A Better Pocket God

PocketGodPygmy Like most of you, we love Pocket God … a hilarious interactive application where you play god and rule an island populated with primitive pygmies. As the island’s god, you have all sorts of powers over the islanders, being as kool or krappy as you want to your peeps. It really is a tight app which stays fresh with weekly updates. At 99 cents, Pocket God has established a cult following and no wonder it’s #12 on Apple’s newly released All Time Paid Apps list. But whatever … spend the buck, get the app, check it out for yourself.

PocketGodOUCH! So yeah, we dig Pocket God and since we’re freaks, we tend to treat our pygmy crew pretty krappy. But even the most sadistic methods within Pocket God (feeding pygmies to sharks, throwing them into volcanoes, etc) left us yearning for more. We just want to be able to kick it up a notch … sprinkle a bit of South Park pixie dust into Pocket God … and throw in a taste of Beavis and Butt-head for good measure. We kinda feel bad wanting more from Pocket God … but if Apple can approve all these sexed-up apps, why can’t a shark tear off a pygmy’s arm?

Anyways, we can’t let it go … so we’ll simply present this awesome video we found that expresses our feelings … and hopefully Apple will do the right thing!

 

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April 18, 2009 | Filed Under Entertainment | 44 Comments 

Appy Newz – The Wind Beneath Our Wings

Free Appy Newz app giveaway – see end of article for details

We can only take so much KRAPPS. Sometimes we need an escape. Today we take a KRAPPS break … today we look for sunshine in the App Store.

AppyNewzIcon Last Friday, Appy Entertainment released their first iPhone app –
Appy Newz – enabling users to create custom tabloid-style magazine covers as described below:

Step 1: Select an image (typically a face) to customize from either pre-loaded images or from your iPhone’s camera roll. Customize face with choice of 22 Masks, 31 Hair-types and 17 Facial features.
Step 2: Drag customized face into the tabloid cover where you can choose from 42 poses.
Step 3: Choose from 38 tabloid backgrounds or import your own background from images saved to your iPhone’s camera roll.
Step 4: Choose from 35 different objects to include in your tabloid cover.
Step 5: Enter your choice of copy in three text box areas.
Step 6: Preview and save image to app’s Cover Gallery and iPhone’s camera roll.

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The entire creation process takes just minutes or if you’re in a panic, simply tap the “Shake It To Make It” button and Appy Newz will spit out a custom cover in 2.37 seconds.

But strange things happen every time we use Appy Newz … the letters Q-C-E-V keep popping into our head. This “QCEV Syndrome” freaked us out, so we consulted Madame Scarabego who revealed QCEV = Quality – Creativity – Entertainment – Value.

QUALITY
AppySleepAwake Sort of like garlic – Appy Newz reeks of quality. From the moment the app is launched, the user is rewarded with phenomenal build and attention to details. The launch screen loads with an eyes shut/sleeping Appy … once the app completes loading, Appy wakes up and opens its eyes. Another example is when you complete your tabloid cover a cheering crowd sound effect plays as if to congratulate you on your new creation. Such details are abundant and well polished throughout the app.

The build is flawless … swiping through customized selections (hair, backgrounds, objects, etc.) is smooth and never stalls. No crashes. The user interface is easy to navigate and very intuitive. Our fave feature is scaling images … WOW … pinch, expand, rotate, move left or right, etc … all image scaling is absolute perfection!

CREATIVITY
The foundation of Appy Newz is customization … which in turn breeds creativity. This app will exercise the right side of your brain … and not just the snarky brain cells (as their video projects) – but also the kinder, gentler cells.

Mother’s Day – flowers suck, give mom the gift of Appy Newz, printed and framed.
Did you piss her off – Appy Newz to the rescue.

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The possibilities with Appy Newz are endless. Take your digital file to CafePress and see what you can create (within reason due to iPhone’s resolution), buttons? a coffee mug?

ENTERTAINMENT
This one is obvious – Appy Newz will keep you coming back for more … 100% Pure Entertainment. Watch the video to see what we’re talking about.

 

VALUE
So considering all of the above and then seeing the $1.99 price tag, you have to think these Appy folks are dumbasses. Heck, we’d charge 2x, 3x, 4x even 5x the $1.99 price. Who knows how long this pricing error will last – but don’t even give it a second thought, just jump on it now. CLICK HERE to purchase Appy Newz. Check their web site for more info.

So in conclusion, we found sunshine in the App Store … they had us at “hello” … we found 100% anti-KRAPPS Certified Appy Newz … the wind beneath our wings.

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April 17, 2009 | Filed Under anti-KRAPPS, Entertainment | 12 Comments 

KRAPPS vs KRAPPS

written by guest author Tim Giron (follow on Twitter @timgiron)

funny-cat-fight I came across a couple of apps today that I thought were related, but then found out are quite different.  So, I decided to pit them against each other and figure out which one would win in a fight.


KRAPPS presents “Rumble In Our Jungle” … iOops vs iWhoop!

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First up is iOops, which presents a blank starfield screen (reminding me of an H.P. Lovecraft story) and an invitation to touch the middle of the screen.  Then, as the app description says, the “beast hide inside iPhone” will “come out and bite your finger” to which you will presumably exclaim “Oops!” though I was more apt to mutter “What the?” myself.

