I turn my back for just a second and the Week in Gaming Apps goes fitness crazy, or at least two apps more fitness-centric than my restroom-based iPhone gaming sessions will allow.
I mean, I guess I could run around in the restroom while playing Zombies, Run!, but there is limited space in there, and the floor is covered with treacherous obstacles from within the darkest recesses of my wife-creature's closet.
Perhaps I am better off using Fitocracy's mobile app. At least it allows for lying, an important part of any fitness routine.
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The New iPad was Made for Board Games Like This
A few weeks ago I took a look at the iPhone version of classic board game Ticket to Ride. It was great, albeit practical only for a single user. The fancy new iPad edition is much better. More »
Zombies, Run! Will Force You To Care About Exercise
I play a lot of video games. But I don't play a lot of video games that force me to go outside and run around my neighborhood. More »
Spin Up Will Make You Joyously, Frantically Dizzy
Spin Up mixes a lot of different influences into a fresh-feeling whole. It's got a bit of Donkey Kong's ladder-climbing DNA spliced with the infinite running of Canabalt, only the perpetual movement's vertical in this game. This may sound like a weird recipe but Spin Up hinges on a key difference that makes the game almost impossible to put down. More »
Don't Like Any Of The Games In The App Store? Make Your Own!
Canabalt? Pft. Make your own Canabalt, with art and level designs as you see fit. It's not like the web-to-mobile game already has fitting art and great music. More »
Work Out Smarter, Not Harder, With Fitocracy's Mobile App
It was embarassing to check back in to Fitocracy, the gamified "workout MMO" I touted about a year ago, and see almost no activity on my account since the previous summer. It's not that I haven't been to a gym since then. But a combination of backsliding and simply failing to log my activity meant I'd done what a lot of free-to-play gamers do: Get fired up in the first month or so, plateau, and check out. More »