Apple wasn’t satisfied with just offering music and video through their online iTunes Store, they also wanted to jump into the casual gamers market that mobile phones have been enjoying for many years now.
iPod Games allows you to buy games for $4.99 in the iTunes Store online, download and sync them with your fifth-generation iPod, and iTunes automatically transfers the games to your iPod. Then you’re off to play one of the following (mostly PopCap) games:
* Bejeweled – Match jewels to clear the board
* Tetris – Rotate falling bricks to clear rows
* PAC-MAN – Get the ghosts
* Vortex – Shoot on through to the other side (circle Breakout)
* Zuma – Slide balls of the same color together
* Texas Hold ‘Em – Practice your poker face
* Mini Golf – Make a hole in one (or five)
* Mahjong – Arrange tiles just so
* Cubis 2 – Match cubes in colorful arrays
Apparently using the iPod’s Click Wheel as a controller works “perfectly”. I’d try it out to see how it works, but between the mobile phone, Nintendo DS, PC, and Xbox Live Arcade, I’ve already got all games covered. Did anyone try it?