Here’s my Metro News reviews for the week of Dec. 8th.
The Sailor’s Dream
By Jonas Tarestad & Jonathan Eng
iPad/iPhone
Three Stars
Time passes in this novella when you’re not reading it. Open it again after an hour or even a day and new pages will appear. Hidden within interactive illustrations of light houses and ships, of bottled sea shanties and fireflies, story snippets float upwards like repressed memories. The narrative is hard to follow, but the experience itself is beautifully poetic.
Runtastic Butt Trainer
Android
Free
It’s all about that bass. This glutes trainer for women includes fifty video lessons, a female instructor and voice coach, music packs to buy, and Junk in the Trunk workouts.
FarmVille To Table Recipe Book
iPhone/iPad/Android
Free
Kate Hudson stars in this novelty recipe book inspired by FarmVille’s virtual food items. It’s a country kitsch oddity where instructions for strawberry milkshakes and blackened catfish are rather sparse.
TouchCast: imagine
iPad
Free
Record yourself singing John Lennon’s Imagine and you can join UNICEF and the United Nations for the world’s largest sing-along music video to be released this coming New Year’s Eve.
Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire
Nintendo 3DS/2DS
Rated: Everyone
4 Stars
The way you’re set you up to battle your father, now a Gym Leader, is I think the best approach of the series to the theme of finding independence in childhood. That you can now decorate and share your own Secret Bases online or compete in Reality TV-inspired Contest Spectacular show-offs is all fun, but it’s still the little story moments that offer real charm. Impressive 3D landscapes make the word feel bigger while transforming Mega-Evolutions give the Pokémon new special effects that yes, are worth tracking them down for.
