Test-drive six 2010 VW hatchbacks in Firemint’s free Real Racing GTI. Firemint’s Real Racing is one of the top-rated and most popular racing games in the App Store, but at $6.99 it’s also among the priciest. Alas, there’s no lite version you can test-drive before you buy, but Volkswagen just unveiled the next best thing: …
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Rock Band for iPhone does a nice job recreating the look of the original, if not the feel. Rock Band’s biggest disappointment: When you play vocals, you don’t get to sing. Rock Band. For iPhone and iPod Touch. Right now in the App Store for $9.99. Just thought I’d cut right to the crucial information, as hard-core fans of the …
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Everything old is new again. Earthworm Jim, a run-and-gun platform game that debuted on the Sega Genesis in 1994, just hit the App Store. Earthworm Jim, brought to you by Gameloft (do these guys ever stop working?), offers the same terrific tongue-in-cheek sci-fi action as its predecessor. As the titular mutated character, you’ll run, swing, blast, and bungee-jump your way …
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NFB Films streams over 1,000 shorts and feature-length films to your iPhone. Like indie films? Documentaries? Animation? Ho, boy, have I got an app for you: NFB Films lets you watch over a thousand movies on your iPhone. For free. The “NFB” stands for National Film Board, a kind of Canadian PBS. The app taps the NFB’s mammoth library of …
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If there’s a bigger game genre for the iPhone than Tower Defense clones, I haven’t found it. A quick search of the App Store reveals well over 100 titles matching that description. No surprise there: the iPhone’s touch screen lends itself perfectly to this kind of game (which, for the uninitiated, requires strategic placement of defensive armaments to ward off …
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Scan the bookshelves of any serious movie buff and you’re almost certain to find a worn, dog-eared copy of “Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide.” Of course, just as encyclopedias work far better as interactive, online guides like Wikipedia, so do reference tomes like this benefit from the digital treatment. Enter Leonard Maltin Movie Guide for iPhone ($4.99), which not only reproduces …
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Ever since Mario traded his running shoes for a four-wheeler, go-kart games have been a console staple. Witness Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D for the iPhone, which debuted in 2008 (shortly after the App Store launched) and has been a top seller ever since. Now comes Gameloft’s Shrek Kart, which casts everybody’s favorite ogre in the Mario/Crash role for some …
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