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Express Your Creativity with a Daily Drawing Prompt in DrawQuest – iPad App Review

drawquestDrawQuest is a new app that was developed by 4chan founder Chris Poole, aka “moot.” Don’t worry, though. DrawQuest is entirely different than the media sharing site, which is often filled with questionable content.

Instead, DrawQuest is a simple and fun community-based sketching app. According to Poole, the app is all about “relearning to express yourself creatively and sticking with it.” It doesn’t matter what your skill level is, you can have fun creating images and expressing yourself in this app.

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Create a Thriving Resort City and Capture Companions in Beastie Bay – iPad Game Review

beastiebayKairosoft is known for producing some of the best simulation games in the App Store. For awhile, the company limited its games to the iPhone, but last year, it began releasing universal apps, giving iPad owners the chance to play its addictive titles.

Now the company is experimenting with a freemium model with its newest release, Beastie Bay, which came out late last week. Beastie Bay is a simulation game that focuses on battle, city management, and animal collecting, branding it as hybrid Pokemon-style game that’s almost impossible to put down.

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Apps To Plan The Perfect Valentine’s Day

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OK, so it’s the day before Valentine’s Day and you still haven’t figured out what to do for your sweetheart. While you may find yourself in hot water for procrastinating, you can still plan the perfect date night to celebrate the lover’s holiday with these helpful apps.

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Battle Your Way Through Calamity as The Kid in Bastion – iPad Game Review

bastionBastion is an action-oriented roleplaying game that was originally published on Steam, before being brought to other platforms like the Xbox 360 and iOS.

Bastion was ported to iOS in August of last year, and it remains one of the best games you can get for the iPad, with intuitive touch controls, impressive graphics, and an unforgettable theme. It’s one of my favorite iOS games, so read on to find out why I love it so much.

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App Store’s App of the Week is Galaxy on Fire 2 HD – iPad App Review

Galaxy on Fire 2 HD LogoThis week, Apple named Galaxy on Fire 2 HD the App of the Week, making the popular space adventure free for the first time ever. Pick it up in the App Store now, before it goes back to the regular price of $6.99.

Players control the testy and snarky Keith T. Maxwell as he travels through space and time on accident. When he awakes from a particularly difficult battle, he finds himself in a galaxy far, far away. Maxwell’s goal is to get back home. Along the way, he uncovers what has happened to him and his ship. Maxwell encounters helpful traders, swindling drug runners, and all manner of space pirates.

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Digs by Zillow Will Drive You Insane With Home Design Envy – iPad App Review

Zillow Digs LogoIf you are looking for inspiration for remodeling your kitchen or putting in a new pool, Digs by Zillow has plenty of beautiful images, styles, and cost estimates for you to browse through.

This app is perfect for inspiring ideas for decoration, design, and complete remodels. You can check out different areas of the house for practically any budget and filter the images by design style, budget and spaces.

For example, you could look at bathrooms with an art deco style that cost somewhere between $15,000 and $25,000. If the price is too high, reset your filter to “Budget” and check out see bathroom designs that cost about $10,000. Read More »

Show Your Love For Swampy and Perry in Where’s My Valentine – iPad App Review

Wheres my Valentine LogoEvery year, around Valentine’s Day, some of the major game makers add love-themed graphics, offer heart-shaped treats as add-ons, and sell you pretty pink dresses through in-app purchases. This year, Disney decided to go one step further with a dedicated Valentine’s day app featuring a dozen heart-themed puzzles from Where’s My Water and Where’s My Perry.

Players can choose between playing with the water-loving Swampy or the airborne Perry in a sampling of puzzles based on each of their respective games. The biggest difference is that each puzzle includes a heart-themed obstacle course.

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Create Your Own Comic With Cookie Next Door ~ Rainy Days – iPad App Review

cookieappCookie Next Door ~ Rainy Days lets children create, narrate, and soundtrack their own stories. Kids will love hamming it up as they create different voices and story lines for this sandbox-style digital comic book.

Billed as a “storyteller kit with voice discombobulator,” the app’s splash screen emulates a surprise package that just arrived in the mail. After opening the package the child can create a new story (“Let’s Play”) or visit the storyteller’s theater, voice studio, and bookshelf.
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Take Flight With After Burner Climax – iPad App Review

After Burner Climax LogoSEGA had a big hit on their hands in the wake (or after burn, if you’ll pardon the pun) of Top Gun with the popular After Burner series of games. The jet simulation put players in the cockpit of super fast plans that were capable of breaking the sound barrier while simultaneously shooting down every moving object in the sky with heat seeking missiles.

SEGA recently launched After Burner Climax in the App Store and, while it may not come with a servo chair, it still brings back memories of locking on and blowing away enemy planes at top speeds that would even impress Maverick.

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Get into the Valentine’s Day Spirit with My Love My Valentine – iPad Game Review

mlmvValentine’s Day is fast approaching, with just a few days to go until the big day. It’s the perfect time to play a fun love-and-hearts themed iPad game to get into the holiday spirit, which My Love My Valentine delivers.

My Love My Valentine is a casual game that’s filled with hearts, flowers, cupids, and other lovey-dovey things. It bills itself as a game of love and romance, and it has a fun gameplay mechanic to go along with its sappy sweet theme.

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