December 2010
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
9h 25m
English
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Taking a Flight
Best App for Air Traffic Controller Wannabes
$4.99 Version: 1.05 | Firemint
Sounds simple: safely land each plane by tracing its path to the appropriately colored runway. And sure enough, the first two or three arrive onscreen at nicely spaced intervals; the smokey lounge soundtrack and Fifties decor puts you in a martini kind of mood. But as more planes appear, the challenge behind this one-crash-and-you’re-done affair becomes clear. You enter a state of aircraft-monitoring vigilance that’s one part air traffic controller, one part chess player, as you try to reckon what the crowded airspace will look like as time passes. The fun lasts until a plane crashes, which, alas, always happens. Then it’s just you, the groovy music, and the restart button.
INTERSECTION PERFECTION: The lines you draw can intersect, overlap, and pretzel through each other however you like…just make sure the planes themselves never collide. If you spot a problem path, the fix is a finger swipe away: just retrace a revised course. The app offers some help. It beeps and flashes red circles around planes flying too close for comfort.
ROOKIE REDIRECTS: Don’t freak out each time you see the flashing red; wait and see if in fact collision appears inevitable. Top guns can speed up the action by tapping the lower-left fast-forward icon. And, hey, fly the friendly skies: multiplayer mode ...
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