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The $10 Vacation

    Hey, everyone. So, you are on vacation? But, like so many of us, money is a bit tight. As you watch your friends drive away, heading for the beach, you feel like the Lone Ranger, a poverty stricken, underprivileged outcast. (Cheer up, I have to work tomorrow.) Perhaps you'd like to have a lot of fun without dealing with the heat, the traffic, obnoxious people and expensive food. Other than the loss of a tee shirt, does this sound good?
    Let's go to the app store and investigate the July 4th sale. It is one of the best to  hit the store in a while. Why?
    Here's a list of a few of the very best games on earth, which you can buy cheap. For $10 you can have a blast and it will last until Christmas, long after your buddies return with their sun-burned bodies. For a full review of most of these games just look at the label for games which is a pop-out at the right of your screen.
1) Shadowgun- For 99 cents? Are you kidding me? This sci-fi shooter will rock your world, as you pretend to be John Slade.
2) Battlefield, Bad Company 2- This is a nice war game for 99 cents, and it's easier to play than the difficult Modern Combat 3.
3) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12- For 99 cents this is a nice golf game.
4) Sparkle HD- 99 cents. This Zuma style game involves shooting marbles into the intestines of a creature. Just kidding.
5) Real Racing 2- Great racing game for 99 cents.
6) Need For Speed, Hot Pursuit- Terrific game of cops chasing speeders. Intense fun. Surprise, it too is 99 cents.
7) Dead Space- Horror style space game beloved by many but not by yours truly. Still, at 99 cents...
8) Mass Effect, Infiltrator- Premium space shooter game that will knock your socks off. 99 cents.
9) Batman, Arkham City Lockdown- Premium punch and kick game, very popular, not one of my favorites. 99 cents.
10) Razor Salvation- Not on sale but a great game for 99 cents.
11) Dead Trigger- Very good, but gory, Zombie shooter. A steal at 99 cents.
12)Air Mail- 99 cents. I deliberately saved this game for last. I just saw it had been marked down from $4.99 and jumped on that deal. This is the epic tale of a young boy/girl who learns to fly an old bi-plane. Let me start by thanking Chillingo for making this game with an "easy" mode. I sincerely appreciate it, as will all casual gamers. Here's the recipe.
     This game is one of the most charming and beautiful games I've ever seen. If you have kids, you could hardly find a better gift for 99 cents. As you pilot a plane through beautiful landscapes, delivering packages, or merely exploring, it is likely that you will fly over some of those exotic islands where your friends are lying in the sand. Perhaps you can land on the water (this is a pontoon plane) and glare at your buddies as they tan. With almost no game-play time on this thing, I am really impressed. Hopefully I can do a full review over the next few days.
    To those who have read the blog for a while, this may be a bit repetitious, but I have to think about those folks who just bought their I-Pad and are hunting cool, cheap games. This is a great time to feed that Padster.
    From the non-vacationing CE Wills.
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