Great news for all you pixel-loving Minecrafters out there. Mojang has finally added “Minecraft Advanced Touch Technology Interface System (MATTIS)” to allow ‘Crafting’ in the mobile version of their unbelievably popular game.
Now, Minecraft Pocket Edition is practically the same as the desktop version. For all you latecomers that have been waiting for the game to be complete, now is the time to download and start building your new world.
Fans of Rob Scotton‘s 2008 picture book Splat the Cat will be excited to learn that HarperCollins has adapted another Splat title into Secret Agent Splat’s Mission for iOS. Unfortunately, this universal app doesn’t include a full digital version of Secret Agent Splat. Instead it focuses on mini-games which, while entertaining, fail to live up to Splat in book form.
Although the app is categorized in the App Store as a book, it is really an edu-game geared at pre-schoolers. There are three game modes the user may play: Seymour’s Impossible Mission, B-Boing, and Ducks in the Dark. A fourth game, Catch That Duck, is “coming soon.”
Mademoiselle Daisy’s New Friends is a universal iOS digital book app that is appropriate for 3 to 7-year-old children. Mademoiselle Daisy has just moved to a brand new neighborhood, and despite her good intentions, she is having trouble making friends. Mlle Daisy’s predicament will resonate with children who find social interactions challenging.
Mlle Daisy systematically offends a young mother, the policeman, and the baker before heading back to her new home feeling despondent. After she discovers a stray cat in her apartment, Mlle Daisy has an idea that will help her make friends.
Finally, there is a developer who understands what life is like in my version of the world: A… is for Android, B… is for Binary and C… is for Caffine (and before you ask, yes Z… is for Zombie!). Use the My Little Geek ABC Book to find the perfect opportunity to explain a Rube Goldberg machine to your geek-in-training or to describe why the O on this book is for “Owned”.
Nerd parents love nothing more than sharing their passions for holographic ninjas or time traveling joysticks with their children… don’t miss your chance.
Pip and Posy: Fun and Games offers pre-schoolers five different activities that combine Axel Scheffler‘s colorful illustrations with classic children’s games, such as matching and find the difference, and even a chance to make funny faces using the iPad’s camera.
While this universal game app is less complex than others in the App Store, it was created with such obvious care and attention to detail that it will likely soon become one of your child’s favorites. Pip and Posy: Fun and Games resembles an old-fashioned activity book. It would be perfect to help your child pass the time while traveling.
There are a whole lot of match-three games in the App Store. Some are amazing, complex, graphically stunning and epic. Some are crappy and not worth the time spent to download the game. Jewel Frenzy may not be the epic game that you’ve been waiting for, but it is fun and has a twist on traditional match-three gaming that will bring you back again and again.
The game is fairly simple. There are two modes of play. In Endless mode, players increase in levels as they complete point goals within the specified amount of time. In Frenzy mode, players try to score as many points in a minute and a half as possible.
What if no one reused or recycled anything? What if everyone threw things away, even if there wasn’t really anything wrong with them, just because they wanted something new? That is what has happened in the town of Midlandia. Residents of the friendly town haven’t yet learned that you don’t have to throw it a way when it breaks. You can just fix it. That is until one innovative bicycle maker realizes that recycling is better for everyone. Builda The Re-Bicycler is launching today for free, so get it before the price goes up.
Prince Hayden MacCheeky is an independent character who loves irritating and imitating his older brother and sister. Share A Royal Little Pest HD with your young child and take the opportunity to enjoy a delightful story with colorful and dynamic illustrations (even the crowns they wear have animated sparkle to them).
Though never really given credit, Prince Hayden MacCheeky is accompanied by his trusty dog through the entire story –and the expressions and experiences of his companion are the scene-stealing best parts of the entire story.
Are there many people out there that don’t enjoy word games? Am I the only person who can’t seem to resist them? If you are anything like me, SpellTower will become one of your favorite ways to pass (waste) time!
When Zach Gage set out to create this soon-to-be epic iOS game he knew he wanted something that could be seen as more than just another Scrabble/Boggle/Jumble clone and endeavored to create something that was every bit as addictive and fun as the offerings from the big studios like Rovio and Zynga.
Presentation communication agency Duarte, Inc. has just announce the launch of an iPad app for the book, Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences. This is the first interactive business book to be built with iBooks Author and get approved for the App Store. The book was originally published in 2010, which leads one to wonder how Apple is going to get a piece of that gate.
The app was engineered to integrate visual elements through video and interactive applications using iBooks Author.
A couple of months ago, Warner Bros. Interactive gave us the coolest arcade app to hit the App Store so far, Midway Arcade. When the low-cost retro game app was released, many were saying it was what Atari’s Greatest Hits should have been. They were right. The only thing missing from Midway Arcade was iCade compatibility.
Today, our dreams come true. The best retro game app for the iPad just got better.
Thanks to the clever wit and brilliant acting of Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man has risen from near-obscurity to become one of the most famous Marvel characters around. It is no wonder that the comic distribution company chose the metal clad hero to be the guinea pig for the first fully interactive comic book experience.
By teaming up with Loud Crow, developers of the popular “A Charlie Brown Christmas” app, they’ve come up with a way to read comic books that could potentially go down in history.
Most kids put memorizing math facts somewhere on their to-do list between “floss teeth” and “dust under bed.” Parents who use the iPad to help their children perform rote tasks such as learning math facts may find that kids become a bit more compliant when it is time to study. Times Tables: Squeebles for iPad is a simple game that helps kids practice math facts.
In this kids’ edu-app, the evil Maths Monster has kidnapped 24 adorable Squeebles. How to free them? You guessed it: answer a series of multiplication questions correctly.
I can remember sitting on the living room floor, cross-legged, with my glass of milk and a handful of My Little Pony dolls, watching The Price is Right when I was a kid. I was fascinated by the game of Plinko. The discs would never just slide straight down and into the $50,000 slot. Players would try all sorts of angles, but the discs would bounce from left to right, landing willy-nilly in some random slot. Scramblies brought back those memories for me because the game is very similar to Plinko, but way more colorful and full of interesting things.
As the certified Queen of the Post-Its, my life seems to be overrun by tiny, sticky notes written to remind about a seemingly endless series of tasks, projects and errands. These notes cover my desk, my calendar, my checkbook, my fridge–heck, sometimes they even cover my iPhone and iPad.
Now, with this updated version of the Remarks app, perhaps I can at least clear a few of those notes off my iPad screen–if not from my desk, calendar and fridge, too.
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