My Review Of Penguin Break

Penguin Break By GameFlow Entertainment

GameFlow Entertainment has taken the bubble popping game genre and made it fun again. Not only did they change the bubbles to adorable penguins, but they added the element of colored snowballs which must be thrown to clear the penguins. This new element adds a slight degree of difficulty to this hand eye coordination based game. Penguin Break also increases in difficulty as each new level is reached.

Penguin Break has two modes of play, the first of which, is Escape. In Escape Mode you are given columns of colored penguins which start out at varied heights. The object here is to throw colored snowballs at the matching colored penguins to clear them before one escapes from the top of the screen. If you find yourself unable to throw the snowballs fast enough to clear the ever-rising stacks of penguins, you can give your iPhone or iPod a shake and it will drop the higher up penguins down into the lower columns, giving you a short window of opportunity to catch up on your snowball assault. In this mode it isn't necessary to clear all the penguins, but rather to clear a certain number of peguins during the alotted time.

The second mode of play is Frenzy. Frenzy mode starts with a screen that gets totally filled with these colorful critters. The object is to throw the colored snowballs at their colored penguin counterpart to clear them from the screen. All penguins must be removed within the time limit in order to advance to the next level. In Frenzy Mode their are several powerups you can earn which help you to clear the penguins. Each powerup is explained nicely in the included tutorial menu.

Personal high scores for each mode are stored within the game, and only your top ten best scores will be recorded. The in-game scores are stored with any username or alias you wish to use. Each time you get a new high score, you have the option of connecting to Facebook and posting your score to your wall to compare with your friends. Your facebook friends' scores will also show up in the in-game top scores list under the friends tab.

Features:

• Two Modes Of Play
• Increasing Levels Of Difficulty
• Vivid, Colorful Graphics
• Simplistic Layout
• Tutorial Menu
• In-Game High Scores Menu
• Facebook Integration
• View Facebook Friends Posted Scores
• Hours Of Playability

Penguin Break is loads of fun, and is packed with hours of playability. If you've ever enjoyed popping balloons, or matching gems, you will enjoy playing Penguin Break. This is definately a nice spin on the classic games in this genre.

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My Review Of Tweeterena Christmas Edition

Come all ye faithful and rejoice in the spirit of the holidays with Tweeterena Christmas Edition from developer Andrew Weekes. Andrew has done a beautiful job of bringing Christmas cheer to Twitter by way of a holiday version of his already hugely popular app Tweeterena. With the Christmas Edition of Tweeterena you get four festive holiday themed backgrounds, and a multitude of Christmas sounds that are sure to bring a smile to your face.

Nativity Theme

Santa Theme

Snow Theme

Gift Theme

When Tweeterena Christmas Edition starts, you're greeted with a cheerful tune, which is only the first of many holiday sounds in this version. To accompany the startup tune, there is also a new sound for incoming tweets, which will induce a smile whenever your timeline is refreshed. For more festive fun, at the top left of the screen there's a new button that says "Treat", and when you tap it there's a Christmas Soundboard that has nine sounds of the holiday for you to enjoy. I won't spoil the surprise by telling you what the sounds are, because part of the Magic of Christmas is the anticipation of opening a highly anticipated present. Believe me when I say that Tweeterena updates are always highly anticipated by loyal users, because Andrew has a way of making an already perfect Twitter app even better.

Sneek Peek of Soundboard

By far the entire Tweeterena line has exceeded my expectations of what a Twitter app should be. I have been a loyal user of Tweeterena since the first version, and I have enjoyed watching it evolve into a truly top of the line social networking app, and Tweeterena Christmas Edition is the next step in the evolution of this line. Knowing Andrew as well as I do, I know that there will certainly be future updates and enhancements to this app, that will continue to add to the enjoyment of this Christmas Edition for years to come. I feel that anyone who hasn't at least tried the free version of Tweeterena is missing out on the full Twitter experience, because the whole Tweeterena line has been designed to enhance every feature that Twitter has to offer.

