Review by: Tara Brown
There's a picture of me when I was about 5 or 6 standing on a stool playing PAC-MAN at the Arcade. I have played that game on sit down consoles, on the PC, you name it, any time I see that game I have to play. I don't know why it took me this long to find it for the iPhone, I guess because I think of it as an arcade game requiring a joystick, it didn't cross my mind.
I played this free version of PAC-MAN for about 30 minutes because that's about as long as it takes. With only 1 level (I can't tell the difference between the modes of easy, normal, and original) it doesn't take long to get bored. I am glad they have the music though, I had a shiver run down my spine when it started playing.
PAC-MAN Lite is a brilliant marketing lure, because once you want more levels, you simply throw down $5.99 for the full version of PAC-MAN or Ms. PAC-MAN. It's pretty hard to resist wanting to gobble up Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde and all that yummy fruit level after level.
I will say that without a joystick, the iPhone will never feel like playing in real arcade mode. There are 3 options for controlling PAC-MAN: Swipe, D-Pad, and Accelerometer. After trying all three a bunch of times, I like Swipe the most because that is what I am most used to doing on my iPhone with other applications, and I like D-Pad the least. It was too easy to miss pressing the arrows exactly. Using the Accelerometer was fun and I think it's a great way to practice before laying down money for more games that use it.
If you like PAC-MAN and like free, it's a quick game to play when you have a few minutes to spend on nostalgia.
Download PAC-MAN Lite here.
Review by: Jason Defillippo
I'm going to tell you right now that this game is not pretty. The graphics are hodgepodge and the text looks pretty god-awful but don't let that fool you one bit. This game is REALLY FUN! I generally hate accelerometer games but this one has quite a unique twist. You don't just have to move the unit to pick an arbitrary direction but you also have to select a quadrant where the movement will affect. It makes for a crazy time trying to get your head around how to move the phone and get things to go where you want to go.
The game is on sale now for .99ยข and well worth the price. There weren't a lot of reviews so this one was a leap of faith and I'm glad I took it. The games don't last too long so it's a good short game for when you only have a few minutes to kill. It has global online leader-boards so you can see how much you suck compared to the rest of the world while you get really good at your hand eye motion coordination.
Check out the gameplay trailer & official site or just go buy the damn thing.
Review by: Sean Bonner
Everyone knows the rule, when someone asks you if you're a God, you say "Yes!" Superiority complex or not, thanks to Bolt Creative this is no long simple posturing to protect you and your friends from rooftop dwelling demons in 80's ghost movies. With Pocket God you actually play deity to a bunch of pigmys on an island.
When I say "play god" more often then not what I'm talking about is finding new ways to annoy, torment, and eventually kill your creations. Luckily you can make new ones just as easily. But this isn't some sadistic horrorshow, the pigmys have to face real life issues that you just get to sway one way or another. This isn't so much a game as it is an ongoing story that you make up every time you play it.
On any given day the pigmys might face a storm, an earthquake, an exploding volcano, sharks, man-eating birds, man-eating ants, dinosaur attacks or someone hogging the bathroom so long that those waiting eventualy pop. As God you can influence these events and make them more or less severe. You can also help the pigmys out by giving them fire, cooking their food, killing the giant bird that poops on their heads, giving them a spear to fight off the dinosaurs, and kicking people out of the bathroom. You can also change the weather, move them to a different island, or send them to Davy Jones' Locker.
Honestly, it's more amusing than it is fun, but it's enlessly amusing and it's the most regularly updated iPhone game I own. Almost weekly they release new "episodes" which add a new object or danger to the islands. At $0.99 I'm comfortable saying this is the best value game in the AppStore. I've been playing this for months and it never gets old.
There's really nothing more fun that using guns to blow off the heads of cute Zombies. For $1.99, Sean Bonner and Shane Nickerson definitely think it's WORTH IT!.
If you want more info on Zombieville USA, head on over to their website.
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I played this free version of PAC-MAN for about 30 minutes because that's about as long as it takes. With only 1 level (I can't tell the difference between the modes of easy, normal, and original) it doesn't take long to get bored. I am glad they have the music though, I had a shiver run down my spine when it started playing.
PAC-MAN Lite is a brilliant marketing lure, because once you want more levels, you simply throw down $5.99 for the full version of PAC-MAN or Ms. PAC-MAN. It's pretty hard to resist wanting to gobble up Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde and all that yummy fruit level after level.
I will say that without a joystick, the iPhone will never feel like playing in real arcade mode. There are 3 options for controlling PAC-MAN: Swipe, D-Pad, and Accelerometer. After trying all three a bunch of times, I like Swipe the most because that is what I am most used to doing on my iPhone with other applications, and I like D-Pad the least. It was too easy to miss pressing the arrows exactly. Using the Accelerometer was fun and I think it's a great way to practice before laying down money for more games that use it.
If you like PAC-MAN and like free, it's a quick game to play when you have a few minutes to spend on nostalgia.
Download PAC-MAN Lite here. 
Being an air traffic controller is supposed to be the most stressful job in the world, but if it's anything like Flight Control Sean and Jason think it's the awesomest It's only 99 cents right now and you definitely need to give it a try.
If you want more info on Flight Control or other Firemint games, head on over to their website.
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Review by: Jason Defillippo
I'm going to tell you right now that this game is not pretty. The graphics are hodgepodge and the text looks pretty god-awful but don't let that fool you one bit. This game is REALLY FUN! I generally hate accelerometer games but this one has quite a unique twist. You don't just have to move the unit to pick an arbitrary direction but you also have to select a quadrant where the movement will affect. It makes for a crazy time trying to get your head around how to move the phone and get things to go where you want to go.
The game is on sale now for .99ยข and well worth the price. There weren't a lot of reviews so this one was a leap of faith and I'm glad I took it. The games don't last too long so it's a good short game for when you only have a few minutes to kill. It has global online leader-boards so you can see how much you suck compared to the rest of the world while you get really good at your hand eye motion coordination.
Check out the gameplay trailer & official site or just go buy the damn thing. 
