Monty Python Cow Tossing offers some unique twists on Angry Birds, but comes up short in the graphics, sound, and humor departments. Zed Worldwide Talk about a can’t-miss idea: an Angry Birds-style game based on the cult classic “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” Instead of flinging birds at pigs, you fling French cows (and …

Autodesk’s TinkerBox combines the Rube Goldberg-esque fun of The Incredible Machine with the mechanical stylings of an Erector set, then tops it off with a dash of “Factory Made.” Though created primarily to “spark teens’ interest in mechanical engineering,” TinkerBox offers machine-building fun for all ages. The game (simulator?) starts with a dozen training levels, which teach you to place, …

Last October I called Chillingo’s Cut the Rope the best game since Angry Birds. And it appears the world agreed with me, as evidenced by its current number-three spot on the iTunes Top Paid Apps chart. If you’re looking for the next big thing in Cutesy Physics Puzzlers (or CPPs, as I like to call them), look no further: it’s …

Dead Space is all the rage right now, and with good reason. The original console game was widely regarded as one of the scariest survival-horror adventures ever, and the new sequel delivers even more sci-fi terror. You might assume that any iOS version of the game would be little more than a port of the original, a slapdash effort to …

It’s been well over a year since Adobe first rolled out Photoshop Express, an iPhone app with basic image-editing and online storage features. Yesterday, the company took the wraps off Photoshop Express 1.5, bringing a couple of much-needed features to the app and a couple of minor improvements. For starters, Photoshop Express now lets you capture photos right within the …

If you never had the pleasure of playing World of Goo on your PC, Mac, or Wii, you missed out on one of the most original and endearing games in recent memory. Now you can get Goo to go: World of Goo just landed on the iPad. The question is, how does it compare with its desktop and console counterparts? …

One of the major problems faced by our generation is how to read safely while walking, driving, carrying a baby, and so on. After all, with your eyes glued to your iPhone’s screen, it’s just a matter of time before you take a header down the stairs or plow into a tree. Thankfully, there’s one app that’s looking out for …

The Tekkeon myPower for iPhone offers smart supplemental power, but it’s mighty pricey. Tekkeon If you’re constantly fighting the low-battery blues, you might want to consider switching to a case that provides supplemental power. The Tekkeon MyPower MP1280 for iPhone 4 is one such case. It provides not only protection, but also 1200 mAh’ worth of extra juice–enough to nearly …

I’m a closet World War II junkie. I sat rapt through Ken Burns’ “The War” and HBO’s “Band of Brothers.” And I just finished “Unbroken,” the mesmerizing, jaw-dropping tale of WWII POW Louis Zamperini. (Seriously, if you read no other book this year…) So I was very keen to thumb through War in the Pacific, an iPad application based on …

If you’re like most folks, your New Year’s resolutions included something like “lose weight” or “get in shape.” Easier said than done, right? Try FitnessClass, a new iPad app that serves up more than 200 workout videos. No trips to the gym, no fitting your workouts to someone else’s schedule–just on-demand professional classes for just about any kind of workout …