Michael Schultz

Dec200809

Pop looks to be a simple yet addictive addition to the App Store. I have yet to play it myself but TUAW made a great video demo of Pop which you can check out on Youtube. To learn more about Pop visit the creators at Nnooo.com. At $4.99 however, the game is a bit pricy. If I were you I would wait until Christmas, I have a feeling a lot of apps are going to make some major price cuts to break into the App Store top 10 list.

Also, my new favorite iPhone App/Game is Touch Grind by Illusion Labs. This game takes the idea of the old finger boards and created a very polished iPhone app. There is a bit of a learning curve but once you get the hang of a few simple finger gestures you will be tricking around the park with style. Individual tricks are fairly simple, but I have had some trouble pulling off combos.

I stumbled upon this game last week when I was surfing around the popular Mac design forum Macthemes2.net. I found a thread that teased being able to create your own skateboard designs and applying them to the game. What a cool addition. However I soon realized that you must have a Jailbroken iPhone/iTouch to do so. This is a feature that has already been suggested to the developers and hopefully will be integrated in a update down the road. Touch Grind (App Store Link) is also currently $4.99 so you may want to hold off for a bit.