8 Bit Games-Flying ($1.99)

I would really like to thank Teruaki and everyone else at White Dev for sending me a promo code to review this awesome game! Hope you guys like the review as much as I like the app!

Anyone out there who likes classic retro arcade games, this is one for you! Flying is a 3D game where you fly a small plane and avoid the many structures that start to come at you (rather quickly sometimes!) It being an 8 bit game has pixelated animations and music which gives it that great feeling of the 80's! Like a lot of games, it sounds much easier than it really is. Different types of buildings and statues (of all different sizes) come at you waiting for you to crash into them! (Mwahahaha) The type of camera angle (behind the plane) makes it even more of a challenge to navigate at points. (In a good way) There are also different places you fly through:

-New York City
- Egypt
- Inside of a Pyramid
- (Loop to NY city)
In the Pyramid, enemies are moving around as well so be careful!

Very simple controls: Tilt your device left or right to steer and tap anywhere on the screen to pause. I like that because it makes it a lot easier to play.
There are just a couple things that I would really like to see in the next update.
1.) The music. It has some arcade music sounds but I think it would fit the part well if you got some really awesome music and put it in. 
2.) Another amazing feature this game should have is the ability to access your your Twitter and Facebook accounts. It would be great to see other people's scores. (Or at least brag about them to your friends on Facebook). This games does have Scoreloop (Online system like Openfeint) which should quench your high score posting needs. 
Even though there are a couple things missing I love this game. I can tell this will be on my iPod for a long time.

P.S. This game has an equivalent called 8 bit games- Flying 2d. It's basically the same game (Free & less features) but you see your plane from the top! It gives the game a whole different perspective.

Geared (Free)

This is a real brain-buster game. The object is to make the already spinning gear connect to the non-spinning one by adding more gears. Not nearly as simple as it sounds. The puzzle gets more challenging by only giving you a certain amount of gears or different sized ones. Then the puzzles start to have areas where you can't place a gear. (Hint hint: sometimes you have to drop them!) there are tons of fascinating levels that will keep you entertained for hours.

This... Was a short review.. I don't know what else to say, really. THIS WAS AN AWESOME GAME! Ummmm.... GO GET IT NOW! :D

http://www.bryandev.com/support.php

Doodle God ($.99)

This game is interesting. It is a very good concept and it works very well. The object of the game is to create new forms of matter with just earth, air, fire, and water. ( You'll be very surprised at how many things you can create!) I like how the game feels as well. I played a game "like" this one and it was pretty bad. It was hard to create new things, navigability was terrible, and the overall gameplay was just...blah. You start by making things like swamps, dust, plants, and things like that. Then, you start to make things that have life! Plankton, lizards, birds, humans! You can keep adding to things too! Once you make humans and vodka you can combine them and get and alcoholic! Or you can add swamp to human and get corpse, or something like that.
All of the things you can make are well thought out also which means you won't get a fish by combining fire and grass! Great game that will probably take you a while to complete.

http://www.avaloid.com/contact

AAA Pokedex ($.99)

This is pretty nifty app for anyone who likes Pokemon. What are there now? 493?? Wow... Anyway, this app will take you through ALL of the things you need to be a Pokemon Master! Let me get you a list of all the stuff it does:

To find your Pokemon
•See all the Pokemon by number or in alphabetical order
•You can search
•Browse by type

Getting the info on the Pokemon
•You can then find general info
•It's stats
•Breeding info
•Training info
•It's full evolution process
•All of the moves it can learn in all the games
•and where you can find each one in every game

This app really has everything!! The pictures are all clear, the info is amazing, and it's just an overall awesome app. Two things i would like to see in an update though: landscape support and maps of the different regions. Aside from that, this app gets 5 out of 5 stars hands down.

http://www.pixelka.com/

Tonepad (Free)

Tonepad is really fun app to play around with. It is a music app that can create your own music tracks by placing dots on a board. How the music sounds depends on how you place the dots (how many you place and the patterns you place them in). It is a bit hard to hear just playing with your iPod speakers but if you hook it up to external speakers or plug in your headphones, it is really cool. You can save a track and play/edit it later which is another great feature found in this app.
By the way... If you really like this app, there is a paid one with more features in the app store for $.99! Try this one first, see how you like it, and if you do... Have a blast with the paid version! It has more features like creating custom ringtones and making as many songs as you want!

http://www.tonepadapp.com/

Axe In Face ($.99)

