NOTE: This game was given away on Amazon Free App of the Day (not any more)
Gem Spinner is a genre masher, combining Bejeweled and Tetris.
The field is full of different "pieces" each containing several colored gems. You need to make 3 consecutive gems (horizontal or vertical only) of same color. The catch is, you can only move gems INSIDE the piece. You cannot shift a gem across two different pieces. If you remove gems, that square turns "dark" and gems are removed, and more gems drop from above to "fill" the pieces. If you don't see obvious possibilities, you can "rotate" pieces (double tap the piece) 180 degrees and see if that gives you more ideas. If you turn ALL squares of the piece dark, that piece is removed from the board. The idea is to remove as many pieces as possible before the time limit expire. You can actually MOVE the pieces around when you have removed a few pieces already and have some room to maneuver.
Too complicated? Yes. It's hard to keep track of all this stuff in your head. Not a bad idea, but a bit too complicated for action puzzler.
(Link to be added later)
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Bradford Statue Erected On August 31
Norman, Oklahoma - Sam Bradford is ready for its second season in the NFL, and because the St. Louis Rams quarterback, is involved in this preparation, it will be unable to return to campus of Oklahoma, this fall for a formal unveiling of his statue in Heisman Park.
OU officials have announced they will proceed to lift the statue on Aug. 31, without ceremony, but will be holding the room in
OU officials have announced they will proceed to lift the statue on Aug. 31, without ceremony, but will be holding the room in
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Bradford
Kreayshawn Top MTV Video Music Awards Quiz
U.S. rap singer and songwriter Kreayshawn participated in MTV Video Music Awards news quiz. Although the rapper claimed she did not grow up with cable television, MTV News focused its model to show them in preparation to host the red carpet at the MTV Video Music 2011 (VMA). In the game, shared his knowledge of recent music performances Kreayshawn she did the price of the MTV Video Music (VMA).
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Kreayshawn,
Top MTV Video Music
Sunday, August 28, 2011
AAQR: ZDefense, a tower defense game
Zdefense was given away a few days back on Amazon, and it's basically HexDefense with an editor thrown in, and difficulty turned WAY up, and a few twists.
The actual combat is standard fare... "creeps" emerge from entrance hex, and goes for the exit hex, via whatever efficient way they see. Your job is to kill them and prevent them from getting through, using whatever turrets available. Turret choices are your standard list: cannon, laser, missile, shockwave, slow. Each can be upgraded umpteenth times. Kill creeps to get money for upgrades.
This game throws in a few more twists
Mountains: a tower on a mountain hex have vastly improved range
No-build hexes: you can't build on those, but creeps and move on them
Warp-gates: creeps enter a warp gate will instantly emerge from the matching warp gate at a different sector of the map
Tunnels: creeps that enter the tunnel will stay inside and move until it gets to tunnel exit (and can be shot at in the meanwhile)
And as said, it even has a map editor, and ability to take screenshots to celebrate your winning moment (and share them with friends). The maps can then be shared as well.
It also features 3 levels of difficulty, and even on easy, some of these maps are quite hard.
At $1.99 regular price, this is not a bad way to spend it, albeit a bit derivative.
https://market.android.com/developer?pub=ZStudio
The actual combat is standard fare... "creeps" emerge from entrance hex, and goes for the exit hex, via whatever efficient way they see. Your job is to kill them and prevent them from getting through, using whatever turrets available. Turret choices are your standard list: cannon, laser, missile, shockwave, slow. Each can be upgraded umpteenth times. Kill creeps to get money for upgrades.
This game throws in a few more twists
Mountains: a tower on a mountain hex have vastly improved range
No-build hexes: you can't build on those, but creeps and move on them
Warp-gates: creeps enter a warp gate will instantly emerge from the matching warp gate at a different sector of the map
Tunnels: creeps that enter the tunnel will stay inside and move until it gets to tunnel exit (and can be shot at in the meanwhile)
And as said, it even has a map editor, and ability to take screenshots to celebrate your winning moment (and share them with friends). The maps can then be shared as well.
It also features 3 levels of difficulty, and even on easy, some of these maps are quite hard.
At $1.99 regular price, this is not a bad way to spend it, albeit a bit derivative.
https://market.android.com/developer?pub=ZStudio
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Android,
Games,
Tower Defense
Friday, August 26, 2011
AAQR: Safari Sunset Free Live Wallpaper
Safari Sunset (Free) looks pretty for a "safari" sunset scene. However, it takes 8 MB of download to do it, and it asks you to allow it receive SMS?!?!?! permissions... and 12 MB of RAM.
