Win One of Ten $10 iTunes Gift Cards!

Com2uS, a big development company in the App Store, has presented us with 10 $10 iTunes Gift Cards to give away to our lucky readers!!! Com2uS has published many hits, including Baseball Slugger, 9 Innings Pro Baseball 2009, World of Tunes, and Chronicles of Inotia. The iTunes Gift Cards can be used to purchase apps, music, movies, or virtually anything in the entire iTunes Store!

All you need to do to enter, is post a comment below, or follow me on Twitter, and re-tweet a message. Be sure to read the details below, for the exact instructions telling you how to win free iTunes Gift Cards.

Contest Rules:

1. The Com2uS giveaway is open to all, but to redeem the iTunes Gift Card, you must have a US iTunes Store account. If you do not, you can either make one, or give the card to a friend who has one.

2. One of the two ways to enter the contest is to visit Baseball Slugger's iTunes page (Link), and write a comment on this contest post, saying what is being changed in the next update. Note: In addition to writing what's being changed in the next update, you must also leave either your Twitter username or email address, so we can contact you if you win.

2.5: If you do not want to leave your email written publicly in a comment, email your entry to trcontests@gmail.com.

Email addresses are always kept confidential.

3. To greatly increase your chances of winning a $10 iTunes Gift Card, follow both me and Com2uS on twitter, and re-tweet the following message: RT and Follow both @zamzarvideo and @Com2uS to win 10 $10 iTunes Gift Cards! Visit http://rfly.me/b3 for details!

4. You can re-tweet this message up to five times per day, and each re-tweet makes it even easier for you to win a $10 Gift Card.

5. The contest will close Saturday, August 8th at 23:59 PST. Winners will randomly be selected, and the ten lucky winners will be announced shortly after, on Sunday morning.

Good luck, and the contest starts now!!!

Pipe Mania Promo Code Giveaway!!!

We have received 1 promo code for Pipe Mania, courtesy of Robosoft, to give away to our lucky readers. Pipe Mania is a game from many platforms, where you must guide the "flooze" to the exit of each level, using pipes. A review of the game, which is incredibly fun, is coming soon. To enter, read the contest rules below.

Contest Rules:

1. The Pipe Mania giveaway is open to all, but to redeem the promo code, you must have a  US iTunes Store account. If you do not, you can either make one, or give the code to a friend who has one.

2. One of the two ways to enter the contest is to visit Pipe Mania's iTunes page (Link), and write a comment on this contest post, saying what version the game is currently on. Note: Along with the answer, you must also leave either your Twitter username or email  address, so we can contact you if you win.

2.5: If you do not want to leave your email or twitter username written publicly in a comment, email your entry to trcontests@gmail.com.

3. Another form of entry, which increases your chances of winning a promo code for Pipe Mania, is to follow me on twitter, and re-tweet the following message: RT and Follow @zamzarvideo to win a promo code for Pipe Mania, courtesy of @Robosoft! Visit http://rfly.me/53 for details!

4. You can re-tweet this message up to five times per day, and each re-tweet makes it even  easier for you to win a promo code for Pipe Mania.

5. The contest will close Tuesday, August 10th at 23:59 PST. Winners will randomly be  selected, and the ten lucky winners will be announced shortly after, on Wednesday morning.

Good Luck!!

Next Generation iPod Predictions

If you are anything like me, you spend all night drooling over the latest apple announcement, start a counter down to the second, have 49382 browser tabs open to live feeds of the keynote, read a gazillion predictions, and read macrumors every day. And since you're still reading this, you're pretty much like me.

So, We are pretty much now just recovering from the hype of the iPhone 3Gs and from what I've played with it seems pretty solid. No crashing etc. so far and no MAJOR bugs a big kiss couldn't fix. So being the apple dork I am, I'm pretty much ready for the next iPod version in 55 days! So here's my predictions:

Date: Apple iPod events always happen during the second Tuesday of September. And ALL apple events happen at 1 EST.  So the pretty much gives us 55 days and change until the next apple event so do NOT buy an iPod untill then!

iPod Shuffle: Basic Stuff, more storage, different colors, the basic stuff, might be able to cure cancer but no one would care because it's the shuffle. In fact, this year, like last, the shuffle might just be skipped over.

