LandFormer – Puzzles Undisguised [iPhone Game Review]

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

Continuing in their tradition of delivering solidly entertaining games, Streaming Colour Studios recently released LandFormer [iTunes Free], a challenging puzzler for iPhone.  Even better, the basic game is FREE, giving you a chance to try it out before plunking down some scratch for the add-ons.

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The game’s rules are deceptively simple.  You are presented with a 5×5 grid of tiles, each capable of 5 different terrain levels: deep water, river, field, hill and mountain.  Using six patterns, you raise or lower the tiles one step at a time until all are at field level.  Each step counts as a move and each puzzle has a stated number of moves required to accomplish the feat.  When you first start the game, a brief tutorial takes you through all of the game’s concepts.

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The free game comes with 10 beginner levels which allow you to determine if this is your kind of game (it is decidedly my type of game!).  An additional 50 levels (easy, medium, hard and expert) are available for $1.99 via in-app purchase.  Another great feature in the free game is the ability to create your own levels, ingeniously implemented using the very same pattern tools.  Once you have crafted your masterpiece, you can share it with friends, challenging them to solve it in the same number of moves it took to create it.  The same Premium Content in-app purchase that provided the additional levels also gives you the ability to save your creations and those you receive from others.  I made up one I entitled "Donner Pass" which I exchanged with the developer while I was preparing my review.  Interestingly, he solved it in one fewer move than I took to create it, so I must have introduced an extraneous, superfluous move at some point and didn’t notice.  He indicated it took him a few tries to match the number of moves exactly, which is another level of challenge that the game presents.

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Also available for in-app purchase is a Disco theme which gives the game a Studio 54/Saturday Night Fever spin by way of colorful, glowing tiles.  I just read on the developer’s blog that they are working on a City theme as well.  I hope there will be rats in the sewers!

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I give the LandFormer [iTunes Free] high marks for originality and playability and a big plus for perfectly executing the freemium model.  The free version is entertaining in its own right and the additionally available content is top shelf quality.  I look forward to additional themes and level sets and I’ll be sending out some of my own to get friends hooked, too.

 

100+ Ways To NOT Get Laid App Advices Users To ‘Shit In Their Bed’

cuddle party Looking to hook up with some hottie and do the nasty like a rock star? No worries, you’re in luck. There are literally hundreds of apps to help you get laid … “Get Any Girl : The Ultimate Pickup Guide” … “How To Get Girls Into Bed Without Trying” … and even Vampire, Redneck or Robot Pickup Lines.

But what if you’re not looking to score? What if you wear one of those purity rings … or prefer a cuddle party to a naked party? Can the iPhone actually help you avoid having sex?

Good news for those aiming to become the next 40-year-old virgin … yesterday a new free application hit the App Store … 100+ Ways To NOT Get Laid [iTunes Free].

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Actually if you think about it, 100+ Ways To NOT Get Laid is quite the life saver …

On a shitty blind date? … what does the app suggest … “tell them you can suck your own member” … boom, no sex!

After undressing your potential bang buddy for the first time, you discover a third nipple … what does the app suggest … “shit in their bed” … boom, no sex!

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And of course other classic action plans like … “pull your tampon out. swing it around your head and yell ‘your goin’ down goliath!’” … and of course the fail-proof … “keep saying ‘I think that would fit up my butt’”.

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Yeah, 100+ Ways To NOT Get Laid might not change the world … but if suddenly you come face-to-face with a one-eyed willy covered in disgusting warts (ewww), you’ll be sure glad you downloaded 100+ Ways To NOT Get Laid and “shit in their bed”.

Ultimate Pac-Man iPhone iOS 4 Wallpaper Collection [10 Downloads]

apple-pac-man Gotta love graphic designer geeks. Yesterday the big boy tech blogs (Gizmodo, Engadget, TUAW, etc.) posted a killer Pac-Man iPhone 4 iOS 4 home screen wallpaper … which as far as we can tell, originated on a Japanese website (currently now working, the big boys broke it). So immediately the graphic designers got their panties in a bundle … saying how this Japanese version was crappiely executed, didn’t resemble the original arcade game … basically a piss poor effort. They vowed to rebuild it … making it better than it was before … better, stronger, faster.

For convenient download and to satisfy your inner Pac-Man mania, below is a collection of “better, stronger, faster” Pac-Man iOS 4 wallpapers which were all created and released within 24 hours of the original Japanese version. If you suck at making decisions and want all ten Pac-Man wallpapers CLICK HERE for a ZIP file.

[please note: all images are the proper 640×960 size for iPhone 4 iOS 4 and designed to be used as home screen wallpaper … download directly to iPhone’s camera roll by touching the desired image, press and hold the image on its new page and select save.]

