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Four apps to keep the kids busy over holiday vacation

by Erica Sadun (Dec 21st, 2010)

Winter Break is in full force for us here in Denver, with weeks of "How do I entertain my own child without taxpayer supported public schools to do that for me?" looming ahead. If you, like I, believe each child deserves two proper parents (namely public school and television), here are a few ...

TUAW's Daily App: HexaLex

by Mike Schramm (Jul 6th, 2010)

HexaLex is a new title from developer Nathan Gray that offers up an interesting twist on the online Scrabble phenomenon. HexaLex has the same basic rules as most other word games (Words with Friends being probably the most popular iPhone title so far), with one big change: instead of squares, you ...

Andy Bloch at the World Series of Poker with TUAW and his iPad

by Steven Sande (May 31st, 2010)

The other day we showed you a photo of poker pro Andy Bloch with his iPad at the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. Little did we know that Andy was going to find and read the post. According to photographer BJ Nemeth, Bloch called him over to say it would be a bit surreal to have a photo ...

Hands on with WordCrasher: word puzzles meet Tetris

by Erica Sadun (Jan 21st, 2010)

WordCrasher [iTunes link] is a little gem that deserves a much wider audience than it's currently receiving at App Store. With just 17 ratings to date, this little $0.99 application needs better exposure. Hopefully this review will help. WordCrasher offers a word puzzle game that mixes ...

Scrabble for iPhone gets a Facebook boost

by Michael Rose (Mar 24th, 2009)

Say the words 'Facebook' and 'Scrabble' in the same breath and you're likely to get the evil eye from fans of the lamented Scrabulous application that formerly called the social network its wordy home, even though the official game has made its way back onto Facebook. Despite the stomp job on the ...

TUAW Review: Scrabble for iPhone

by Steven Sande (Dec 27th, 2008)

Hasbro's Scrabble is a classic board game, and Electronic Arts made the crossword game one of the first releases for the iPhone / iPod touch platform. Although the game has been available since July, I decided to wait to review it until some of the early bugs were squashed and new features were ...

iPhone game news from EA's press conference at E3

by Mike Schramm (Jul 15th, 2008)

I'm at E3 in Los Angeles all week for TUAW's sister site Joystiq, and this afternoon we got to see the Electronic Arts press conference at the Orpheum Theater. Among bigger EA games like Spore and Dead Space, Travis Boatman (who has graced these pages before talking about mobile games on the ...