

just beat 10000000; one of the best games of the year for me.
fun and fast and addictive and good for three days or so

There needs to be 2000000. Beat it too fast.

well, it does unlock endless so

I need goals, man.

I just got 7th Guest last night and it is sooooo good. I am totally going to download Phantasmagoria for PC.

Puzzle Craft is sooooooooooooooooooo great

match 3 with leveling à la Dungeon Raid (game of the year 2011) PLUS buildings à la Civ!

http://www.billboard.com/news/green-day-partners-with-angry-birds-1007863902.story#/news/green-day-partners-with-angry-birds-1007863902.story

Green Day and Angry Birds together at last

Don't want to be an angry bird idiot.

We've come a long way from those old Journey games.

puzzlecraft is pretty addictive

ya but it feels a bit pointless

no I got a lot of points for making a mansion

POINTS

puzzle crack

puzzle butt

smells like a hit

2 hours ago...as long as it takes to get more taxes...

Ok so have we talked about qonqr yet? Because it is crack.

Jack Lumber is terrific.

Puzzle Craft.

Poople Crud.

i want to like this game more but it just seems like tiny-towers-esque busywork

i mean i know ALL games are pointless but the good ones make you forget that

nah, this genre specifically creates work that's fun, cute, or amusing with some kind of artificial reward structure; in contrast to actual work, which is soulsucking, joyless, and your only reward is being one step closer to death

not sure about death but I am one step closer to the castle, which is all that matters

level 24 atm

just built the castle at level 26; ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

fiiiiinally beat 100000000000000000. that final run was really sad and intense, because i knew when i crossed the 10000000000000000000 mark that it would be the last time i'd ever play it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpmILPAcRQo

great ending, by the way!

*rips an earthshaking fart*

I'm holding out for new content, but yeah, I've loaded it since winning & don't have the heart to try anymore

btw Plague is super fun!

puzzlecraft is actively NOT FUN but is addictive. I'm just under a million points but i want to quit forever

It's my favorite type of game. I love those grind it out games where I know exactly what I have to do it just takes time to do it.

It reminded me of Jetpack Joyride - particularly the way you're not actually doing much different at the start than at the end, but you've passed a bunch of milestones, most of them by default.

plague is hella depressing

i'm waiting for civilization to end

yeah but when it does, you win!

I'm on fungal spores now & it's hard!

Seriously guys qonqr, destroy your neighbors w/nanobots, I will kill you all.

Cafeteria Nipponica is worth it, but like most Kairosoft, you can wring the fun out of it with two long plane rides.

Still, four bucks for round-trip distraction is worth it.

I'm having more fun with CSR racing than I did with Puzzlecraft.

Damn, The World Ends With You just released outta nowhere.
I have this on DS but was unable to get into it. Tempted to see if iPad is a better play but it's twenty bucks.

damn, i guess square can still get away with those prices eh? well, it's a really great game, but it's one of the few DS games that really had you using both the stylus AND the buttons all at once in a crazy ass frenzy - not to mention actually having to pay attention to both screens! - i'm a little skeptical about how this port's gonna work

Cafe Nipponica is inessential compared to some of the other Kairosofts, but hey, it's another one.

Beat Puzzle Craft, need more.

I already have game dev story. What would you say are the "essential" kairosofts beyond that?

i liked that racing one

Actually Nipponica is probably as essential as the others. They're all the same game.

The racing one was a bit of an outlier in that you aren't interacting with customers. It has that in common with Game Dev.

having never played a game of Magic, I am now very much hooked on the iPad version

I couldn't get over the learning curb. I'm a dummy with those card games.