Not sure if that is worth it.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/safari-sunset-free/com.holly.safarisunsetsfree
Not sure if that is worth it.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/safari-sunset-free/com.holly.safarisunsetsfree
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Android,
Apps,
Live Wallpaper
AAQR: Underwater Ripples (Live Wallpaper) free
Another OwnSkin creation, this LWP makes no sense at all. You appear to be underwater, then you see all these "ripples" randomly appear. How can you have "ripples" underwater?
Somewhat amusing for a little while.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/underwater-ripples/com.oslwp.Underwater
Somewhat amusing for a little while.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/underwater-ripples/com.oslwp.Underwater
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Android,
Apps,
Live Wallpaper
AAQR: Google Android Flag 3D Live Wallpaper (free)
Andy the Android flying a "Google Flag" which is "waving" in the "wind" in 3D.
Animation is pretty well done, but it's taking up 13 MB in memory, AND it lags my phone.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/google-android-flag-in-3d/com.oslwp.GoogleAndroidflag
Animation is pretty well done, but it's taking up 13 MB in memory, AND it lags my phone.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/google-android-flag-in-3d/com.oslwp.GoogleAndroidflag
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Android,
Apps,
Live Wallpaper
AAQR: Beauty Camera (camera / retouch) free
Beauty Camera is supposed to let you "touch up" a photo, adjust tone / brightness and stuff.
Unfortunately it doesn't work on my OG Droid. It won't load the pix, index the pix on the camera, or even load a pix from Gallery, much less take a camera pix directly. Either it just crash and restarts, or it just crashes, period. Even a recent update didn't help.
YMMV.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/beauty-camera/com.northpark.beautycamera
Unfortunately it doesn't work on my OG Droid. It won't load the pix, index the pix on the camera, or even load a pix from Gallery, much less take a camera pix directly. Either it just crash and restarts, or it just crashes, period. Even a recent update didn't help.
YMMV.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/beauty-camera/com.northpark.beautycamera
Related articles
- AAQR: HDR Camera (androidappquickreview.blogspot.com)
Labels:
Android,
Apps,
Camera,
Photography
Friday, August 19, 2011
AAQR: Flick Kick Football (game)
Does NOT work on my OG Droid. I just get crash to desktop. YMMV.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/flick-kick-football/com.pikpok.fks
http://www.appbrain.com/app/flick-kick-football/com.pikpok.fks
AAQR: Everlands (Hex Strategy Game)
Everlands is a hex-based chess-like strategy game featuring a wide variety of units. The idea is to convert enemy pieces (by attacks) while prevent your pieces from being converted, so when the board is fully occupied you have more pieces than the enemy side on the board. It is like Othello, but combined with chess and special attacks and abilities.
There's a cute story about how some sort of substance have caused animals to go bonkers, and as one of the few unaffected animals, you have to beat the berserk animals to convert them back (by winning battles) and eventually get to the source of the problem.
Each animal has an attack rating and life rating. They can only attack or defend in SOME directions (not all six at once). So facing is VERY important. Most units also have a special activity. Kiwi bird can lay an egg (to take up a different spot on the map), when it is placed (so it takes up 2 spots, instead of one), while raccoon can 'steal' eggs (convert the egg to your side), for excample. With over a dozen animals, and you take turns to put units on the map, this game is a lot deeper than it first appears.
(NOTE: Giveaway on Amazon appstore for a day)
Try it!
http://www.appbrain.com/app/everlands/net.hexage.everlands
There's a cute story about how some sort of substance have caused animals to go bonkers, and as one of the few unaffected animals, you have to beat the berserk animals to convert them back (by winning battles) and eventually get to the source of the problem.
Each animal has an attack rating and life rating. They can only attack or defend in SOME directions (not all six at once). So facing is VERY important. Most units also have a special activity. Kiwi bird can lay an egg (to take up a different spot on the map), when it is placed (so it takes up 2 spots, instead of one), while raccoon can 'steal' eggs (convert the egg to your side), for excample. With over a dozen animals, and you take turns to put units on the map, this game is a lot deeper than it first appears.
