by vfitzjarrald | Oct 24, 2014 | Game On!, On the iPad
Platform: iOS Price: $4.99 Welcome to Mars! Building (haha) upon the successes of Terraria and Minecraft in the block style mine-em and build-em category comes Mines of Mars. This game hits the sweet spot between creativity and Sci-Fi action as you run around...
by vfitzjarrald | Oct 17, 2014 | Game On!, On the iPad
Platform: iOS Cost: $2.99 Initially, I have been a bit skeptical when it has come down to the Interactive book format on the iTunes store. Steve Jackson’s Appointment with F.E.A.R. is one of the games in this category that is amazing! Strong words of praise,...
by vfitzjarrald | Oct 14, 2014 | On the iPad
Platform: iOS Cost: $6.99 (a bit steep) Pythonista is a must have app for any educator who teaches computer programming with Python. Few apps touch the functionality that Phythonista has to offer. As the name implies, this is a python editor for the iPad. There...
by vfitzjarrald | Oct 10, 2014 | Game On!, On the iPad
Platform: iOS Cost: Free This week, my Game of the Week is a bit different, as it involves the idea that playing a game can help be a positive change in our world. Nobody has tried to make more ground on this front than Jane McGonigal. In this app, I feel like she...
by vfitzjarrald | Oct 7, 2014 | On the iPad, Productivity Apps
Platform: iOS Cost: Free In my productivity series, I am pushing my own boundaries – which is definitely the purpose of testing apps. When I first got an iPad, I used the standard apps for everything. After three years, I finally made the transition to third...
by vfitzjarrald | Oct 3, 2014 | Game On!, On the iPad
Platform: iOS Cost: $ Pandemic (the board game by Matt Leacock) was turned into a wildly fun iOS game about a year ago. I have had it on my iPad since it came out but it has not featured here on the Game of the Week Series yet. I realized today that not having it...