Hey guys! I just got this off the app store and you should too! It sounds like a violent game, but it really isn't. The object of the game? To keep your Viking manliness and protect all of your sacred daffodils! Sound fun? It is. You draw a path from your Viking and have to kill all the approaching Vikings with your axe. Once they get into the flower patch, you lose!
There are different things that happen during the game though. For example, other Vikings start to come holding trees! What do you do?! You throw your axe into a fire, hit them with the flaming axe, and they...disintegrate.
I would most definitely say this is a five star app. The gameplay is fun and cartoonish yet it gets quite challenging. Now go my son! Go fight so you can reach Valhalla!!

http://bluecarrotgames.com/axeinface/

DLO HybridShell 2g Case

I just bought this case at Radioshack and I really love it. It's called the HybridShell for the iPod Touch 2g. On the back it is clear so you can see the back of your iPod and on the edges it has great looking green silicone. It is is ultra-thin but offers a lot of protection. This case comes with a screen protector as well which is an awesome touch.
The only problem I had with this case was that it was a bit hard to get on. They give you instructions on how to do it, but still was a little annoying... Now that it IS on though, it was worth the effort because it is such a nice looking case.
You can probablly pick this case up in a lot of electronic places or even eBay! I actually got mine on sale for $5 on clearance but the tagged price for one of them is $24.99. Don't let the "high" price discourage you though, it is well worth it.

http://www.dlo.com/products/view/HShell_touch_2g

Wow...

Woah...Its been a while hasn't it? It says my last post was from October 8th...Sorry everyone.. I've been busy with school and haven't had a lot of time to review things. BUT! I am back now! I have a ton of apps and accessories that I will be reviewing so hang tight!

Marblenauts ($1.99)

I really want to thank Johan Bros for sending me out a promo code for this app. Thanks again!

If you like challenging puzzlers, this is one you should check out. In the beginning the marble...people give you a pretty good tutorial of how to actually play the game and then you do it yourself. The object of the game is to get the right colored marblenaut into the correct color transporter. To do this, you must destroy a rock to either the left or right of the little guy. Sounds simple right? WRONG! For you to blow up certain rocks you must get one marblenaut to a specific place. A bunch of the puzzles include teamwork between however many nauts there are in the place.
While the first couple are easy, it DOES get harder due to the addition of obstacles that get in the way. Really, there isn't much I can say bad about this game. It is a fun one to play when you want something to do that will make you think or just want to play something fun. Great game that I highly recommend to any puzzle fan!

Hoggy (Free)

I was looking around the net and the app store for a game like Kirby for my iPod and came a across this one somehow. It may have been on a forum or something.... ANYWAY! This game is like Mario, Kirby, PAC-Man all mixed together in one colorful game. The object of the game is to use your power of gravity shifting to go through many levels, eating all of the fruit and making sure you don't get squished by an enemy monster… thing.
It is a Kirby-ish kind of game which I really recommend that you try out. It's a fun FREE challenging game that will keep you busy thinking of a way to get around that monster! You have nothing to lose!

Pizza Boy ($1.99)

I really want to thank everyone and anyone from ACNE play for shipping me a promo code so I could have the chance to review this great app. Thanks again guys!

God I love retro-style games! I honestly think these ARE the best type of games out there for the iPod and this is a truly magnificent one. The storyline is fairly simple, yet explanatory. You...are a pizza boy, who was delivering a pizza one day, and a terrible nasty bird stole your pizza. What do you want?!!? REVENGE!!! ...and...your pizza back to earn your $8.50 an hour :D
You, as the pizza boy run, jump, and throw bottles you collect along the way to find that blasted bird and also finish the "maze/platform" in a given amount of time.
The graphics are stunning, the gameplay is simple, the puzzles and mazes are challenging, and overall, the game is a definite 5 out of 5. Hands down awesomeness.
I would get it.. Really. Go and get it.

Animation Creator ($1.99)

I would really like to thank Ernie Lyon for sending me a promo code so I could review this app. Thanks again Ernie and everyone at Red Software, LCC.

Does anyone like to draw, or more specifically animate your drawings? There are a couple of animation apps out there but this is one of the best I think. It's really a fun app to play around with but once you do make a good looking animation, you can upload it to YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter! That is a feature that some applications lack.
There is a lot of different features that you can play around with to make a fun animation. A couple are using a good amount of different colors, drawing shapes like straight lines, circles, and rectangles, different pixels sizes when you use the paintbrush, using layers, playback speed, and more. I like to use Pivot on my desktop a lot and that is a pretty great equivalent.
I really like how you can see the onion skin when you go to the next frame as well.
I can't really say anything bad about this app because it is pretty much everything I want in an animation app.
Just one suggestion for the devs at Red Software: while I do like all the features it is lacking one thing. A sort of copy paste function. Once you click the plus sign to add a new frame, yes, you do see the onion skin, but the last drawing wasn't there making it hard to make a smooth animation because it will be different from the last. It isn't really anything MAJOR but it really would be a bit more enjoyable to make a very smooth animation rather than a choppy one.
All in all this is a five star app and I will make sure I rate it so in the app store as well.