iPod Nano: Not really feeling a focus on the nano this year. Most likely because been giant re-designs the past two years. So this is the place when I would say more colors, BUT just look at the nano now, the whole FLIPPING rainbow. That said different colors this year to! (Orange PUH-lease!) So other then storage and colors I wasn't feeling anything else UNTILL I heard about apples MASSIVE order of cameras. That means a new camera in the back of the nano which will render old cases useless. A round up: Shuffle gets storage and colors and nano gets colors and a camera.

iPod Classic: Ahhh, the good old iPod Classic that no ones cares about. So last year was BORING for the classic so I'm feeling something major this year. More storage for sure, thinner, color-ness, and a camera. But those are just definite. Some dream-land crap: Touch controls?  New software? The classic needs something to differ itself from everyone else. A killer feature. Possibly a sexier hardware design? Either way, the iPod Classic will get a ton more attention this year then last

iPod Touch: The absolute best iPod model. Here's what I feeling. No design changes at all except for camera. For the past few model changes, Apple has kept the old but brought in the new. So apple will cut the price of the iPod Touch 2G to 130 and it will sell like hotcakes. No hardware changes on the old 2G just a price change. The new iPod Touch (3G? 2Gs?) will have a camera, vibrate feature, microphone. No design changes. New model will be 16 gig for 230 and 300 for 32 and 400 for 64. Although the last one is questionable because they could cut it. Two games will be launched alongside the new iPod. Most likely, an ngmoco game and gameloft.
Quick Recap: Shuffle gets color and storage, Nano gets camera and color, Classic gets major redesign, thin, color, storage, camera, Touch gets new model, storage, camera, microphone, and vibrate.

Overall, this will be a let down for many people due to it's hype. So get excited and thanks for bearing with me!

Writer: IBITF

Payback Review

Remember the original and much beloved Grand Theft Auto? Wish you could've had it on the iPod? GTA lover, take notice of Payback, a 3D isometric game with enough car-jacking to get you shot. But it's not all fun and games.

Payback is a 3D clone of GTA at its core. On the outside, there is much HDR lighting and awesome effects such as he

at waves from explosions. As far as graphics go, the environments are nice with great lighting as well as decent textures.

 The vehicles are average (the tank is an eye-sore). The people are more-or-less walking blocks. Overall the graphics are decent but nothing super.

  In terms of gameplay Payback begins to suffer. Aiming is a pain and the weapons are more of an extra added-on feature compared to the rest of the game. The story is sufficient to tide you over. In terms of missions, there are plenty of them with a decent variety, but nothing spectacular. After finishing the game, there are bonus modes such as Rampage ('nuff said) and Challenge. Both are just score-type games but they do add some extra incentive to play more of the game.

  One of the strongest aspects of Payback is the sound. While the sound effects are rather mediocre, the soundtrack is outstanding. A collection of hip-hop, electronica, rap, and rock, have all found their way into the game. After a while though, the same songs begin to repeatedly appear, but that is only a minor nuisance.

  So at the current $5 price-tag, is it truly worth it? At this point in time I would get Car Jack Streets or wait for a price drop.

 

Pros:

Good Soundtrack

Grand Theft Auto Clone

Cons:

Average Graphics

Mediocre Sound Effects

Hard to Aim Weapons

Bottom Line:

Try the Lite version, buy Car Jack Streets, or wait for a price drop.

For parents: Despite the 12+ rating this is a more-mature game then the rating has led you to believe. There is a lot of gore (exploding people)  and violence (you can set people on fire) so be careful.

Scores:

Graphics: 3.5/5

Sound: 4/5

Gameplay: 3.5/5

Controls: 3.75/5

Overall: 8/10

Link: Payback, $4.99

Reviewer: DHrox

Contest Winners!

In this post, I will announce when each contest is over, and who the winners are.

Toki Tori: Clymos, FastRichieD
Zenonia: S3rgant

Car Jack Streets: Phymon, (unnamed)

Moonlights: The Bat Outta Hell, Alex Ferrigno

Tiki Golf 3D: Stairs, (unnamed), (unnamed), (unnamed), (unnamed)

Archmage Defense: cool9797, (unnamed)

A Bugs Defense: p-rod, mike86