Mobot: Earlier this week I reviewed Letterpress, an excellent word game from some guy who used to beaver away on the twitter app. If you haven’t played Letterpress yet, go get it now. It’s free to install, though it’s only available for iOS at the moment (sorry, Androidians).
I’ve adopted Beast Mode, playing something silly like 50+ games, but losing only a tiny handful (three, I think). I’m here to tell you how to beat your opponents to death (er, figuratively).
AppSafari: The Letterpress Word Game for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch is a fun combination of Scrabble, Words with Friends, and Draw Something tied together beautifully with its slick, modern look. The spartan, yet visually appealing interface and tools create a false sense of ease, as this is a game of true nerding. Creating complex words from the selected letters helps you earn points and claim coveted squares on the board.
Mobot: The Free Dictionary defines letterpress as “The process of printing from a raised inked surface”, while us Brits also consider it “The text, as of a book, distinct from illustrations or other ornamentation”.
It’s also an excellent multiplayer word game from former twitter app chap, Loren Brichter. Did I mention it’s excellent? Yes I did. Good.
TouchGen: One of my favorite kinds of game on the iPhone is the asynchronous, turn based multiplayer title. Judging by their sales, the rest of the app store feels similarly. Games like Words With Friends, Draw Something, and Hero Academy take up all of those small moments in my life when I could otherwise be thinking about something meaningful.