(NOTE: Giveaway on Amazon appstore for a day)
Try it!
http://www.appbrain.com/app/everlands/net.hexage.everlands
AAQR: Overkill (2-D Sidescroller / Shooter)
Remember R-Type, a shooter that basically have you shoot everything coming from the right side of the screen? Overkill is like that.
You can get weapon upgrades between levels, and with 3 different we`pons (guns, missiles, special) there is a bit of RPG involved.
By using tilt controls motion is very smooth. Worth trying.
NOTE: NOT related to the vertical 2D shooter from Epic Megagames.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/overkill-%5Bspace-shooter%5D/com.creativem.overkill
You can get weapon upgrades between levels, and with 3 different we`pons (guns, missiles, special) there is a bit of RPG involved.
By using tilt controls motion is very smooth. Worth trying.
NOTE: NOT related to the vertical 2D shooter from Epic Megagames.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/overkill-%5Bspace-shooter%5D/com.creativem.overkill
AAQR: Trip Journal (GPS app)
Does not work. Don't even see the main menu.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/trip-journal/com.iqapps.mobile.tripjournalfull
http://www.appbrain.com/app/trip-journal/com.iqapps.mobile.tripjournalfull
Labels:
Android,
Apps,
Navigation
AAQR: Dragon, Fly! (game)
"Dragon, Fly!" is a cute little super-simple game that has a bit of physics simulation, and is a relative to the helicopter game where you try to navigate a cave by 'touch to go up, release to go down'. In this game, you're a baby dragon who want to fly, but can only "hop" for now. Slide down a hill and use the momentum to fly up a little. The idea is to outrun your momma as much as possible! Whimsical cute little game.
Rating: Try it
http://www.appbrain.com/app/dragon-fly/com.lsgvgames.slideandfly
Rating: Try it
http://www.appbrain.com/app/dragon-fly/com.lsgvgames.slideandfly
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Saint Seiya Animage Anime Grand Prix Winner
The Saint Seiya anime is based on the manga series of the same title. The series has three main parts: Sanctuary (episodes 1 to 73), Asgard (74 to 99), and Poseidon (100 to 114).
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Saint Seiya
AAQR: Gem Miner Dig Deeper (game)
Does not work on my OG Droid. Can choose difficulty level, but the playing field never appeared.
http://www.amazon.com/Psym-Mobile-Gem-Miner-Deeper/dp/B004OUB556/
http://www.amazon.com/Psym-Mobile-Gem-Miner-Deeper/dp/B004OUB556/
AAQR: A Game With Balls / AGWB (game, duh)
Does not seem to work on my OG Droid. Game just quits after going through the title screen.
http://www.amazon.com/Puppy-Punch-Game-With-Balls/dp/B005F11PEY
http://www.amazon.com/Puppy-Punch-Game-With-Balls/dp/B005F11PEY
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Avatar: The Last Airbender Mixture of Anime and US Cartoons
Avatar: The Last Airbender is animated TV series about a world of martial arts and elemental manipulation influenced by Asian culture. The film depicts elements from East Asian, South Asian, and Western culture, making it a mixture of what were previously traditionally separate categories of anime and US domestic cartoons.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender
AAQR: Refraction (free, $1.99) game / puzzle
Refraction is a cute puzzle game that ultimately left me more frustrated than puzzled.
The premise is great: a light / color based puzzle. You need to use a few parts, like mirrors and prisms to get a proper colored light beam from "source" to "destination". There could be more than one of either.
The problem is with the arbitrariness of the puzzle pieces.
You see, with a mirror, the output is obvious. Rotate the mirror to move the beam... somewhat. Else, move the mirror.
With the prism, it ain't so simple. A prism divides a secondary color light back into two components, or it split a single primary color light beam into two. Or if you shine two beams into it you get a combo. In other words, it will "bend" the light. However, the path is completely arbitratry: one goes 45 degrees, while the other output is actually rotatable (huh?!) to a degree. Now does that make any sense?
And I admit, I'm not the brightest guy, but I'm stuck on level 4 (out of 120, really). You get two light beams... yellow, and blue. You need to make TWO green beams... using just 5 prisms. Bending one beam and split off some branches, okay. No problem there. recombining them? NOT so easy. Argh!
Still, it's worth a look. It is unique in a sea of Bejeweled clones and derivatives.
NOTE: The lite version has 20 levels, while the full version has 120 levels (which are NOT the same as the 20 in the lite version)
EDIT: Apparently on the prism you CAN move BOTH beams by tapping the prism itself and it toggles between the exit beams in splitter mode. (This game needs a TUTORIAL!)
