Inconceivable! iSperm for the iPhone / iPod touch

Every once in a while, an iPhone app shows up that we just have to review because of the name. Mobigem's iSperm (click opens iTunes) is one of those apps.

iSperm is an arcade game in which you, as a single sperm cell, battle other sperm and obstacles to reach your goal -- fertilizing an egg and creating a new life. There are three phases in the journey up the Fallopian tube:

In this phase, you shake your iPhone to make your cell move faster than the other sperm;
Here, you tilt the iPhone to avoid obstacles that are blocking your way to the egg;
Finally, you tap on the iPhone's screen to speed up and make it to the egg before the others.

The game has a 12+ rating for Mild Suggestive Theme and Sexual Content, and the developers went out of their way to make the game cute and fun rather than raunchy. After all, who could be upset about a sperm cell wearing a bow tie and carrying a rose for his date? If you get good at iSperm, you can get bragging rights by having a score in the worldwide Top 10.

You can pick up iSperm for just US$0.99. It's a hoot!

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I would have thought this would have been rejected for its mild sexually theme?

Anyway the point of comment is that I had first thought the game 'Defend' was actually an egg trying to defend itself from getting fertilised by gazillions of sperm cells.

March 16 2009 at 2:19 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Colin

I just bought it. Thanks!

March 15 2009 at 9:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

inteller

and sadly, most of the people in the top 10 list have never been laid so this is the closest they'll get to the real thing.

March 15 2009 at 9:15 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

TFox

In the late 80s there was a Mac game called Sperm from Space. It was a grayscale game with a pair of upturned ladies legs shooting at the invading sperm a la Space Invaders. Very racy for the time. I remember getting called out of math class to help the VP of our high school figure out how to play it. It was quite pointless, but quite funny. As soon as I saw this game I thought of Sperm from Space.

March 15 2009 at 9:13 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ãivind

This game would've been better if the game continued after conception. Like you would have to nurture the baby by being the mother and eating the right type of food. If you smoked too many cigarettes, drank too much alcohol or did other drugs, the baby would mutate. If at any time your baby nurturing got messed up, you could abort the pregnancy and start over.

March 15 2009 at 5:51 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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MARC

Wait...did you say smoked TOO MANY cigarettes/beer? I dont think you supposed to have any. Unless thats what your mom tells you is ok and that is why you are "special".

March 15 2009 at 6:26 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

wheels

Well, I, for one, am glad to see that this isn't a shooter game.

March 15 2009 at 12:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Adam

Does this mean life begins at conception?

March 14 2009 at 8:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mentok

They might as well have accepted 'iBukkake'.

March 14 2009 at 7:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

William Volk

How did iSperm get approved while Bailout Bonanza is still in iPhone App Limbo? Too Political? You decide http://playscreen.com/bailout.php