About Michael Jeans

Michael has been an Apple user since system 6 and an Internet aficionado back when it was just email, Usenet and gopher. He and his son play tons of board, card and dice games as well as casual games on the Xbox 360 and iPhone. He is marchpumpkin nearly everywhere except XBL where he is marchpumpkins because MS sucks and won't let him have back his old gamertag.

marchpumpkin's iOS Devices: 8GB iPod Touch G1 and 8GB iPhone 2G

Articles by marchpumpkin

Exclusive: Secrets of an iPad Tear Down

Do It Yourself repair site, iFixit.com, got their hands on an iPad early and examined its guts. What they found will surprise, shock and ...
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Size Does Matter: Image Hunt Apps updated to iPad

Stone of Destiny and Cassandra's Journey: The Legacy of Nostradamus are coming in HD glory to the iPad. Will higher resolution images mak...
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Review: Fingerzilla

Fingerzilla ruled the App Charts when it went free last month. Can a game based on the King of the Monsters be King of the Gaming Apps?
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Brushes For iPad Available At Launch - Screenshots

Brushes, the highly rated illustration app for the iPhone, will be available for the iPad on launch day, Apri...
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Why you'll ask Apple for MORE DRM on ebooks

If the presence of DRM would allow you to legally get NYT bestsellers for free or read them for only $0.99, wouldn't you supprt that? The...
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Review: Gelex

Bounce and match bricks together in this cute,Tetris-style game. Gelex is not just a fun game, but an interesting one - since it was coded by 78 year-old GrannyCoder...
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Review: Picture Safe

Picture Safe has been the #1 privacy app in the Utility category for over a year now. For good reason, too, Picture Safe has tons of features for keeping your...err....
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Review: The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss

With two books in the App Store Top 25 - Dr. Seuss's appeal is truly alive. The Cat in the Hat brings all the fun with Sally and me and ...
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Review: Dr. Seuess's ABC

The great master of kid's storybook rhymes has TWO books in the App Store's Top 25 list, The Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss's ABC. Do the iPhone versions live up to th...
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Review: Battle of Puppets

Pull strings on your puppets, sing opera, defend your castle and reign on Broadway! Battle of Puppets is a quirky Castle Defense style ga...
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Sneak Peak: Hands-On Preview of Ragdoll Blaster 2

Time to get excited about Backflip Studio's sequel, Ragdoll Blaster 2. We lost ourselves for days in a preview version and are here to gi...
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Review: TCGBuddy with Promo Code Giveaway

There's no version of Magic: the Gathering for the iPhone...yet...but there are lots of apps to help you play the game. Some keep track o...
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Review: Pile Up!

The App Store is full of traffic control games. Pile Up! added itself to the mix late last year having you direct traffic through one of three intersections. Does it...
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Review: Garters & Ghouls

Is Garters & Ghouls and its sexy heroine, Marie DuPois, good enough to bump Minigore, Alive 4 Ever, and iDracula out of their slots as the App Store's best twin stic...
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Review: Ace Combat Xi Skies of Incursion

Aces is a long-standing aerial combat title on the various gaming consoles. How does it hold up on its move to the iPhone?
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Review: Surviving High School

Do you have what it takes to survive high school? Or if you already did once in your life, would you really want to go through it all ove...
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Review: Zombie Attack! Second Wave

More Towers! More Zombies! More Carnage! Zombie Attack! Second Wave adds lots of extras into the popular mix of the original Zombie Attac...
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Review: Fling!

Fling! offers what a lot of puzzle games cannot: casual and arcade modes. This adds re-playability value to a game that is already challenging and gripping.
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Review: Fare City: First Shift

Line drawing games are a growing genre on the iPhone and Fare City: First Shift is a great new addition. Though it has a few flaws, its u...
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Review: Doodle Jump

Doodle Jump is a must have game for anyone who enjoys casual games on their iPhone. Cute graphics, accurate controls, and straight-forward pick-up and play concept m...
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