This week Kotaku's Gaming Apps of the Day are all over the place, from an arcade fighter to a card game to a ... clock? It's starting to look like the Nintendo Download up in here. What's next, colored notepads?
I suppose it's okay when the clock in question is Fallout inspired, and it's not like the card game was Spades or anything. Nope, we're still well outside the danger zone. When the week comes that all of our daily gaming apps are either puzzle games or journaling utilities, then you can be worried.
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.
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