Pocket God

The chart topping app for months now that released its 17th episode to the series May 19, 2009 is Pocket God! I absolutely had to write a review for this app because it is just so popular. Pocket God has been downloaded over 1 MILLION TIMES and is an amazing app developed by Bolt Creative. Along with its humor of watching little islanders interact with the things around them it is very fun and "Time well wasted" approved. :) The app is a series of stories with new ways for the islanders to interact with things and a definite stress reliever. You can kill these "islanders" over and over and press the + icon in the top left corner and add them over and over again. You can have six on the island at one time and you can kill them by: Burning them by holding a magnifying glass over their heads, throwing them into the water, get eaten by a shark, throw them into the volcano in the background, have them eaten alive by ants, and many many more ways. Its addicting will all the new ways and environments the developers are making for these islanders to move about. They are a tribe known as "Tribe Ookga Chaka" led by there god "Gene Simians". The six each have a name as well, there names are: Ooga, Booga, Nooby, Dooby, Klik, and Klak. They each have there own characteristics and personalities that you can look at in the settings menu and the picture of an islander. That's basically the whole idea of this app and I personally will give it a 4 out of 5. I would like to see more interactions with you and the islanders, more "The Sims" like features but I'm sure that will come later down the road with this app as well.

iMafia

The iPod Touch/iPhone app that released February 4th this year is absolutely amazing. The game I have been talking about is called iMafia. I have been playing this app every since I downloaded it and I have flourished so much in this game. The game itself is very well thought out and uses the principal of supply and demand in many ways. iMafia's concept is you are either a Mogul (specializing in properties), a Brawler (specializing in fights), or a Workaholic (specializing in missions). The game is simple, You have to earn energy to complete missions, once you complete a mission you then start to build a net worth. After you have some cash you can then invest your money in real estates and earn money even when your away from your iPod every 50 minutes, or you can invest your money in weapons (Note: Some require an upkeep fee). You can use the weapons to fight other people across the internet and beat them for money. However keep in mind whenever your not playing they can do the same to you. Overall this is a really great app. It is very fun when you have some time to blow and I am going to give iMafia a 5 out of 5. I would recommend this app to anybody that likes Mafia style games along with creative thinking. Be sure to leave comments and tell me what you think of this app as well.

iPod Touch Apps: Howcast

Hey everybody, I'm Ryan Hamby from Tennessee and this is my first blog on the iPod Touch Apps. I recently found a new app called Howcast for the iPhone or iPod Touch and I will first say I am very judgemental about apps but this is by far one of my favorites. In the app Howcast they provide many "How to" videos on numerous things from "How to grind coffee beans" to "How to be a better Coworker". They also provide many categories such as "business and finance", "Technology", "Sports and Fitness", and "Careers and Education" along with many more. The app is just like the website and it also uses the iPod Touch's accelerometer to make it to allow you to shake the iPhone/iPod Touch and it will pop up a random video from their archive. This is a very useful app and I personally like how you can search for things while also make a favorites playlist and review your history of videos. So overall I'm gonna give a 4 out of 5 for this app because the makers were very creative in this app however I don't like how you can't search by categories but this is a great app and I would definitely recommend it. http://howcast.com/