This highly educational Week in Gaming Apps is brought to you by the letter T, the number 10,000,000, the sounds of jazz and the culture of Mexico.
It's been the busiest Week in Gaming Apps ever, at least for yours truly. I've been steeping myself in Windows Phone 7, Android and iPhone games over the past few weeks, so whenever someone comes up short for a game to feature in our Gaming App of the Day segment, I'm up to bat!
I got to pick out three of this week's five gaming apps, playing a little pool and feeling bad about the plight of the cartoon animals, desperately wishing I were playing more 10000000 all the while.
But it's not all me. Kate took a trip to a Mario-tinged Mexico, and Kirk took a look at a game that was pretty much custom-made for him.
Can I pull off the five-day sweep next week? God I hope not.
If you have a suggestion for an app for the iPhone, iPad, Android or Windows Phone 7 that you'd like to see highlighted, let us know.
If Mario Were a Mexican Jumping Bean, This Would Be His Game
Imagine that you are playing Super Mario Bros 3. Now imagine that instead of Mario, you are a Mexican jumping bean. With a tiny little sombrero. And you have a quest. Bean's Quest, in fact. More »
The Most Exciting (and First) Game of Snooker I've Ever Played
It wasn't looking good. My erstwhile online opponent was sinking balls left and right. A red. A yellow. Some other color. After a seemingly endless run of the table he finally missed his mark, giving me the opening I needed. I lined up the green ball with the side pocket, pulled back my cue, and sunk it more tragically than the Titanic. More »
This Game Lets You Leap Your Way Through A Swinging History Of Jazz
On my iPad's home screen, the title of Jazz: Trump's Journey is just one word: "Jazz." More »
There Are 10 Million Reasons You Won't Be Able to Stop Playing This Puzzle RPG
My latest run through the pixelated dungeon of EightyEight Games' iOS dungeon puzzler earned me a score of a little more than 800,000 points. Freedom costs 10 million. I'm half-hoping I never make it. More »
And Then the Mr. T Duck Drives His Purple Motorcycle to the Fish Market
Are the colorful cartoon animals of Happy Street truly happy, or are they just incredibly nearsighted soulless consumer drones with no real purpose other than purchasing virtual products and being shit upon by low-flying seagulls? Can they be both? More »