Flight of the hamsters ($.99)

I remember when I was about 7 or 8 and I used to play this game on the Cartoon Network website! I was looking for a good game and found this one! The object of this game is to sling the hamsters the farthest you can. Once you are airborne, you get power ups and other things to propel you further. It is a high score game like Doodle Jump, but unlike Doodle Jump, for some reason, it is not as aggravating when you don't get as far as you want to. Maybe it's because you do it in a clip of 5 hamsters instead of just 1 Doodler.
I really like this game and think it is fun and addictive but not annoying when you get your score. Great app that is well worth a buck. Go try it out!

Ultimate Guitar Tabs ($2.99)

I would love to thank Andrew Apanov for sending me a promo gore for this app. Thanks again!

If anyone uses the Internet to look up different chords and tabs for songs that you'd like to learn, you've probably been to ultimateguitar.com. It is a really great site that has a HUGE database for ALL types of music and many songs have different versions! So along with the desktop version, they came out with an iPod app! It has all of the tabs on the site with all the great features! Just type in the song/band that you want to look up music for, pick which version you want to view, and you are good to go! Don't know how to play an Em7? Just click on the blue chord name and it shows you a chord diagram. This application is called "Ultimate Guitar Tabs" but it has a TON of chords.
I really like to play rhythm guitar and this has helped me a great deal. I was playing in my room and wanted to check out a tab. I wasn't near a computer so I used this handy app. You DO need Internet connection for this app but if you want to save a song and view it when you don't have any wifi, just double tab and word, then drag the highlight to however much you want to copy, then paste it into your notes! This works great for chords, but...not so much for tabs. It kind of turns it all into a blob of numbers and dashes. :D
This is a great app. I use the desktop site all the time and this is EXTREMELY convenient. I love this app and all the tabs that are in it. I highly recommend this to any guitar player and I rate it five stars hands down.

http://app.ultimate-guitar.com/iphone/ugt.htm

Etude ($4.99)

I would love to thank Dan Grover for sending me a promo code to review this app. Thanks Dan!

Well, I do play a couple of instruments and one of them being the piano. I can't read sheet music so I learn by watching tutorials online. This is a good app if you can or can't read sheet music. It allows you to watch the piano play the keys, and at the same time, you can watch the scrolling music!
You can adjust the speed at which it plays, change how the auto-scroll feature works, turn on or off if you want the app to show the piano, and see more info on each song.
Once you go through the given songs you can press the shop button at the top and browse for a lot more songs. Currently they are all free so I would buy this app now!
For anyone who has a question about this app: this is a classical music app. NOT classic rock! :D
Great app for anyone like me who can read sheet music, or anyone who can't. One possible recommendation for the devs: it would be really nice if you could make a feature that you can see one hand at a time. Watching the left hand and right hand in two different parts I think would help. It's just an idea though. :D

http://etudeapp.com/

Angry Birds ($.99)

Angry Birds

I just downloaded this awesome game and I cannot put it down! It is a very addicting game, but it isn't a mindless one. It really does make you think about the angles and trajectories that you are flinging these birds. There is also a bit of a storyline involved and TONS of levels! TONS!! It will have you coming back for more. My battery died twice already! :D
If anyone reading this doesn't already know what this game is:
It's about birds who have had their eggs stolen by the pigs. Now, of course, the birds want them back. So it is your job to try to kill (not really violently) all of the pigs in each level by shooting birds at them. Of course...that IS easier said than done! There are a variety of obstacles in the way trying to prevent you from doing your mission.
To aide your quest, different birds have different abilities. This will help greatly while trying to avenge your unborn babies kidnapping. As said in the description:
"Lemme tell ya, these ain't no ordinary finches we're talkin' about. These here are the Angry Birds, the ones that's gonna kick you in the nads."
MOST DEFINITELY a five star app. HANDS DOWN

http://www.clickgamer.com/

Help Me OUT!

Hey everyone! I'm trying to get the use of iPod Touches in school "LEGAL." PLEASE help me out and go to the site below! Its an online petition that will promote this. Also, check out my other post all about the school apps if you didn't already. Thanks so much everybody!

http://igodipodreviews.blogspot.com/2010/07/back-to-school.html <= Post about school apps

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ipodschool/ <= THE PETITION!

