Posted on 11/22/2014 at 10:47 PM
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I'm one of those people who listens to the podcast on my daily commute, so it usually takes a couple of days to get through it and then a couple of days to get around to commenting...if I can remember what it is I was going to say, that is.
You guys talked about iOS a lot (I remember that much!) and I've always been fond of iOS gaming. It can't supplant traditional gaming but there is a lot of fun to be had. You guys mentioned, though, how you usually go with free-to-play games to avoid the risk that comes with buying games you know nothing about. I get around this problem with by using Touch Arcade, which is a site all about iOS gaming. Their mobile app has an awesome feature called the Watch List. When you put a game in your Watch List, the app will notify you whenever the game is updated or there's a price change. By reading the site and poking around in their forums I've garnered a pretty huge Watch List and so have gotten a ton of paid games for free just by being patient. Using their app is an easy recommendation to make.
As for actual free-to-play games, I think the last one I really sunk significant time into was Disco Zoo but that was a good, I don't know, six months ago. Cool game though. You play a little Battleship-esque game to collect animals for your ever-growing zoo. There have been some updates since then, including one that took things into space, but I never did get back to it after maxing everything out initially. I downloaded Monster Strike after listening to the show but haven't tried it yet. Sounds like fun!
Angelo, you worried me for a second when you mentioned Backloggers and then said you were playing Amnesia. I was afraid I had missed something! But I checked my podcasts and saw nothing new, so I guess that's just a personal thing? That's probably just as well. My second son is just two-and-a-half months old, which means I'm still getting up a lot in the middle of the night. I probably would not want that game on my mind!
Anyway, good job rocking the two-man show, guys. Looking forward to the next one.