Do you have an iPhone, an iPod Touch, or an iPad?  What about two, or even all three, of them?  Well, this post is for YOU. Aspyr’s totally rocking iOS apps these days, and after our recent interview with Mac gaming legend, Glenda Adams (go Maverick Software!), we were anxious to preach about how awesome some of our own apps are. (It’s our blog–we can do what we want) First up? FutureU (FREE). Some of you may recognize this game from our GameAgent store.  Well now we’ve made it way more mobile with versions available for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad.  This SAT Prep Game is a painless new way to prep for the SAT. Sharpen your critical thinking skills, build relevant knowledge and reduce test anxiety with a collection of games that feature curriculum from Kaplan, the leader in SAT prep. Study on your own time and for however long you like. There is no easier – or more fun – way to become a better problem-solver, boost your confidence and up your SAT score! Any students looking to boost their SAT scores should definitely give this game a look, especially with college applications due right around the corner (seriously, that corner will get here sooner than you know!).  It’s really a lot of fun–way more fun than your typical SAT prep course.  As mentioned above, you can set your own study schedule, which is always great, plus you get the bonus of no hand cramping from the loads and loads of writing you would be doing otherwise!  Also, it’s FREE!  You don’t have to do good on the math section to know that’s a great deal! Next is Aspyr’s newest entry, the Walkë Talkë app ($0.99).  This app utilizes Apple’s new Game Center app to allow you to wireless talk with your friends.  Talk, plan and play with any of your Game Center contacts directly, AND without using any of your minutes! Outside of these two new entries into the app market, Aspyr has three other classics you should take also take a look at.

• Buggled ($0.99) is a fun and active game of multi-touch finger dexterity.  Ladybugs have run rampant and it’s up to you to keep those bug b!tc#3$ in check.
• VooDude ($0.99) gives you your own personal voodoo doll. Take a picture, place it on the doll, and then go to town! You can use the accelerometer and touch screen to shake, pin, burn, and toss the doll around, all while the doll responds with true ragdoll physics.
• FriendZoo (FREE) transforms each of your contacts into a colorful zoo exhibit, complete with a variety of animals to match up with your friends’ personalities. Tired of looking at your best friend’s face?  Turn him into a tiger!  Tired of that squawking girlfriend of yours?  Turn her into a parrot!  Wait…

Glenda Adams worked at Aspyr for almost seven years as the Director of Development, responsible for leading our Mac game development studio and making our lives easier by providing guidance into all things technical.  She is a rare breed of person who can make technology understandable and accessible for those of us who aren’t technically minded. Before her employment with Aspyr, she was President of Westlake Interactive, the development house responsible for many-a-Mac-port such as Tomb Raider II Mac, The Sims Mac and many others.  Not only did Glenda manage the work on these games, she also took part in the actual code-writing as well! Glenda has participated in bringing great games to the Mac for over 20 years and now uses that expertise to bring great apps to iOS.  Glenda left Aspyr in May of 2009 to pursue development for the iPhone and to run her company Maverick Software.  Some of her hits include Cupcakes, the long-running #1 seller in the iTunes Kids Game category; More Toast!, the first of her More Foods apps to make a big splash; and More Cowbell, an App that launched on the iTunes store in its early days which helped us all enjoy Don’t Fear the Reaper in a whole new way. We at Aspyr and GameAgent are still great friends with Glenda and are huge fans her work, so we wanted to check in with her “on the record” so we could share some of her great insight with our community.  

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With the official release of the iPhone 4, we at GameAgent thought it would be appropriate to launch a new feature on the NonBlog that we’re calling “The iAddict.”  With each new major software or hardware release from Apple, Inc, we will post a story from friends, co-workers, fans, customers, supporters, and kinda whoever we can talk into it about their Apple love. To start things off, I have asked the biggest Apple fan I know to create the first post in this new series–my mom.

While growing up I didn’t realize that our first Apple IIGS would be an entry into an addiction.  As kids, we just liked making those awesome banners and greeting cards with Print Shop on the tractor-Feed paper.  Our first forage into gaming was with Reader Rabbit, Family Feud, and a World Sports game where you tried to balance on logs, jump off cliffs and do other “international” sports.  Little did we know this was just the tip of the iceberg.  Our first laptop was a PowerBook 150, I played SimCity 2000 and had my first experience talking to some one ON THE COMPUTER (I’m talking internet, folks) on our Macintosh LC, and was sent to college with a hand-me-down Mac of some sort.   My mom is inspired by technology and uses it in ways that educate, connect and inspire.  Her jobs have always connected education and technology and Apple has always been her manufacturer of choice.  Here’s the story of her addiction….

Love, BlogLady

My friends and family are actively searching for that multi-step program that will save me. I lamely claim my addiction began due to a phrase that echoed through my youth, “an Apple a day keeps the doctor away.”  My name is Katherine, and I am addicted to Apple.

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