Today's Best App: Loco Motors
Loco Motors by Minority Media Inc. ($0.99, 164.5 MB): This physics-based racing-type puzzler will send you, and a courageous character, down a road of wacky inventions and wild outcomes that would likely make Artemus Gordon proud. Obviously, in order to be a great innovator, you must first determine every necessary ability of your device, then develop the means to accomplish them. In regard to the Kooky races, the demands can include anything from steep ramps and speed critical loops to platforms and even stair-style obstacles. Thankfully, your car-like contraption can be nearly anything imaginable and change per race as long as it includes a driver's seat, engine, fuel tank, wheels, and, of course, the frame. So, go ahead and build that cartwheel looking vehicle or monster truck; there's no prize for appearance, just to get the job done and well. The game features 3-D graphics, calm and quirky carnival-type soundtrack, 50 tracks, trophy-style gear collection and rating system, single finger control for construction and the auto-retracting propulsion mechanism, and Game Center achievements. NOTE: The game exhibits stability and performance issues on older iDevices. I highly recommend at least an iPhone 5, fifth generation iPod touch, fourth generation iPad, or newer.