Year: 2012
Genre: Word Game
Platform: iOS, Mac
Creator: Solebon LLC
I’ve downloaded many, many word games for my smart phone and this is the only one I’ve kept for any length of time.
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Smartphone Games Worth Playing: A Dark Room
Year: 2013
Genre: Text RPG
Platform: iOS, Android, Web Browser
Creator: Michael Townsend, Amir Rajan (iOS)
A brilliant minimalistic RPG that hearkens back to 80’s games made in BASIC only with the polish and creativity of today’s designers.
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Smart Phone Games Worth Playing: Super Stickman Golf 3
Year: 2016
Genre: Physics; Arcade
Platform: iOS, Android
Creator: Noodlecake Studios
For the record, the first two games in the series are also worth playing, but since Super Stickman Golf 3 was just released and it’s also damn amazing, here we are:
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Smart Phone Games Worth Playing: Framed
Year: 2014
Genre: Puzzle, Noir
Platform: iOS, Android
Creator: Loveshack Entertainment
Man, I get giddy every time I think about this game. In a world naturally lacking in any original ideas, I can honestly say I have never played anything else like Framed.
Smart Phone Games Worth Playing: Sometimes You Die
Year: 2014
Genre: Platformer
Platform: iOS, Android
Creator: Philipp Stollenmayer
Everything you need to know about this platformer can be learned from that picture. You control that block on the left with the arrow. On this particular screen, you have to get that block in the pit on the right. But you can’t actually jump that far. How do you get there? Well, sometimes you have to die, using your block corpses to get to where you need to go.
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Smartphone Games Worth Playing
I’ve been using smartphones since 2011 and honestly I still haven’t come across that many games I enjoy playing. Some games–even Angry Birds–are decent time wasters, but rarely do I think, “Dang, I’m glad I spent my time on that!”
I’m going to guess many of you also share this experience, so over the next several days I’ll review the smartphone games I really enjoyed and felt worthy of keeping on my phone. I am also hoping I can parlay this into great recommendations from you guys.
The only other caveat for this list is that I’m reviewing games that were originally designed for smartphones only. In other words, no Walking Dead, Final Fantasy VI, or Limbo.
Beatles Song Countdown: 5-1
5: In My Life
Album: Rubber Soul
Writer: Lennon
Singer: Lennon
Verdict: One of my me and my wife’s songs. A non-cloying existentialist treatise.
Beatles Song Countdown: 10-6
10: I’m Looking Through You
Album: Rubber Soul
Writer: McCartney
Singer: McCartney
Verdict: Similar to Run For Your Life in that it’s about the angry devolution of one of the singer’s relationships, only without the violence and misogyny. Also, it’s got Paul’s amazing voice (have I mentioned that before?). I might be the only person who loves this song this much. The rhymes are simplistic, the rhythm generic. It’s just his voice. And I like the ending where instead of the usual decrescendo, Paul just keeps amping it up through the fade-out.
Beatles Song Countdown: 15-11
15: Run For Your Life
Album: Rubber Soul
Writer: Lennon
Singer: Lennon
Verdict: Lennon cited this as the worst song in the entire Beatles catalog and regrets writing it. I can see why. It’s misogynistic and violent. So yeah. For me it’s so over-the-top it comes off more as an angry hyperbolic fantasy to blow off steam. The guitar work isn’t great either. There’s just something about desperation in John’s voice that draws me in. The way he sings, “Baby I’m determined…” just sends a cold one through me.
Beatles Song Countdown: 20-16
20: Penny Lane
Album: Magical Mystery Tour
Writer: McCartney
Singer: McCartney
Verdict: Such an evocative song, probably because it’s about a real place and about real things. Probably more than any other Beatles song I have a hard time describing what I love about it. It’s not Paul’s best voice work. And there’s perhaps too many background instruments. I’m not even sure how I feel about the piccolo trumpet solo. Very strange, indeed.
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