Fruit Ninja is a fast paced action packed short games that you can challenge yourself during short commuting trips on train, buses or even during waiting for your friend to arrive.

I saw someone playing on the train hence decided to test out the game myself and true enough it’s fun & easy to pick up but challenging enough to get addicted & trying to beat my own high score.

Swipe your finger across the screen to deliciously slash and splatter fruit like a true ninja warrior. Be careful of bombs – they are explosive to touch and will put a swift end to your juicy adventure!

Fruit Ninja also uses OpenFeint, so players can unlock achievements and shoot for the top of the global leaderboards while racking up OpenFeint points.

Your success will also please the wise ninja Sensei, who will accompany your journey with wise words and fun fruit facts.

Fruit Ninja is the messiest and most satisfying fruit game ever!

My high score now is 253, can you beat me?

Cogs HD is a excellent 3D puzzle game where players slide tiles in a 2D and 3D environments.
This is very addictive puzzle game that promises hours of game play & unlimited replay value.

Player interacts with the puzzle pieces such as gears, pipes, balloons, chimes, hammers, wheels, props and more!

There are 51 levels available instead of 300 levels I mentioned in the video.

Full & Fair Disclosure

1. Only Promo Code was given by developer for review purpose

This game is generally a copy of the classic arcade top down flying fighter game that is similar to “iFighter” however does add new storyline to the game to make it slightly more interesting.

There is a slight bug on the “Open Feint” leader board that crashes the game when used. Hence I suggest turning off music, effect, intro and it went smoothly.

At first thought the game is too challenging until I found out there is a difficulty setting and set it to easy. (3 faces, the hardest is the skull face)

Other than that the game is nice addition to the iPhone/iPod Touch if you don’t mind some bugs on the open feint leader board is enabled and crash the game.

It might be fixed in the future as the developer(s) are notified.

All in all the game is a US$0.99 for now which is a great download for Christmas.

Note: The music behind this video is not from the game.

GameLab Innovation Center
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Pros

1. Lot’s of new mini-game within the game
2. 2 Control Types (Accelerometer and touch controls)
3. Online Highscores (OpenFeint)

Cons

1. Crash when OpenFeint got enabled in iPhone 3G
2. Only one type of aircraft to play?

Improve your brains and challenge players around the globe with Brainy Smarty Party!

A collection of 15 addictive and fun games designed to improve your brains in different areas like reaction, memory, counting, logic, math and focus. And when you’re done, enjoy the time with one of the world’s most popular puzzle: Sudoku!

FEATURES:

Pros:

• Definitely work your brain’s cells constantly in these mini games that challenges not only your reaction speed, intellect & analytical skills.
• Really fun for kids & even adults alike to test their ability to crack some of the puzzles in a short time!
• Sudoku! Who don’t LOVE Sudoku? It’s one of the best puzzle game that you can do during long distant travel!

Cons:

• Sometimes the puzzles (other then the Sudoku) are too taxing on my brains hence unable to relax while playing because of the time limit.
• Not suitable for people suffering from hypertension muahaha

By Joystick Ninjas
Developer Webpage

Blastoff into space with this hopelessly addictive title from people operating technology. Rocket Monkey offers fast, adrenaline paced fun by allowing you to control an “all business” monkey as he flies through space.

This isn’t so easy…The pull of gravity from below is strong and the asteroids won’t stop coming your way! Help Rocket Monkey escape and navigate through unchartered deep space. Only you can protect him from what lays ahead.

Pros

• Very Simple to grasp the game play controls
• Highly competitive via online top score submission via Feint
• Able to spend lot’s of time on it without knowing it

Cons

• Highly repetitive in the game play makes it very hard to continue playing after a “accidental” distraction when you had traveled a fair amount of distance.
• Need a very quiet place where nobody will miss you for a long time.

Suggestions

• Add separate levels that have a goal to achieve such as a “destination” so that players can anticipate the distance left to reach the goal.
• Add multi-touch activated firing of laser or bomb to destroy the oncoming asteriod

By people operating technology

What is Twilight Golf?

Long ago, legends were told of a day when the skies would darken in unending twilight. In preparation, the Twilight Temple was constructed deep underground to keep safe the golden orbs that had the power to call back the sun. The legend and temple have been long forgotten… until today when the sun forgot to rise!

Adventure deep into the lost Twilight Temple unlocking its mysteries and bringing light back to the world! Experience Howling Moon Software’s unique SHADE shadowing engine, the first real time dynamic shadowing system seen on the iPhone combined with smooth physics.

Each puzzle has you trying to reach the goal using the fewest strokes. Blocking your progress are a number of obstacles such as teeter totters, gears, ratchets, drawbridges, swinging chains, gravity orbs, sticky orbs, levers, flip flops, elevators, and much more! Beyond the great gameplay are top notch graphics and the physics based sound system. Twilight Golf is an iPhone adventure like no other.

Features:

Pro

• The paid version have 30 levels whereas the Free version (lite) only have 7 levels
• Nice physics & graphics
• The challenges are based on timing, luck, practice, brain & lot’s of patient which is sometimes give some unexpected results.

