http://podgamer.com game reviews and features for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, except not rubbish Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:07:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://podgamer.com/3541/bubble-pets-once-you-pop-you-cant-stop/ http://podgamer.com/3541/bubble-pets-once-you-pop-you-cant-stop/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:00:31 +0000 Craig Grannell http://podgamer.com/?p=3541

Despite offering no tactile controls, iThings are fab for Whac-a-Mole games. The ability to frantically tap the screen, rather than using some kind of analogue ‘stick’ or ‘rodent’ to move a ‘hand’ shows that, yes, iOS works far better than other systems for some types of games. This is one of them. In fact, Bubble Pets is the best of ‘them’ and by ‘them’, we mean ‘Whac-a-Mole games’. (Weren’t you paying attention? We’re only on the intro.) This is largely because instead of aping a fairground game or having you beat to death cartoon moles with a shovel, Bubble Pets instead tasks you with rapidly tapping on pixelated cartoon animals of all kinds, living in vibrant pixelated cartoon worlds. (Continued...)]]> http://podgamer.com/3541/bubble-pets-once-you-pop-you-cant-stop/feed/ 8 http://podgamer.com/2176/the-incident-a-pile-of-garbage/ http://podgamer.com/2176/the-incident-a-pile-of-garbage/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:00:47 +0000 Craig Grannell http://podgamer.com/?p=2176

If first impressions were everything, this review would read OH MY GOD YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS NOW *HEADEXPLOSION*. Luckily for you, Podgamer prides itself on playing games for more than thirty seconds. Stay tuned, then, for a salutory example of how quickly love at first sight can turn to PUNCHREPEATEDLYINTHEFACE hate when it comes to iOS gaming. (Continued...)]]> http://podgamer.com/2176/the-incident-a-pile-of-garbage/feed/ 4