How much fun can a game be that has no car chases, weapons fire, thrown birds or violence? The answer is quite a lot if it is the newly released version of a an Xbox 360 favorite Kinectimals. Kinectimals for Windows Phone costs $2.99 and doesn’t require the human player to jump and twist as required when using an Xbox 360 with Kinect. Your fingers, however, will get a workout interacting with the virtual big cat on the screen.
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Angry Birds will mark its 23rd month (not years) on the market next week Friday. It launched on December 11, 2009. In less than two years Angry Birds has become so iconic that it is recognized even by people who have never played the game. Let’s take a look at some of the other remarkable numbers this mobile game franchise has generated in less than two years starting with this item from Reuters:
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GameFly is a very popular video game rental service that works like Netflix. If you have an Android phone and use GameFly you might want to grab the free GameFly app, which you can use to manage your game queue. A new version of the GameFly app has been released that adds social networking to what is already a very strong offering for gamers.
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GoldRun, an Augmented Reality (AR) marketing firm, teamed with OMGPOP to create an AR campaign for the free iPhone game Puppy World. Taking photos of virtual Puppy World characters in the real world earns points. The winner of the month-long AR game will be able to choose which dog breed will be added to the Puppy World game.
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Burn the Rope has made its way from the iOS universe to Windows Phone. The $2.99 takes a relatively simple premise – burn all the rope by making sure the flame(s) always burn upwards – and creates increasingly complex scenarios to solve. Manipulating the phone to keep that flame moving upward is a lot tricker than it sounds after the first one or two simple scenarios.
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McDonald’s Australia wants to play I Spy with you! Earlier this month they launched an interactive I Spy game at YouTube.com/IspywithMcDonalds and they want you to find and click on all your favorite McDonald’s characters, from Grimmace to the Hamburglar, Birdie and Ronald.
As has happened in the past, avid and talented online gamers have been tapped to solve puzzles representing the toughest and most complex of diseases. This time around, the solutions to a molecular biology puzzle may lead to new drugs to fight HIV. Read more
Implode! from Microsoft Games Studios is a physics puzzle game for Windows Phone. The goal is to demolish a series of ever more complex structures with a limited number of explosive devices. Like most good games, it starts off easy and tutors you in the mechanics of the game as the initial levels progress. And, like many good puzzle games, simply achieving the main goal is just part of the fun. Each “project” is scored using a number of criteria including the number of explosive devices used and the height of the rubble in relation to a baseline level for scoring. A numeric score as well as a letter grade is given at the successful completion of each project in a level.
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PopCap’s Bejeweled may be one of the most addictive games around. It is available for a wide variety of platforms including the iPhone, Facebook and Google+. Now comes word that the game may not only be good to play but good for you as you get older. Note, however, that this study conducted at the University of Massachusetts Amherst was funded by PopCap.
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The iPhone and iPad have been popular gaming platforms despite their few buttons and touch screens. Even though programmers have done a great job of designing their games for touch screens, there are still a few games that are better suited for joysticks and buttons. If you want to add traditional gaming controls to your iPad you may soon be able to pick from one of several options.
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