Game Review: BioShock
In the Genre of “Console Ports” there are relatively few options for iOS. With EA Releasing the Mass Effect and DeadSpace titles, there was some hope… it continues to fizzle. The Knights of the Old Republic port is a fantastic console quality game on the iPad, but for those of us who played that game to death on the PC or Xbox, it is an old hat. iOS gamers have been chomping at the bit for another Console quality game to hit the store.
This year, we saw the most notable game of our generation hit the App Store: BioShock.
Game Review: World of Tanks Blitz
World of Tanks – Simply one of the best iOS Shooting games out there!
You roam a small set of maps in a wide range of tanks trying to wage war and destroy the rival team. There are now more than 50 tanks in the game that meet all gameplay styles, from running-and-gunning to sniping. The game is monetized, but for additional experience boosts (aka. spending less time on the leveling grind). The interface is smooth and crisp, with a great dual analog style. Unfortunately when I play the game with my connected SteelSeries Stratus, the game is clunky and the control mapping does not seem to match with gameplay.
App Essentials: Blogsy
As a mobile professional, and one who logged 50,000 miles of travel in the last year alone, I have a remarkable need to be able to work on the go. In all of my work, the only thing that is remarkably difficult from a mobile device was updating web content. The Wordpress App has such a terrible interface, that I found it hard to work for hours at a time on each post. What is strange about this situation is that I love using Diet Coda on the iPad – it is intuitive and a great HTML/Code editor.
Where Wordpress stumbles, Blogsy takes off at a sprint.
App Essentials: Evernote
It has taken a long time, but I have been converted to using Evernote for all of my online note-taking. I was first introduced to the program in 2012 at the ISTE Conference. I hated it. At that point in my life, I was an avid doodler, spending the majority of my page area on drawings. When I downloaded and started using the Evernote platform on my PC, it was lacking in the ability to integrate services and features that I wanted. Since my account was created in 2012, there have been some significant changes to the platform and my use of it. The biggest change in my use of note-taking services is my reliance on my iPad.