Canabalt and Gravity Hook HD (Both $2.99)

I would love to thank Semi Secret Software for sending me not just one, but two promo codes so I can review these apps in one bulk post! Thanks again guys.

I always say, "Always trust a game with a good soundtrack." Does that mean that I don't "trust" Pocket God and Doodle Jump? In a way, YES! Danny Baranowsky (the composer of the soundtracks on both games) did an excellent job on the music which gave them both a moody/action feel. Just the music makes me sit on edge!
Canabalt is an action game where you jump to avoid falling off buildings and different obstacles to stay alive. Very easy navigation: just TAP to jump and the man will automatically keep running. It appears he in a city like New York and is in a "Doomsday-Like" atmosphere, but I am not 100% sure. You can also change which music you want to play in the background while you make your "Daring Escape." (Click the top right corner.) with the game's atmosphere and the great music this game, somehow gives me the feel of Batman The Dark Knight. Haha.
The second game that I have reviewed is Gravity Hook HD. This is like, a beefed up version of Doodle Jump. I don't understand HOW games like doodle jump and Pocket God are on the top games list when there are games like this out. Gravity hook is where you control a small robot with a grappling hook and connect to different colored mines to get higher. Be careful though. The mines move when you are connected to them! Not at the speed you do, but they do move. Green mines are safe and do not explode, blue mines arm themselves while connected, and red mines you can connect to but NOT TOUCH. if you miss a mine, like in Doodle jump, (missing a platform) you will die. Once you get to a certain level you can unlock the "classic" mode. It is more of the arcade style of the game.
These games really do replace Doodle Jump and Pocket God for me. More action, suspense and Great music. I would give both these games a 5 for originality, creativity, and awesomeness.

http://semisecretsoftware.com/

iDreamer ($1.99)

First, I would like to give a huge shout out to Joe Plotts for sending me out a promo code to review this app and for sending me an awesome email. Check out what he said!

"Adam,

Thanks for taking the time to review iDreamer. We look forward to seeing your inspirational and surreal take on our Dream Interpretation app. It's not often the god of Ipod would take the time to bestow his favors on the struggling code minions working slavishly away in the land of code.

May your interest bring a rain of praise on our humble efforts.

Sincerely and slavishly yours...

Code 4 Dev team "

I thought that was really awesome. Thanks again!

To the review!

I have a wild crazy brain and it shows in my dreams sometimes. I often don't know what the heck these dreams mean though! A lot of times, I'll have a dream but by the time I get out of bed and stumble to the computer, I'll forget some important details. I usually sleep with my iPod next to my bed anyway so I knew this would be a good app for me.
There are a couple of features that are used in this app. You can either search by meanings or by keywords about the dream. One great feature is you can also submit a dream that you would like interpreted and they may look it over and put it on the next version of the app! I think that is pretty cool. The second feature that makes it's a five star app is the built in dream journal. Don't want to switch between your notes app and the dream app? No problem! Just use the built-in journal to record your dreams!
I have found one small problem with the journal though. Once you click the "save" button you cannot edit the dream. That was a tad bit annoying..but nothing major. I will say, because of the awesome features, this is a five star app no doubt about it. Worth the money; and I highly recommend it.

http://www.code4dev.com/

Green Eggs and Ham-Dr. Seuss ($3.99)

I would love to thank OceanHouse Media for sending me a promo code so I can review this app. It really is greatly appreciated. Check out they're link below!

I really don't know how I came across this app, but I'm really glad that I did. This is one of Dr. Seuss's most classic books next to The Cat and the Hat. I admit it, I still love his books. Some people say they're just for kids..I really don't think so. I'm 15 and I like them. Anyway, the app has three different features that all have very simple navigation. The first is the "Read to Me" option. This takes the story and reads it to you with two narrators that your kids will love. In the background, it is also playing sound effects that go along great with the story. The second option is the "Read it Myself" option. This, as it says, let's you read the story by yourself, without the narrators. This still has the sound effects in the background too. The last option is "Auto Play." this plays the whole story, with the narrators, the sound effects, and animation that turns the page for you. All three are great options for this type of app and our kids will love it.
Once again, nothing majorly wrong with this app but a lot majorly right. I do enjoy it and give it a 4.5. Also, if you do try this book and like it, Ocean House Media has a lot of other apps including more from Dr. Seuss!

http://www.oceanhousemedia.com/products/