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Monster Shooter, Free and Fun

    Hey, everyone. Let me salute all those of any nation who have served in the military. When you raise your hand and swear in, you commit yourself to die, if necessary, for your country. As such a person, you deserve my respect. The politics that control the destinies of little people like ourselves may make us enemies on the battlefield, but we are not so very different. We love our families and ...want to make a living. If the stuffed shirts of the world would allow it, we would most likely get along. Nuff said.
    I downloaded a freebie from the app store called Monster Shooter. It was 74 MB, not too huge a file, and it is a lot of fun. Let me say that this game does take the liberty of turning on your push notifications on your device, which I don't appreciate. After you download it and play it the first time, go to settings, notifications, notification center, then turn off the notifications for that game. At least I did, of course you can do as you please. But I digress. Here's the recipe for this game.
   It seems that some aliens have come to your house during the night and stolen your kitty, which has started a war between you and these persons who look like octopi. This is a dual stick shooter, meaning you move with your left thumb and shoot with your right. Your little avatar moves across an alien landscape, blasting several types of bad guys. There are grey octopi which die easily and red octopi with spots, which are bad to the bone and take extensive killing. Even with a shotgun, which I just bought after earning $500 after extensive work. I mean, the dudes you kill actually drop small stacks of cash or, of course, you can buy cash with an in-app purchase. Don't get me wrong, I know these guys have to make a living and if I enjoy a game, I make a point of buying something. Heck, this game doesn't even have ads, so I appreciate these folks.
     Some purple octopi have appeared now and as I scurry back and forth, settling their hash, as we say here in the south, I pick up power-ups. Stuff like healing cubes, money and glowing chunks of blue stuff that come from dead enemies. This stuff seems to fill up a bar which eventually results in a reward of some skill, ability or weapon. I only hope that the blue stuff is not some alien waste product, which would be unsanitary.
    The graphics on this game are very nice, very crisp. There are some cool touches, like a big hand that sticks up from the ground and wiggles its fingers, apparently to no purpose. Just being friendly?
   By the way, if you get a glowing thingy in the upper left, that means you have earned a new power-up. Tap it and select a gift from the drop-down menu. Be advised that you must double tap it to get it.
    Cool. I just earned a power-up and selected "monster vision" which gives me the ability to see the monsters' health status. There are a large variety of changing things in this game and I think you'll like it. I just went to the app store and bought its sequel for 99 cents. It is called Monster Shooter, the Lost Levels. It has an additional 60 levels.
    On this alien landscape you can see space wreckage laying around that seems to resemble some of our lunar probes. Heck, this game is cute, fun and free. Check it out.
    I feel like I should say a word to those of you who are new to I-Pad gaming. With the sale going on today, you might want to check out games like:
1) Need For Speed, Hot Pursuit. 99 cents (non HD version) If you are flush with cash, the HD is another buck.
2) Dead Space. 99 cents. I don't like it, but most people do.
3) Real Racing 2. (99 cents. Very cool.)
4) Mass Effect, Infiltrator. $2.99 and worth every cent.
5) Battlefield, Bad Company 2. (99 cents and a bargain)
6) Scrabble. $1.99. My wife has played this game for 1000 hours, I bet. There is a free version.
7) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12. (99 cents.)
    May I also say to the newcomers that the I-Pad version is usually not that much better than the I-Phone version, if any, so get the cheaper one. HD or not is usually not that big a deal to me either. Suit yourself, of course, it is your dinero.
    From the author's green retreat, I'm CE Wills.
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