About Michael Jeans

Michael has been an Apple user since system 6 and an Internet aficionado back when it was just email, Usenet and gopher. He and his son play tons of board, card and dice games as well as casual games on the Xbox 360 and iPhone. He is marchpumpkin nearly everywhere except XBL where he is marchpumpkins because MS sucks and won't let him have back his old gamertag.

marchpumpkin's iOS Devices: 8GB iPod Touch G1 and 8GB iPhone 2G

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Articles by marchpumpkin

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  Review: Guns'n'Glory - Tower Defense On The Oregon Trail

  Tower Defense...where the towers can move? Guns'n Glory is pure heresy! Or maybe just a new twist on a genre ...
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  Review: Monster Mayhem - Zombie Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

  Castle Defense games have taken on tones from medieval fantasy to WWI to scifi and even just simple doodles. ...
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  Review: Oregon Trail - Apple Gaming Manifest Destiny

  The Oregon Trail continues to be a strong seller after 30 years. Is the iPhone incarnation just banking off t...
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  Review: Calendars - Finally! GoogleCal for iPhone!

  The iPhone Calendar app is fine if you have a MobileMe account, but, if like me, your life exists in Google, ...
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  Review: Robot Unicorn Attack - Isn't the Title Enough?

  Adult Swim Games has converted yet another one of their Flash based web games to the iPhone. Can rainbows, st...
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  Review: Parachute Ninja - Just Yelling "Geronimo!" Isn't Enough

  Recent top 25 gaming app, Parachute Ninja garnered its position for a reason. Everything about it is top notc...
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  Review: Fragger - Should You Pull the Pin?

  Fragger is a simple arcade-puzzler based off the Flash game of the same name. A few things are lost some gained in the transition. But it...
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  Review: Breadcrumb Trail - Making Hansel and Gretel Proud

  Hansel and Gretel left a trail of them through the woods. Can you find and remember all the info about your f...
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  Review: Catan - The First Island is The Best Island

  Catan is one of the most awarded board games to come out of Europe. The iPhone version is a completely faithf...
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  Soulver: The Calculator for the Rest of Us

  Soulver touts itself as the ultimate app for quick calculations, but wouldn't that just be the built-in FREE Calculator app? It does have...
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  Quick Advice: Slay and Gipsy King

  There are not a lot of Eurogames for the iPhone or iPad, yet. Slay and Gipsy King are two that are often overlooked and are also nice and...
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  Review: Voodo

  Voodo seems like yet another To Do app trying to push itself into the App Store market. Is it really worth the steep price tag? Read on to find out.
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  Pocket God Ep. 32: Crack is Wack is out!

  Bolt Creative's Pocket God Episode 32: Crack is Wack has just been approved...grab your free update now! Plus - new skins for the Ice Mon...
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  Review: Button Men

  Button Men was originally a "real life" dice game popular at gaming conventions (You know, the kind with all the smelly guys wearing Spock ears). Will an iPhone vers...
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  Review: Awesome Note

  Awesome Note has consistently been one of the top ten Productivity apps since its release almost a year ago. A great note-taker and to do app...but will it solve all...
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  iPhone OS 4: Enterprise

  Steve Jobs announced 7 Tentpoles of the new iPhone Os. The fifth is better enterprise services...should RIM be scared?
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  iPhone OS 4.0: Devs get it first

  At the announcement for iPhone OS 4.0, Steve jobs let us know that developers can get the new sdk today and start implementing the featur...
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  Traditional Board Games on the iPad

  HD versions of iPhone games are getting all the love right now. But the iPad is perfect for playing all the classic board games we all kn...
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  Finally Playable: Civilization Revolution for iPad

  Civilization Revolution for the iPhone suffered from the small screen size. The iPad's screen should make up ...
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  Walk among the Stars: Star Walk available for iPad

  The iPhone version of Star Walk was on Apple's Best of 2009 list. Use your iPad to explore the night sky from...
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