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Category: Hijinks Reviews

  • Hijinks Reviews: Feeds


    Pros:     Fresh approach to RSS. Clean interface. Finally makes Google Reader relevant and useful.
    Cons: The lack of a Mark All Feeds as Read option.

    Platform: iPod Touch and iPhone

    Developed by: Boris Bluntschli (424f.com/feeds)

    Version Reviewed: 0.2

    Feeds is the third RSS app I’ve ever used for the iPhone, and easily the best so far. It may not have the fancy effects that smartRSS has, but it makes up for it with a much better cleaner layout. Perhaps one of it’s greatest advantages is also a sizable drawback, it’s based on the Google Reader API, meaning if you don’t use Google Reader you’re out of luck.

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  • Hijinks Reviews: Pool.

    Pros: Good control scheme, great execution of an age old game.
    Cons: No real multiplayer support, physics engine shows some weakness.

    Platform: iPod Touch and iPhone.

    Developer: Adalat Nasibov (www.adikus.com)

    Version Reviewed: 1.2

    Pool is a game dating back to the middle ages. Originally it was played almost exclusively by nobility, but by the 1800s it was a premier past time in taverns and saloons across the world. So, how does a 500 year old game translate to the touch screen? Turns out, pretty dang well. Full review and screens after the jump. (more…)

  • Hijinks Reviews: iPac3D


    Pros:     Good concept, one of the first true 3D games for the platform.
    Cons: May ruin your childhood memories of Pac-Man. Also, the onscreen control interface is less than reliable.

    Platform: iPod Touch and iPhone

    Developed by: Marco Giorgini (MarcoGiorgini.com)

    Joining the masses as yet another Pac-Man clone, comes iPac3D. Based off the Yeti3D engine by Derek John Evans, this latest reincarnation barely resembles the Pac-Man you grew up with. It is however a fairly polished and stable game, it does have a few quirks of course, but it is free after all.

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  • Hijinks Reviews: Fring


    Pros:     Hands down one of the best apps for the iPhone. Period. First to bring native Skype support for Wi-Fi calling. Replaces the need for running three or four chat apps.
    Cons: Leaving it running in the background does shorten battery life. Doesn’t play nice with your tunes.

    Platform: iPod Touch and iPhone

    Developed by: fringland ltd (www.fring.com)

    I was fairly impressed with iChabber, which was the first app to bring working GoogleTalk support to the platform, but I have to say Fring makes iChabber look like a toy. Both in terms of ease of use and available features.

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  • Hijinks Reviews: iDope. The Police is too strong for you!

    Pros: The weird looks your friends give you when you talk about what you’re doing in the game without telling them its just a game.
    Cons: Buggy interface and no re-playability. Nothing cool to buy with our ill-begotten gains.

    Platform: iPod Touch and iPhone

    Developed by: Wahkiz (iphone.wahkiz.com)

    Version Reviewed: 0.3.2

    iDope is a port of the classic turn based strategy game, Dope Wars. Originally a high school project, in 1984 John Dell created a DOS based buying and selling stimulater based on drug trading. Almost twenty-five years later his concept has seen countless reiterations (including the wildly popular Facebook application–wildly popular because I swear I get ten invites for it every time I log on.) the latest of which comes to the iPod Touch and iPhone. Full review and screen shots after the jump. (more…)