Ipad-Reviews

Since we last updated our review, Scribblenauts Remix has had multiple content updates, offering a new sandbox skin for Valentine's Day and a DLC pack. Should you spend a dollar on this new content, and does it bump this DS classic into Must Have range?

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Games have tried to be “art” ever since the medium was created, but few take the task as seriously as Windosill. This logic puzzler is akin to scrolling through an interactive abstract mosaic, and it’s an absolute thrill ride.

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On consoles, Michael Jackson The Experience is a game that makes you get on your feet and dance. Obviously, this wouldn't work on an iPad-- nobody wants to fling their $500 device around at high velocities-- so the developers have turned it into a music/rhythm game on iOS. So, instead of trying to mimic slick dance steps with your whole body, you can lean back on the couch and tap the screen to make MJ grab his crotch and do the moonwalk.

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The high-quality, high-seas iPad strategy game Crimson: Steam Pirates is now available for the iPhone! The iPhone version, which you can download here, costs $1 and includes the first two chapters. A third chapter is also available for an extra dollar. While we wish the iPhone version was free to play as well, we're glad that more people can now try the game.

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Originally released as an indie PC game, Aquaria feels wonderfully at home on the iPad. This is a beautiful and evocative 2D adventure that comfortably bears comparison to Nintendo’s venerable Metroid series. Thanks to intelligently ported controls and great use of the iPad’s screen and hardware, Aquaria feels as if it were meant for tablets.

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After a strong debut last year, a second episode of the brand-new adventure series Hector: Badge of Carnage has finally hit the App Store. Inspired by classic adventure games like The Secret of Monkey Island, as well as over-the-top police parodies like Hot Fuzz, Hector Episode 2 is a fantastic game for anyone who loves their puzzles with a barbeque-stained helping of humor.

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There’s no shortage of fitness apps and devices, but the BodyMedia Fit is one of the most technologically innovative and useful exercise aids out there. While most competing products-- be they purely app-based or external devices-- tend to be little more than glorified pedometers, the Fit measures all your activity right down to how well you sleep.

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We’ll assume for a moment that if you’re reading this, it’s because you have some interest in celebrity chefs in general and Jamie Oliver in particular. If that’s the case, an app like Jamie’s Recipes is likely to appeal to you much more than it would to non-Food Network followers. Celebrity-themed apps aren’t uncommon and neither are virtual cook books, but if nothing else, Oliver’s latest actually sports nice production values.

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The iPad has more than proven its worth as a tool for learning, and as a result, there’s an incredible treasure trove of interesting and engaging educational apps out there. Discovery Communications’ Ultimate Sharks is clearly aiming for this market, but all it amounts to is an overpriced tie-in to the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week. At $5, you might expect a thoroughly in-depth study of these fascinating creatures, but all you get is a bunch of short videos, dry text, and minimal extras.

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Most deathmatch-style shooters take place from a first-person perspective. Those that vary from the norm often employ an over-the-shoulder point of view. Crescent Moon Games is trying something a bit new with Deadlock, and while it takes awhile to get adjusted, there's hours of frantic fragging in store for you.

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We've been enjoying our iPads for so long, sans Flash, that many of us have all but forgotten about the once-coveted technology. Still, the web has not fully evolved past Flash, and at times it's still necessary. Now with Puffin, the iPad is no longer excluded from the Flash community, at least not completely.

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Next to Sid Meier’s Civilization, there are few PC games with as much affectionate nostalgia attached to them as Sid Meier’s Pirates! Mixing the legendary designer’s penchant for surprisingly deep, yet playable, strategy with adventure gaming, he created a pirate-themed game that has lived on long after its initial release in 1987 on the Commodore 64. Pirates! has hit more platforms than we can remember, but now it’s on your iPad.

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News Corp may be facing an uncertain future after the recent scandals, but they're offering an olive branch with the latest update to The Daily app, which went live yesterday. In fact, it's got everything we've always wanted from it.

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To call Crescent Moon Games’ latest, Pocket RPG, an actual role-playing game would require a very loose definition for the genre. While there are some minor RPG-like elements, the game is really just a fast-paced, twin-stick arcade game. The focus is almost solely on taking down hordes of monsters in a quest for gold and glory. Calling it “Pocket” is also a bit misleading, as the game is currently an iPad-only title, so we can only assume the developers wear pants with really huge pockets.

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Love Elton John? Love the piano? If you answered yes to both questions, you should check out Piano Complete: Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume 1. This universal piano app is great if you're looking to learn to play piano without having to abandon your shiny iDevice. Combining a visual teaching style with popular hits such as Bennie and the Jets, Rocket Man, and Tiny Dancer, this app makes learning a new musical skill or enhancing an existing one simple and enjoyable.

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Ant Raid is developer Prank’s first release, but it’s clear they’ve got a bright future. This quirky take on real-time strategy might forgo many of the common elements of the genre, but it makes up for it in play value. Leading groups of ants to victory against mutated snails, bees, and other insect predators is harder than it looks, but it's certainly worth the effort.

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Shortly after our review went live, Days of Wonder updated the game to include pass-and-play local multiplayer. This was one of our few complaints in the original review, so we’ve given the new addition a spin. For good measure, we’ve also played through the various expansion packs.

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As if appearing in Seinfeld and MADtv weren't impressive enough achievements, Pat Kilbane has decided to venture into the world of publishing with his graphical horror novel (co-authored with zombie author J.D. McGhoul), "The Brain Eater's Bible". It's now available in both hardcover formats and in its ideal form, as an interactive iPad app.

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War Grimoire HD follows in the proud tradition of many iOS games by being a tower defense game. However, there are enough variations on the theme to make it feel like more than just another tower defense game. With its fantasy motif and a focus on placing individual units instead of building structures, War Grimoire HD has a solid base with some interesting gameplay elements.

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Role-playing games generally fall into one of two camps. There's the open-ended, real-time Western-style, and the linear, turn-based Eastern-style. Both can be fairly predictable, barring a few changes to the characters, story, or environments. They usually come from big publishing houses, too. Avadon defies all these modern conventions and attempts to be a hybrid breed, which is especially sweet coming from an independent developer.

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