Get Your Game On

If you’re loving your iPod touch for the gaming, then you’ve probably downloaded all of these apps already?

First there was news Doodle Jump overtook Bejewelled as highest game downloaded on iTunes. Now Fruit Ninja has overtaken both of them.

• Have a strong preference to any of them?
• Haven’t heard of them and (gasp) don’t want to feel left out?

Check them all out below.

Doodle Jump

In Doodle Jump, you guide a four-legged alien known as the “Doodler” upwards through a series of platforms without falling or encountering monsters or black holes. The character is controlled by tilting the iPhone left and right.

Highly Addictive. One reviewer tweeted “if you value your life, never download Doodle Jump”.

Download Doodle Jump on iTunes:

Business Insider reported that based on calculations, the app was at that stage being downloaded approximately 28,000 times a day. That many people can’t be wrong?! But of course, we all move on unless it’s something that can keep us entertained.

Next came Fruit Ninja….

Fruit Ninja

Swipe your finger across the screen with speed to slash & splatter fruit like a true Ninja!

With global leaderboards and fun fruit facts, Fruit Ninja – it’s a little bit messy…

Fruit Ninja:

ps congrats to a local Brisbane crew for Fruit Ninja: @HalfBrick

Bejewelled

Now, even without an iPod touch or iPhone, I think you know how popular Bejewelled is. You have seen all your Facebook friends newsfeeds with who reached the highest score and such.  But it has been fully optimised for touch screen. Global leaderboard where you can update your Facebook page with stars and medals, four different game modes, hours of fun!

Download Bejewelled2 on iTunes:

Google homepage logo “doodle” turned interactive

Google doodles, famous for celebrating anniversaries of all sorts of things created a stir last week.  On 21 May, Google released a version of the all-time favourite Pac-Man game, to mark it’s 30 year anniversary.

Simple, fun and harmless one would think.  However, it is estimated that release of Pac-Man caused approx $145m in lost productivity that day, before it was pulled down. How one estimates that loss, I’m not sure.

What did Google have to say?

“We’ve been overwhelmed, but not surprised, by the success of our 30th anniversary Pac-Man doodle,” Google vice president of search products and user experience Marissa Mayer said in a blog post on Monday.

There was even talk Google’s homepage may be banned by some companies, as IT depts received calls saying their Google page was doing strange things, and as other corporate companies recognised extremely high usage and reacted to breach of their Internet Policies.

Did you get to play Pac-Mac?

Did you miss it? You can play a different version here online, or check out the quick CNET related video.

Although, it’s not the first time teenagers running around in dark rooms chasing pills has been the topic of news…?!

Imagine doing Wii Hoola-Hoop after a few cocktails – in public?!

That may sound a little like a bad dream to some (like the one where you forgot your undies), but it can soon be your reality.

Four local gamers are set to open a new nightclub, Mana Bar, in Brissy’s Fortitude Valley, where you sip on some awesome cocktails whilst partaking in PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii games – particularly the more social ones like Wii Sports and Guitar Hero.

Mana Bar director Guy Blomberg said the next gen video gaming venue would be the first of its kind in the country and would offer a wide selection of video games at five terminals, including several titles available in the bar “weeks before they’re available to the public”.

Impressive!

Playing games will be free in the venue, with no bookings taken, so patrons will have to wait their turn and then “socially interact with everyone else”, Mr Blomberg says.

More info

Interested to know more? Check out their forum, the Mana Bar Facebook fan page and their interview with Rave Magazine.

The club will open in February at 420 Brunswick St, so get ready to bowl, dance and sing your little hearts out <3

Record Sales for GTAIV

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc are doing better than expected after records sales of the Grand Theft Auto new release.

“Grand Theft Auto 4″ was launched on April 29 to critical acclaim and earned $500 million in sales in its first week.

The criminal action game had sold 8.5 million copies to consumers and 11 million copies to retail outlets as of May 31.

I’m sure devoted Grand Theft Auto fans aren’t at all surprised?!

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