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    Hey, everyone. It was good to hear that Siri is coming to I-pad. The lady's voice feature will be most welcome, to me at least. I must say that the chick's voice in Shadowgun sounds better. It will be nice to try out this feature. I guess that we will have to wait until the Fall, when IOS 6 comes out.
     Casually slipped into the Apple store is a new case. It is a 'smart-case' but it has both a front and a back cover. When the original, one sided smart-case came out, I called it a not-so-smart case in my blog. I mean, it offered no protection in the back and indeed was slippery to the touch on the back side. I guess all of us who spent $40 to $50 dollars on the original case are just out of luck and ...not-so-smart. Ha, ha.
    I bought yet another game today. Project 83113 is an unusual game. In an alien world, a race of monkeys has been enslaved by a superior race. But a child is born to fight for their freedom. He is a purple monkey with four hands and a penchant for running, sliding, jumping and shooting things with the four guns he packs.
     When I first saw this game, I thought, "A kid's game, not my style. Then I started to see some reviews and I thought it might be pretty cool. Hey, for 99 cents, there is not a huge risk. Here's the recipe.
     In Mario fashion you slide under things, run and jump etc. There are saw blades to avoid. There are laser beams to kill you. There are pits to circumvent. But heck, I'm only on level 5 and I'm already stuck. Are the developers of IOS gaming determined to run off all their casual gamers? Why not have an easy level of play in which anyone can enjoy playing a given game in it's entirety. I will say that the price is good and the graphics are exceptional.
    Baseball Superstars 2012 is a game that I've had on my Padster for about a month. Last night I played it for the first time and found it very enjoyable. You can control your pitching to a cool degree. There are several types of pitches with my favorites being curve, fastball and splitter. Since I have yet to become awesome at the batting scene, I got beat last night by a score of 3 to 0. The bottom line is that this is a good game and I think that you can get it for free. At one point I sent a pinch hitter to the plate named Yuna, who wielded a samurai sword, rather than a bat. Very cool.
   One last thing. I am reading an excellent book by Lee Child. The title is 61 hours and I'll send along a review within a few days. I bid you a good evening, from the author's green retreat.
    I'm CE Wills.
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