Cons

• This game scoring system is still lacking the competitiveness of online leader board submission
• There are achievement bonus other then the color of the medals awarded.
• Completion of all 30 levels may not give you 100% satisfaction

Suggestions

• Provide precise score to be uploaded to the website for competition
• Weekly contest for some free gift or cash for the best scores (if any)

By Howling Moon Software

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Features

• Discover the enormous world of Gothicus and achieve different types of quests and missions: explore, kill, protect, find special items… 5 faeries, each with their own personality, will help you, providing protection, powers and advice.
• Create your own character: choose his class from Rogue (to act stealthily), Knight (to use the blade as your favorite weapon) or Mage (to perform the most powerful magic).
• Evolve and progress along your adventure. Gain experience points by killing enemies or succeeding in certain quests, and choose how to distribute them according to the skills you want to favor.
• Tons of items, weapons and armors to find or buy from the merchant. They will change the look and abilities of your character.
• A great gameplay experience (hack ‘n’ slash) for real-time fights, providing a heavy dose of fun for everybody.
• Play this unique action RPG for hours! Defeat the forces of evil, by magic and by sword, and finally face your destiny.

Pros:

• Deep & Immerse RPG gameplay with a some similarities to Guild Wars
• Diablo Clone? HOLY WOOhooo
• Freaking Cool weapons, armors, magic
• A great holiday travel companion during long rides

Cons:

• 227MB of pure sweetness a small sacrifice necessary for the greater good
• Your productivity may drop at work
• You might get fired because of this app but some says it’s worth it
• You Need extra batteries preferably AA battery USB Portable Emergency Spare Battery pack that you can top up AA batteries if you are outside for long hours.

Overall, you need to be a real time RPG hack and slash fan to appreciate how great is this game.

Suggestions on future possibilities (In My Dream but Gameloft developers may love it)

• MMORPG – to allow two or more players to co-op via Online, WIFI or Bluetooth to complete a single quest with ability to SELL or Give items to each other.
• Chat functionality
• More levels & More Quest in the next updates

All in all this is a 5 stars application hence if you have the $ go GET it NOW!

by Gameloft S. A.

The video above is a video of the older version of Paper Toss and now the free version comes with advertisement!

Paper toss is a relatively simple game with very challenging physics, this game simply simulate a toss of a crumpled piece of paper and throw into the dustbin at various strength and angle to counter the wind caused by the fan that blown at random speed in each throw.

The REAL challenge is to have a consistency in getting the paper into the bin without fail to meet the “Best Score”.

Pros

• Highly addictive till someone need to peel you off that iPhone or the battery ran dry…I mean DRY!
• Beating your own high score or even your friend’s high score is very satisfying!
• Great sound effects e.g. when you thrown the wrong direction!

Cons

• Too addictive until you kill your iPhone Battery before you have a chance to say “ehh shucks!”
• To see your friends beat your “high score” of 12
• Develop crossed eyes over time…ok ok I’m kidding

Overall it’s a great game hence I recommend getting the free version that have all the functions but have advertisements and if you are feeling generous or totally against advertisements… get the full version.

Wishes

• Add more “scolding” sound effects and randomize them!!
• Add some “throw back” animation if you thrown wrong direction LOL
• Add some animated guy to walk pass!
• Add a real office clock that synchronize with the real time of the iPhone
• Add Boss approaching challenge, if boss caught you throwing (e.g. not facing a computer) reset the score to zero with scolding.
• Add animated colleagues clapping if break high score
• Add animated colleagues randomly peeking over the wall
• Add option to turn off the extras animation & sounds

By Backflip Studios

Take the challenge! Test your skill! Impress your friends!
Featuring the latest in retro technology, you’ll be amazed at the Single Transistor ™ design!

Coin Toss Challenge has been known to *:

• Reduce stress
• Aid your friendships
• Make you the life of the party
• Bring about world peace
• Aid in the development of space rockets that look like chrome coffee pots

*Trickshot Games Inc. provides no guarantee that Coin Toss Challenge will enhance your social life, bring about Utopia, provide happiness and/or enlightenment, and/or revolutionize technology. It “might” though but we don’t know for sure.

How to play:

• Swipe up on the screen to throw the coin.
• Wait for the right timing, then tap the screen to catch the coin.

Every 5 points, the difficulty will increase.
You may see it go faster, slower, and you might have to do it without the retronome at times!

Pros:

• Relatively simple yet challenging game drive to impress friends with your ability to time your timing well to catch the coin in sequence
• Nice Retro music to chill out nice!
• Challenge your friends to beat your high score! Another great “you can’t beat me” or “Boohoo you beaten me” game!

Cons:

• Sometimes instead of relaxing…it stressed me up LOL
• Is it base on chance? LOL it seems to me my coin catching career Fails!
• Relatively fast to get bored game if play by yourself, try this only during chilling out with friends preferably with drinks.

Overall this game is a 2.5 stars to me as it’s too simple to keep me engrossed for long period of time but for those who love the music which plays & loop forever can buy this app for just for the music!

By Trickshot Games

Zap the sly alien cyclopses, poppers, eggheads, and razzlers before they destroy the planets, alien cities, moons, and spaceships! Be careful not to hit a cute fluffy space kitty! This fast-paced game requires you to tap and shake the device to deter the aliens while picking up point bonuses, time bonuses, ray guns, and extra lives.

There are 12 levels in the game; each level introduces new challenges, aliens, and/or bonus items. Be forewarned; there is a big ugly alien who lives on each new world that you conquer, and you’ll need quick reflexes to defeat him!

Spazzle II features custom disco funk music and alien sound effects by Atomicon! Download a free track from the game here. The full soundtrack will be available soon on iTunes!

Pros:

• This is a game that you can train your reflexes & accuracy needed solely for the military!!
• Challenging for people who want to challenge your friends see how far you can go!
• Nice funky music!

Cons:

• Sometimes my finger bigger then the target covering the aliens hence not sure if I hit it or not (Wish to have the aliens jump out or bigger dead animation)
• My heart giving in soon with another poor cat that got zapped
• Sometimes my touch not responsive when touching too quickly LOL
• Boss eyes too SMALL

By James and Constance Bossert, Fairlady Media Inc