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Well nuts. I was all set to write up a Geo Defense review, but gosh darn it if the game doesn't keep FREAKING OUT ON ME

It's your standard 'creeps trying to get to the end, build the towers to stop them, yaddayada", but with a nice twist of having a retro 80's look to it (glowing lines, mechanical computer voice, etc).

However, at least once a game, it goes bananas. Stuff flies all over the screen, your defenses stop working, and the game becomes unresponsive. It sorts itself out in about 30 seconds, but by then I've probably lost the level. I'm beginning to suspect that this may be heat related, as I've seen an occasional twitch in other games as well, generally after I've been playing for a while, and cupping the phone in my hand certainly gets it warm. Hmmm.

If these bugs gets fixed, I'm all over the game. But right now I have to say "hold off until an update."

Edited 8/2/2009

It seems like there's a steady stream of games flowing into the Apple Appstore. Some are awful, some are obviously simple reskinning of existing games, but if you don't mind sifting through the dross, you can find some true gems. "I Dig It" from InMotion Software is one of those gems.