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Don’t Get Caught in this GridBlock – iPad App Review

By | October 10, 2012 | No comment yet
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GridBlock is a puzzle game that comes straight from the future. Tilt and tap your way through complex grids and exploding blocks to win the ultimate challenge. Players must lock certain colors of blocks into place by sliding them around on a grid. To make the blocks move, tilt your device. To make them jump, tap the screen. As they slide around, they will eventually make it to their appropriate color and lock into place. When you have all colored squares filled, you have successfully completed a puzzle.

Some blocks have multiple colors on them. In order to change their color, tap the screen while they are moving and the blocks will flip over and reveal another color. Some blocks are multi-colored and are able to fill any needed spot.

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Chillingo Phones Home With New E.T. iPad Game

By | October 9, 2012 | No comment yet
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I still remember watching “E.T. The Extra Terrestrial” for the first time. I’ll never forget the moment the little alien tossed that iconic ball out of the greenhouse. I was the perfect age for the adventurous movie. I wanted to fly across the sky on my bicycle too. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the most important alien movie of my life, and to celebrate, Chillingo has announced the launch of E.T. The Green Planet.

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Making a Comic on Your iPad

By | October 9, 2012 | No comment yet
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The iPad is a versatile tool for creativity. It can be used to make and record music, turn snapshots into gallery-quality photos, and help artists paint a digital masterpiece. Did you know that the iPad can also be used to create your own comic book? If you are an independent comic book artist looking for a few good apps, check out our list below for making comics on the iPad.

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Beck & Bo Offers Top Quality Edutainment for Preschoolers – iPad App Review

By | October 8, 2012 | No comment yet
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Pretend play goes digital with Beck and Bo. While it’s being marketed as a game, it’s educational too. Kids can explore 12 different interactive scenes that range from the familiar, such as a trip to the grocery store, to the imaginatively far-fetched, like a jungle safari.

Beck and Bo’s aesthetic is playful and clean. The game’s splash screen has 12 icons that resemble stickers displayed on a background that was designed to look like corrugated cardboard and paper grocery bags. These inviting graphics are sure to pique a child’s curiosity.
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Felt Board for iPad Gives Old-fashioned fun a Modern Twist – iPad App Review

By | October 5, 2012 | No comment yet
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Adults of a certain age probably remember felt boards. I know I do. Felt boards were always the province of the teacher, who them to tell stories to a group of seated children. I always wanted to get my hands on those felt shapes and now, decades later, I can. Only after using Felt Board for iPad, I prefer this modern version.

Felt Board for iPad is exactly what you think it is: a digital play space with countless backgrounds, colorful figures, clothing, animals, spacesuits, and magic wands. Felt Board brings back “no batteries” style play, making the iPad a device for creating an endless number of different tableaux.
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Bloom County Library Vol. 1: 1980-1981 – iPad App Review

By | October 5, 2012 | 1 comment
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I’ve literally been reading Bloom County almost all of my life. As soon as I discovered the “funny pages,” I’d steal the comic section of dad’s newspaper and tuck away somewhere to read every single strip. When I was really little, I hated comics like Bloom County and Sally Fourth because they bored me. I didn’t understand the humor.

However, I read every single panel anyway because it was a comic. It didn’t matter if I was unable to comprehend political discourse. It was a comic and needed to be read. I eventually came around. As I grew older, the political humor made more sense and now I love reading about Milo, Opus, and Cutter John.

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Revisit a Timeless Tale Made Modern with Lil’ Red – iPad App Review

By | October 4, 2012 | No comment yet
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The iPad does many things well, but I’m partial to its ability to reinvigorate a reader’s interest in a classic tale whether it’s Frankenstein, “The Tell-tale Heart“, or a fairy tale, the iPad helps developers create new interpretations of familiar stories. So it is with Brian Main‘s Lil’ Red.

Lil’ Red brings a modern aesthetic to the well-known story of Little Red Riding Hood. As Lil’ Red’s creators know, they probably aren’t introducing readers to Red for the first time, so they get to have a little fun by creating beautiful streamlined graphics that tell the tale without a single written word.

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Peekaboo Trick or Treat with Ed Emberley – iPad App Review

By | October 3, 2012 | No comment yet
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Night & Day Studios extends it Peekaboo app franchise with its latest offering, Peekaboo Trick or Treat. This universal app, which features the colorful and & kid friendly art of Ed Emberley, will help toddlers and pre-readers get into the Halloween spirit.

What’s behind the doors this time? Peekaboo Trick or Treat packs all the usual Halloween characters — ghosts, witches, spiders — but there are some surprises as well.

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Take Your Political News With A Spoonful of Sugar With msnbc.com Cartoons – iPad App Review

By | October 3, 2012 | No comment yet
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Most people like a bit of satire peppered in with their political news. It makes an otherwise frustrating topic easier to swallow. MSNBC knows this and has been delivering our medicine in the form of humorous cartoons for years now. See hundreds of perfectly rendered satirical cartoons from the likes of Darly Cagle, Jim Day, Cam Cardow, and more. All cartoons are fantastically optimized in HD quality for the iPad.

Users can view the one-panel cartoons by date, political affiliation (either liberal or conservative) and by cartoonist. If you have a favorite illustrator, you’ll probably find his work in this app. There are more than 65 different cartoonists represented.

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Keep Up On Political Goings-On With The White House – iPad App Review

By | October 2, 2012 | No comment yet
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No matter what your political ideologies are, the White House is the main hub of the Federal Government. It is not necessarily about the building itself, but the structure it represents. Every day, briefings are made, documents are signed, and the future of the U.S. is discussed. With The White House app, you can stay connected with everything that (officially) comes out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

The app is simple. There are no flashy splash pages, colorful backgrounds, or unnecessary animations. There are six categories, Blog, Briefing Room, Photos, Videos, Live feeds, and Favorites. Each section lists current published information from its respective categories.

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