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The next contender for our street fight throwdown is iWhoop! which is a cool little soundboard app with some Southern fried phrases, ten to be exact.  You dial in the desired phrase and then engage the clever can of Whoop! to let fly the sound, the delivery of which reminded me of the Dukes of Hazzard.

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An important part of winning a street fight is the crew that you bring to the rumble.  Given that iOops reminds me of Lovecraft’s stories, it gets Cthulhu.  And, given that iWhoop! has a Dukes of Hazzard vibe, it gets the whole Duke clan.  While this matchup may appear to favor iOops, we must take into consideration that Cthulhu is not known for reliably showing up on time and them Duke boys have gotten out of some pretty sticky situations.  Advantage iWhoop!

For application startup times, iWhoop! is the clear winner.  Less than two seconds to offer someone a Knuckle Sandwich or the hilarious Karate sound.  Comparatively, iOops takes around eight seconds (presumably, locating the “beast hide inside iPhone” is not so easy as one might imagine).  Advantage iWhoop!

For ongoing entertainment value, I will have to give the nod to iWhoop! as well.  Once you’ve gotten everyone in your immediate vicinity to touch the screen and experience the “beast hide inside iPhone” for themselves, the novelty of iOops quickly wears off.  Not so with iWhoop!.  In fact, while writing this post, I discovered that you can “stack” the sounds for interesting combinations.  Advantage iWhoop!

The judges have reached their decision …
iWhoop! defeats iOops by unanimous decision at Rumble In Our Jungle!

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April 16, 2009 | Filed Under Entertainment, Guest Authors | 2 Comments 

POOP

NakedKRAPPS Every now and then an app comes along that is so utterly moronic and lame that as writers, we simply let the app do the talking for us. No clever title … no intro paragraph hook … no LOL pictures … no witty commentary or catchy conclusion. Just straight up, raw, unadulterated iPhone application. Sort of like Naked Juice (no added sugar or preservatives) …. call it Naked KRAPPS – the 100% all natural krappy application.

Congrats to the folks at BarnacleJive Software for releasing the POOP app. As with all Naked KRAPPS, we’ll let the app do the talking. First we present the POOP description …

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Next we have a few POOP screenshots …

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And in conclusion we simply would like to applaud Apple for approving yet another integral application which enhances and adds value to the App Store. The world is a better place and our lives are now complete knowing that at our fingertips we have several hundred variations for the word POOP. Searching for nirvana? Just download POOP and experience the ultimate euphoria Apple has to give.

April 15, 2009 | Filed Under Entertainment | 23 Comments 

Coulda Been Syndrome

Ever watched a movie which you are thoroughly enjoying … completely enthralled with the plot and characters … just absolutely loving the story line … then as you anticipate the climatic conclusion … BOOM … the ending totally sucks. You’re thinking – man, was that a waste of time and money. And if you’re one of those total anal individuals, you thoughts go even further … questioning the writer’s lack of effort to finish the story which had so much promise. It’s called the Coulda Been Syndrome … something or someone that coulda been awesome, but failed due to a lack of effort from start to finish.

Take for example the hysterical commercial parody from Saturday Night Live below …

 

LOL … classic stuff from SNL … and given to the right developer, it could be turned into an awesome iPhone application. Well the folks at Macsolving gave it their best shot and released the Ooops I Crapped My Pants app.

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Heck, the “Ooops I Crapped My Pants” title alone should already be making Macsolving millions of dollars. And judging my their tagline “Custom Applications For Apple Platforms For Over 10 Years” … these guys clearly have the experience to knock one out of the park.

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But as the Coulda Been Syndrome goes … the app falls very short and very hard to anything remotely close to the comedic value of the original. We won’t waste your time with an in-depth analysis, but simply leave you with two pictures from the Ooops I Crapped My Pant app (which we can only assume is the total extent of the app since Macsolving gives no other information to its functionality) and the following sentiment … coulda been awesome!!

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April 14, 2009 | Filed Under Entertainment | 11 Comments 

Recap: Week Of Apr 6

In case you missed any of the festivities, quick links to this week’s articles.

Apr 7: Cheap Bastards – advice, enjoy life and don’t sweat the small stuff
Apr 8: For Your Confident Life – a life changing app! it’s freaking amazing! don’t miss it!
Apr 9: Just Gimme A Beer – the iPhone is making us more anal, obnoxious and idiotic
Apr 10: Little Help Please – do you have some serious issue? maybe this app can help
Apr 11: Appy Newz Launched! – Appy Entertainment’s first app, find out our first impression

April 12, 2009 | Filed Under Recap | Leave a Comment 

Appy Newz Launched!

AppyNewzGirl Congrats to the folks at Appy Entertainment on the launch of their first iPhone application – Appy Newz – born April 10, 2009 at 1:35am. We’ll have a complete review of Appy Newz in a few days (we’re having too much fun playing around with it to stop and write an article) … but for now our initial impression can be summed up in two words – IT ROCKS! Trust us, for a $1.99 (cheaper than a latte) it’s beyond a solid value. So honestly, to heck with our review, CLICK HERE to buy it now. We promise you’ll love it – unless your whack or something. If you need more convincing, CLICK HERE to view their entertaining web site – or just check out their awesome video below. 

 

April 11, 2009 | Filed Under anti-KRAPPS, Entertainment, News | Leave a Comment 

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