Original Pac-Man Wallpaper From Japanese Website Madin
The one that started this current craze … now we wait for Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Frogger, etc. … come on geeks – if you build it, they will come!

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Pac-Man Wallpaper From Gizmodo Reader kdlc

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Pac-Man & Ms. Pac-Man Wallpapers From Kal Michael

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Pac-Man Wallpaper From Geeky Gadgets Reader Taylor Griffin

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Pac-Man Wallpaper From Gizmodo Reader M3tALHaz3

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Pac-Man Wallpapers From Jeffrey Carl Faden

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Turn Your iPhone Into A Frickin’ Laser, Moving Fan, Real Flashlight And More

Holger-Blumler-FINAL First there was the app that turned your iPhone into a portable heater … then into an air blower … and of course the infamous watermelon ripeness detector. But all these useless useful applications pale in comparison to the dynasty of utilities one developer is pumping out … dude’s name is Holger Blumler … and his eccentric company is HMB-TEC

Holger Blumler is an interesting fellow. Picture the freaky scientist Doc Brown from Back To The Future. But instead of tinkering with a DeLorean and the flux capacitor … Holger spends his time messing with the iPhone’s 3.5mm headphone jack. And with assorted external attachments (all available for sale on HMB-TEC’s site), coupled with correct calculations … when the iPhone launches Holger’s apps, you’re going to see some serious shit …

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Just like it sounds … stick a propeller in the headphone jack, crank up the iPhone’s volume and boom … revolutionary refreshing air!

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Forgive Holger … he’s from Germany and their soccer team is kicking major ass in the World Cup. So being a freak football fan, Holger couldn’t resist an app that waves the German (or any nation) flag from the iPhone accompanied by various obnoxious soccer sounds. Heartbreaking however that Holger didn’t develop a vuvuzela attachment.

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Turn your iPhone into a FICKIN’ LASER … enough said … awesome!

LED Flashlight
So some weak sauce developers are using the iPhone 4’s flash as a flashlight app … MEH. Holger is way ahead of those dorks … check out the original, pre-iPhone 4, LED flashlight … complete with a handy, built-in, SOS Morse code distress signal (· · · — — — · · ·). 

 

And Holger’s madness doesn’t stop with the above … mobile alarm system [YouTube], aromatherapy [YouTube], thermometer, stethoscope, heart monitor, microphone, infrared remote and more. Like we said, dude is building a dynasty of some serious flux capacitor-like shit … bravo Holger, bravo!

Disturbing New Way To Hold iPhone 4

Ahhh, the Apple fanboy … plastering Apple stickers on every inch of their car …. obsessing over all things Apple, all the time … when Steve Jobs says “JUMP!”, they respond, “how high?”. But most important … never admitting fault with Apple, ever.

So when informed they’re holding the iPhone 4 wrong … Apple fanboy takes every drastic measure to follow the brainwashing preaching of Steve Jobs. Yeah … you can always tell who’s the real Apple fanboy … they show it with pride.   

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(via MakeUseOf)

Tap Tap Vuvuzela For iPhone – C’mon Tapulous, Make It

Screw Nickelback, Bieber and Gaga … Tapulous should so add this game to their Tap Tap series of music games … Tap Tap Vuvuzela … game lasts 90 minutes – don’t miss the first note or you are so effed! 

 

(via Kotaku)

Katy Perry Parody “California Dorks” is Dorktastic! – plus Recap: Week Of June 28

Ad-Krapps-170x170 In case you missed any of our perfect iPhone chaos, quick links to this week’s articles.

June 28: Best Part Of iOS 4 …

June 29: Monkey Boy – The Legend Continues

June 30: Nudity, Blood, Violence & Murder – Crazy Bitch Soccer Fans Love Super Streaker

July 1: Make Rice Boobs With Rice Implants App

July 2: App Lets Users Send Erections As Gifts (not kidding!)

July 3: Vuvuzela Ate My Brain! – Pro Zombie Soccer for iPhone

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LAMO @ Katy Perry Parody “California Dorks”

Happy Fourth of July to all our American peeps!

And what better way to celebrate America’s Independence Day than with this awesome music video from Jason Munday’s Skyway Flyers. “California Dorks” is a hysterical parody of Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” smash hit single … and living in Southern California, we pissed our pants from hysterics as “California Dorks” brilliantly covers just about every stereotype in the SoCal nerd scene … We’ll get some In’ N Out for breakfast – Disneyland like four times a week – Wifi on the beach, we’re ustreaming from our smartphones.

 

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