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iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond
iLounge iPod Accessory Reviews
- Review: Apple Computer Texas Hold ‘em
In short, Texas Hold ‘em is a variant on poker that drops two cards in front of each of several players - six, including you, on the iPod version - and then places up to five community cards in the center of the group, starting with three cards and then adding one per round while players bet on who will make the best five-card hand from the seven total cards. Your goal is to get other players to toss in as much money as possible into the betting…
Pub Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:05:43 GMT
- Review: Electronic Arts Tetris
Developer Electronic Arts has given Tetris a sweeping audiovisual overhaul. Strong blue menus and cool translucent overlays make the interface attractive, while the in-game art - famously rendered entirely usable on the Game Boy’s black and white screen - is detailed and colorful, with vibrant blocks and clean backdrops. The 10 by 20 block well is clearly illustrated block-by-block for strategic block placement, while the blocks have highlighted…
Pub Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:02:48 GMT
- Review: Electronic Arts Sudoku (Num-pre)
Using graphic designs and music very similar to its impressive rendition of Mahjong, only with Japanese rather than Chinese aesthetics, Electronic Arts has created a charming fifth-generation iPod version of Sudoku ($5, now also known as Num-pre in Japan) - one that’s more approachable and fully-featured than the pencil-and-paper versions that preceded it. Besides providing you with pre-configured easy, medium, and hard sudoku puzzles akin to…
Pub Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:58:18 GMT
- Review: Electronic Arts Scrabble
For the sake of completeness, we’ll go through it anyway. Scrabble sets a partially colored, 15x15 grid in front of one, two, three, or four players, giving each player a set of seven tiles marked with letters and numbers. A given tile’s letter is assigned a certain number of points—that’s the number—and each player’s goal is to make words with the tiles, racking up points for using more difficult letters and hitting…
Pub Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:56:57 GMT
- Review: Gameloft S.A. Brain Challenge
Gameloft’s Brain Challenge ($5) is the iPod Games equivalent of Brain Age, and works on the fifth-generation iPod, iPod nano, and iPod classic. Limitations of the iPod hardware and small visual changes aside, there’s no doubt that Brain Challenge is as close to Brain Age as the iPod models can get: you’re even walked through the mind games by an on-screen coach who peppers you with brain-related trivia questions and factoids in-between…
Pub Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:54:03 GMT
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