Touch Arcade:
I suppose I should start this out with a little history lesson since the roots of this game are likely obscure enough that they won't be apparent to some readers. The House of the Dead is a video game series that began its life as a light gun rail shooter arcade machine in 1996. The games all share common themes in that you play as an agent (or pair of agents in two player mode) fighting various flavors of zombies, mutants, and mutant zombies. Many of the games have since been ported to other platforms such as the PC and quite a few home consoles. Typing of the Dead made its debut in 1999 in arcades of Japan, and just like the House of the Dead games, eventually made its way to the PC and home consoles as well.
GameStooge reviews the new addictive iOS title, Texting of the Bread.
Excerpt: "Gameplay is simple – as gingerbread men amble at you, phrases and words appear above their heads. The highlighted word is the word you must type to defeat the creature; you may tap other balloons to select a different word to type, but that’s a seldom used option, especially when there’s a bunch of men coming. On normal gingerbread men, successful letter presses will stagger them. There are other types of enemies, including rolling gingerbread men who each have a single letter but roll quickly towards your avatar, minibosses that have multiple words and aren’t staggered by key presses, and later bosses."
Many of you will remember Typing of the Dead, a cult Dreamcast game that had you shooting zombies not with a large plastic peripheral, but with good grammar. Each correct word typed downed a zombie in a shower of blood and perfect English. Texting of the Bread is the debut game from Screwattack.com, and doesn’t so much borrow the same formula as basically shrink it down to fit on your iPhone.
TouchGen: My thumbs are freaking fat, and I hate texting on my iPhone. People trying to have quick conversations with me can forget it. I have not seen any reason to increase my touch screen output speed. I am quite pleased with my computer keyboard speed, but at least that gets me some recognition. Typing like a mad man on a small screen has been a non-issue. That is until now. Now my letters hurt, and my words kill.
