e book that you’re holding is the result of a strange obsession. Since 2009, I’ve spent an
unreasonable amount of time and money purchasing, playing, and writing about games
for the iPhone and iPad. What began as a hobby quickly turned into a daily part of my life,
and before long I had accrued enough experience covering the iOS scene to land a job
writing a weekly column about the App Store for GamePro.com.
Over the course of the following year, I wrote about and reviewed hundreds of iOS
games. I interviewed many of the most interesting App Store developers, and my growing
knowledge about the iPhone and iPad gaming market earned me writing gigs with maga-
zines like PC Gamer, MacLife, and Macworld. One day, while siing through a cousin