Priced at $1.99 in the app store, Tweeterena Christmas Edition is the perfect way to treat yourself for being good all year. I recommend this as a must have app to get you in the spirit of the holidays, and to help you spread joy to everyone around you.

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My Review Of Twitdar

Twitdar From Serenity Integration

If you've ever wanted a big red button with a cover on it, you're going to love this app. It won't fire nuclear missles at your enemies, but it will send your GPS coordinates to your friends. Once you've rallied them all to your location, maybe then you can figure out how to get your hands on those nukes, or have coffee, whatever you decide.

From the time you set up Twitdar, to the time you send your first location update to Twitter, this app proves to be very user friendly with it's easy to understand instructions, and even easier to use one-button interface. Keep in mind that this is not your standard Twitter app, but rather an enhancement to your mobile Twitter experience.

Once you've connected Twitdar to your Twitter account, you'll start to see a whole new aspect of Mobile Social Networking. Twitdar may even encourage you to get outside and find new and interesting places to send location updates from.

Twitdar has two basic functions, the first of which is to allow you to update your Twitter followers with your current GPS position on Google Maps. The second function allows you to send waypoint "Tracks" to the GPS Visualizer website so your twitter friends can see your current route of travel. Your GPS position and current tracks can be sent from Twitdar in a variety of ways which are all fully customizable from the options screen, and everything is explained nicely in the included instructions screen.





From the options menu you can customize a message that will be sent along with your current GPS location or set of tracks. Through customized messages you can not only show your location, you can also give a short description of where you are or where you are going. With personalization such as this, the possibilities are endless as to ways you can use Twitdar. Whether you're showing the location where you live, or showing the route you take when you go on vacation, Twitdar will pinpoint every move you make.

Features:

• Twitter Update Function
• In-App Instruction Manual
• One Button Operation
• Easy To Use Settings
• Google Maps Integration
• Show Tracks On GPS Visualizer Website
• Customizable Preset Messages

Not only is Twitdar a great app, but it is backed by a great Development Team as well. I've had the pleasure of communicating with Serenity Integration through emails and Twitter, and I have to say that they are a very personable bunch of guys, with lots of patience, and I'm very impressed with their level of customer service and technical support. These things rank high in my book, and I can honestly say that you can't go wrong when dealing with Serenity Integration, so go and grab Twitdar today.

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My Review Of Fast Finger

Enzo Keller has done a great job of keeping things simple in Fast Finger. With a very organized layout, Fast Finger has everything you need on one screen. You can access all three time trials, view your high score for the current time trial, and play each of the time trials all on the same screen.

There are three buttons at the top left of the screen for the three different time trials in this game. You can choose to test your dexterity for ten, thirty, or sixty seconds at a time. Each time trial has it's own individual high score which is saved within the game, and each score can be posted, via email, to the global scoreboard.

Submitted high scores are shown as total taps in the specified time period. The in-game scores are displayed as total taps, as well as taps per second, or t/s. The taps per second are broken down into two halves. For example, if you are playing the thirty second time trial, you are shown your taps per second during the first fifteen seconds and the last fifteen seconds. This is an interesting feature, as it shows whether your tapping is consistant, or if your speed needs to be improved during a certain interval.

There is a seperate screen which displays all three of your high scores in each time trial, along with your highest average taps per second. It is from this screen that you can send your high scores, via email, to be listed on the global scoreboard. I found it odd and slightly inconvenient to have to leave the app to send an email with the high score on it, but I'm sure over time this will be looked into by the developer. An in-game score submission system would definately complete this app.











Features:
-Three Time Trial Modes
-Easily Accessible Features On One Screen
-Fast Paced Gameplay
-Email High Scores To Leaderboard

Fast Finger is simplistic in design and, after looking at the scores on the leaderboards, is quite challenging and frustrating at the same time. If you enjoy a challenge, then this game would definately be for you, just be careful not to wear out your tapping finger.

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