:: CREATIVELY FLAWED
:: SPACE COWBOYSFor those helicopter parents who hover about their kid in constant fear, the internet can be a scary place. Vaughn Simon has created a new app, TattleType, that allows parents to monitor what their kids are typing.
Basically a parent can set up a list of restricted words and then if their kids types those words, the parent is notified. The app can also quote a few words leading up to the restricted word and whatever the child typed afterward for the next 30 seconds. Is it a creepy app that violates your kid's privacy, or a powerful tool to help provide a level of safety to your family?
You can decide for yourself (if you're so inclined) by downloading TattleType for $4.99 on the App Store.
:: ADVENTURE IS COMING
:: FLIGHT CONTROL :: STILL GOOD :: Read Review »GoodReader, the PDF reader for iOS by Good.iWare Ltd., has updated to include VoiceOver compatibility. This new feature will help support iPhone and iPad users with visual or reading disabilities, as well as busy users who would rather listen to a PDF while taking care of other tasks. It even allows users to control the speed and language a PDF is read in.
This new feature is a big upgrade from the old text-to-speech function, which only read highlighted text instead of the whole pdf. It also reads window names and menu details, making it easier to navigate and find just the information you need.
You can download GoodReader 4.8.1 on the App Store for $4.99.
:: A WELL-DRESSED CHAPLara Croft is coming to you in this very special holiday bundle. Square Enix is offering Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light HD, the original Tomb Raider, and Tomb Raider II for only $4.99. These are some of the classic Tomb Raider games with some extra bonuses including updated controls, new and original cut-scene voice-overs and enhanced original music effects, and some new locations.
This bundle sale is only around for a limited time, so grab yours [download] while you can.
:: EPIC ADVENTURE :: Read Review »Recently, Time named inkle's 80 Days their #1 Game of the Year. It plays out as an interactive fiction game with a steampunk reimagining of Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days.
inkle has updated 80 Days with the new polar expedition, which adds approximately 30,000 words to 80 Days' branching narrative. The game lets you explore an entire 3D globe with 150 cities and race your friends to see who can circle the world the fastest.
Join in the race with 80 Days for $4.99 on the App Store.
The super fun Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, by SQUARE ENIX, has gone universal with a new update.
This new update supports iOS 8 as well, and iPhone users will be happy to hear that it now properly supports the iPhone 5 and up. Players will also be able to enjoy searching for the Mirror of Smoke in central America with new high-resolution visuals.
Check out the new and improved Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light on the app store for $4.99.
:: TRICKY BUT WORTHWHILE :: DIGGING FOR MORE :: Read Review »The new update for 505 Games' popular game, Terraria, can be (and is) described as massive.
They've added over 1,000 new items and block types. You'll be able to build bigger and better with all those blocks, but look out because with great blocks comes great enemies - over 100 new enemies and 4 new bosses to be specific. Oh dear. You might just have to recruit one of the 15 new pets or hang out with one of the eight new NPC's.
If all that wasn't enough, 505 Games also added new biomes as well as updates to old ones, new events, new music, bigger chests, and weather. Good heavens.
You can check out Terraria for $4.99 on the App Store.
:: NEAT CONCEPT
:: :: COOL DWEEB :: Read Review »Card Wars – Adventure Time and Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake, by Cartoon Network, are donning their holiday best in their latest updates.
In Card Wars, you'll get new Holiday Sweater Hero Cards, a holiday-themed tree house with loot chests, special creature, spell, and building cards (limited availability), and the Adventure Calendar - sort of a super mathematical (awesome) Advent calendar with daily gifts for logging in.
Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake, on the other hand, is getting Codger the Elf - a weird old guy in Powder Peaks who needs Niko's help in a new island-spanning quest. You'll also be able to play new levels where you must find missing presents and you can earn a brand-new costume for Niko if you finish Codger's quest.
You can grab a copy of Card Wars – Adventure Time and/or Monsters for $3.99 and $4.99, respectively.
