Cute Bears Battle it Out: Battle Bears for iPhone Reviewed

Growing up, I cherished my little bears and the TV show, “Teddy Bears” just won me over with their cute and innocent behavior. The game I got my hands on changed my perception of these cute bears for the rest of my life.

The description says it’s a shooter that pits you against a horde of mercilessly affectionate bears (the Huggables) that want nothing more than to hug you…to death. You play as some sort of special forces bear with an assault rifle who rides unicorns and steals pots of gold.

You start off behind enemy lines with only your gun and what looks like a Unicorn horn crossbow to defend yourself against the swarms of Huggables. The enemies make a beeline to hug you, and their rainbow souls beam up when you kill them with a headshot. Regardless of how you kill them, they’ll spill colorful blood that can be any colour of the rainbow.

The controls are cool. You pan the screen using one finger, but you shoot by tapping with another one. You can switch weapons and reload using the icon in the top-left corner of the screen. Your only goal is to make sure that the incoming Huggables don’t take out your sandbag defense, or you’ll be hugged to death, and you don’t want that!

The game is a fun game, I am surprised to say. I was expecting this to be some childish game. I would not recommend this to a child. I am not quite sure who their target audience is, but definitely think twice before before buying it for a little child. Although violent, the developers made sure to include innocent actions to make up for it like bears that hug you to death. How cute, right?

Check it out! Battle Bears went to Top Ten Apps on iTunes in just seven days, and has remained in the top five Paid Apps and Action/Adventure Games despite stiff competition. Battle Bears is available for 99 cents for a limited time in the iTunes App Store. Also available is a free, shorter version of Battle Bears that allows players to try out the game at no charge.

MotionX GPS App Hits Stores, Great Buy

MotionX GPS Drive is a GPS navigation app for iPhone from the people who brought you MotionX GPS.The most appealing thing about the MotionX GPS Drive is pricing. It is either $3/month, or $25/year. If you want live voice directions MotionX comes with a full free 30 day Live Voice Guidance package. The race to be the best bang for your buck is looking better and better every day.

The user interface is one of MotionX’s main strengths. Functions are laid out in pages, with arrow buttons to slide through the rotation. A very Apple-like function: Hold down an arrow button and a list appears allowing you to jump directly to a page. There are separate pages for maps, compass view, waypoint and track lists, a stopwatch, and GPS status. It is great. They also manage to squeeze social networking in the app. You can share waypoints, tracks, and photos via Twitter, Email, or Facebook. The application can access your iPhone contacts and your music from the iPod app.

Gizmodo gave this app a very strong review and I would like to stress that I agree with them for the value of this app. One problem I did have with this app is that it was a little slow. It takes about 10 seconds for the software to load. This appears to be an unnecessary delay and only serves to display the product and website advertisement as well as a disclaimer. Once viewed and agreed to, the user should have the option to skip this opening screen, particularly for the paid version of this application.

GPS Drive is a well put together application and is a great contender based on features, price point and usability. GPS Drive is a fantastic value and a great choice!