We hate to lapse into such a game-reviewing cliché, but it’s safe to say we were “addicted” to Android puzzle game Bebbled to quite some degree over Christmas.
When you fire up Bebbled for the first time you think it’s going to be yet another tiresome gem-organising experience, thanks to initially seeming to offer nothing more than making coloured squares disappear when you link up two or more of them. Boring, right? But there’s a unique twist…
Physically turn your phone upside-down and the gems flip over too, completely rearranging the gem pile on the screen and letting you build up new combos, completely re-jigging the layout. This counts as a “turn” though, with many puzzles challenging you to clear the screen and hit certain score targets within a set number of turns.
Coincidentally, monstrous Android site AndroidGuys has just published a great interview with Bebbled’s developer this week, in which he talks about his reason for giving the great game away free (he lives in a country where there’s no paid-for Android Market!) and more.
Since being “Featured” on the Android Market in late December, the developer says Bebbled has been downloaded an astonishing 150,000 times – making it one of Android’s star performers. Check it out. It’s free, so there’s no reason not to.
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HTC is very much B-A-C-K at the top of the Android world with this, its quad-core flagship for 2012. Great camera, huge 4.7″ display and Android 4.0 running beautifully well.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
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