Refractions Lite http://www.appbrain.com/app/refraction-lite/com.textualindices.refractionlite
Refractions Full http://www.appbrain.com/app/refraction/com.textualindices.refraction
The premise is great: a light / color based puzzle. You need to use a few parts, like mirrors and prisms to get a proper colored light beam from "source" to "destination". There could be more than one of either.
The problem is with the arbitrariness of the puzzle pieces.
You see, with a mirror, the output is obvious. Rotate the mirror to move the beam... somewhat. Else, move the mirror.
With the prism, it ain't so simple. A prism divides a secondary color light back into two components, or it split a single primary color light beam into two. Or if you shine two beams into it you get a combo. In other words, it will "bend" the light. However, the path is completely arbitratry: one goes 45 degrees, while the other output is actually rotatable (huh?!) to a degree. Now does that make any sense?
And I admit, I'm not the brightest guy, but I'm stuck on level 4 (out of 120, really). You get two light beams... yellow, and blue. You need to make TWO green beams... using just 5 prisms. Bending one beam and split off some branches, okay. No problem there. recombining them? NOT so easy. Argh!
Still, it's worth a look. It is unique in a sea of Bejeweled clones and derivatives.
NOTE: The lite version has 20 levels, while the full version has 120 levels (which are NOT the same as the 20 in the lite version)
EDIT: Apparently on the prism you CAN move BOTH beams by tapping the prism itself and it toggles between the exit beams in splitter mode. (This game needs a TUTORIAL!)
Refractions Lite http://www.appbrain.com/app/refraction-lite/com.textualindices.refractionlite
Refractions Full http://www.appbrain.com/app/refraction/com.textualindices.refraction
Related articles
- AAQR: Walkabout (androidappquickreview.blogspot.com)
- [Quick Look] Refraction Tests Your Brain With Over 120 Levels of Reflection Madness (androidpolice.com)
AAQR: Spectrum Puzzles (free, $1.49)
Spectrum Puzzles is a puzzle where you try to reassemble a picture cut into pieces. The difficulty is that the pieces could have been rotated. You get 4 different sizes for the pieces (simple 3x3, more complicated 4x5, or you can go for crazy 20x20) as well as 3 levels of difficulty, as it depends on the amount of hints you get. If you need help knowing which way to rotate the piece, you can turn on piece hint (if it's the wrong side up, the border stays red). There's over a dozen puzzles for you to try, with different sizes and difficulty levels.
Not bad, but ain't that good either. Worth a try, at least? Chugs a little upon startup.
Free version http://www.appbrain.com/app/spectrum-puzzles-free/com.stevenhaley.spectrumpuzzlesfree
Full version http://www.appbrain.com/app/spectrum-puzzles/com.stevenhaley.spectrumpuzzles
Not bad, but ain't that good either. Worth a try, at least? Chugs a little upon startup.
Free version http://www.appbrain.com/app/spectrum-puzzles-free/com.stevenhaley.spectrumpuzzlesfree
Full version http://www.appbrain.com/app/spectrum-puzzles/com.stevenhaley.spectrumpuzzles
AAQR: Wiz Kids Jr. (free, $0.99) (Game / Puzzle)
Wiz Kid Jr. is basically another variation on "link the tiles". The grid is square this time, and you need to get rid of as many linked tiles of same color as possible, minimum of 3 at a time. What's special? Some of those tiles at later level becomes "monsters" that will eat your mana. When they ate all your mana, game over! You get some special spells to beat back the monsters though... hammer breaks them one at a time, while later spells take them out in an area, and more.
It's basically a color / tile matching game, with a semi-coherent back story, but game wise it ain't that different.
Worth a try, I guess.
Wiz Kid Jr. Free Trial http://www.appbrain.com/app/wiz-kid-jr-free-trial/com.WizKidJrDemo
Wiz Kid Jr Full $0.99 http://www.appbrain.com/app/wiz-kid-jr/com.WizKidJr
It's basically a color / tile matching game, with a semi-coherent back story, but game wise it ain't that different.
Worth a try, I guess.
Wiz Kid Jr. Free Trial http://www.appbrain.com/app/wiz-kid-jr-free-trial/com.WizKidJrDemo
Wiz Kid Jr Full $0.99 http://www.appbrain.com/app/wiz-kid-jr/com.WizKidJr
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
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