Are you as smart as the top 10 percent of people in the world? While there’s no real way to tell, there is one logic puzzle that, according to Japanese businesses, can weed out the 10 percent from the 90 percent. It’s called The River Test, and it’s set up as any logic puzzle. You have an objective, and then a set of parameters that you must follow. (Anyone who has studied for the LSATs is all too familiar with this.) Apparently this one is tougher than your average, or even above average, logic puzzle. If you want to give it ago, there’s a free BlackBerry app that can keep you focused on the task.
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By this point, you’d think that Angry Birds, one of the most popular and addictive smartphone games, would have made its way to BlackBerry. Alas, Rovio has continued to ignore the BlackBerry-toting masses. This leaves room for competitive knock-offs, and Smarter Apps has taken advantage. They’ve developed Angry Farm, which works in a nearly identical way. Fling farm animals through the air to fend off those sly foxes. The only downside is that while Angry Birds is free for Android and 99 cents for iPhone, Angry Farm is a touch more expensive at $4.99. There have been complaints of lag, but Ronen at BerryReview found that a reboot helps mitigate the issue. Video walk-through after the jump.
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Whenever I travel I try to have a few activities to keep me busy. These will mostly consist of reading, but that’s not enough. My eyes get tired eventually, and I crave a video game. But without a portable gaming system I’m out of luck. Thankfully, there’s always Word Mole on my BlackBerry. It’s not the greatest, but it’s free. Here are some other free word games for your BlackBerry that can keep you entertained as you move to and fro this holiday season.
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It seems as though we’re nearing a revolution in mobile gaming. With the preponderance of app stores, we’re seeing more and more games available to people. We’re also seeing more games with remote multiplayer functions, so you can play friends, or even a random stranger, over your mobile connection. We’re also seeing more tie-ins with social services. All of this is why I think that games like WordRival will get even better in the near future. But it’s still an excellent game now. I installed it yesterday and it was a great way to kill a long train ride.
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Lately I’ve become a bit bored with the games on my BlackBerry. I’ve gone through the ones that interest me on our 250 free BlackBerry games list, so now it’s time to do a bit more exploring. That means heading to the BBGeeks Store. The catch, though, is that while I’m willing to pay for useful applications, I’m not willing to pay much, if anything, for games. I spend enough on console games that I can’t justify creating extra budget for mobile games. So I tend to look at the free games. That led me to a series called Keys. It’s a quiz application for OS 6 that is surprisingly fun. If you’re a Torch owner, you might want to give it a look.
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There are all different ways you can use your BlackBerry to kill idle time. You can load up a memory card with music and jam out to your favorite tunes. You can read RSS feeds or even ebooks. You can play one of hundreds of games, including a couple of neat pre-loaded ones. But sometimes that gets old and you’ll want new entertainment. Lately in the Store I’ve noticed a series of trivia apps going up. A company called FanWide has released a series of 23 (so far) trivia games, which are great ways to kill time.
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I don’t think I’d be alone in listing Paperboy as one of my favorite childhood games. I was a bit young to enjoy it during its arcade run, but I certainly had the Nintendo version, and even dust off my old copy once in a while (when my NES actually works). It was also one of the first games I downloaded in college when I realized the brilliance of NES emulators. Now you can get that same experience on your BlackBerry. Elite Systems Group has released an officially licensed version for your BlackBerry.
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In News From The Wire yesterday I said I’d take a closer look at Desktop Manager for Mac, which was recently leaked. But then I started using it, and realized that there’s nothing much to add. We already took a look at it last week, and not much has changed. We’ll do up a walk-through as a reference once it’s officially released, but for now it’s not worth a short blurb when there have been short blurbs already. Fret not, for there is something to gander at heading into the holiday weekend. You remember Dope Wars, the text-based game where you buy and sell drugs for fun and profit? They now have a BlackBerry version of it, Berry Wars. And it’s just as addictive as the old one.
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This isn’t going to last long — two days, it looks like. If you’ve been wanting to pick up a BlackBerry game from Bplay, you can get 20 percent off from now through the end of the month. Just head to Bplay’s site and pick out what you want. At checkout time, use coupon code Email20. Hat tip to Kevin for bringing it to my attention.
