April 6, 2010

Sometimes the most boring games are pretty nice.

There has to be a million cool games on the App store, surely. I mean, they’re completely impossible to find, but if I could find them, I bet they would be really great. Sometimes, I start looking around, just trying to find things. Part of me doing this made me download, completely at random, a game called “Let’sTans” because, I dunno, it was free. Then I ended up playing it pretty compulsively for a week.

I guess I’m suggesting you download Let’sTans.

Basically, this is a Tangram game. It’s no frills, really, though I appreciate that you don’t rotate pieces using a two finger gesture, as that can get really annoying after awhile. You tap to rotate, and double-tap to flip the piece. Then you drag it into position. Then you solve the Tangram. Really simple, honestly. There are other modes too, which give you crazy screens completely filled with Tangram pieces, and you have to find the various shapes in the screen. Those are a lot harder, but alright as well. Then, they offer you additional puzzles and modes for small DLC fees.

Frankly, I really had a lot of fun with this. Tangrams are basically perfect for on-the-go, five second entertainment. You can completely one quickly, and you can then completely put the game down. Similarly, it’s perfect to fiddle with while you listen to a podcast. It’s not much of a distraction, but it’s enough to get your brain working while you listen to something nice. As I said, I blazed through all the classic puzzles. The rest didn’t do as much for me, but I still appreciated them being there.

This is a great little package for something that’s free, honestly. Unless you think Tangrams are the dumbest form of puzzle imaginable, you will get some entertainment out of it. Download it and enjoy it. It’s fun, in a simple, uncomplicated kind of way.

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