Play Games on Your iPod
Waiting for the bus and tired of just listening to music? You can also play games on that music player of yours.
Some of you might not even know that there are games on your iPod. Navigate to Extras → Games and, assuming you have a generation 3 (G3) iPod, you will find Brick, Music Quiz, Parachute, and Solitaire. If you have a G1 iPod, only the Breakout game is available, and that only as an Easter egg (a bit of hidden code on the iPod): access it by navigating to the iPod’s About screen and holding down the button in the centre of the jog wheel for about five seconds. Breakout will appear on your screen. Then, use the jog wheel to move the racket and play while you listen to your favorite songs.
Apart from the games Apple includes on your iPod, though, there are a few other options out there to whittle away your time.
Text-Based Games Available for Your iPod
Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books you used to read as a kid? Well, now a company called XOPlay ( http://www.xoplay.com) designs choose-your-own-adventure–type books/games for your iPod or iPod mini. Three titles are currently available, for $14.99 each:
- The Rise of the Lost
A fantasy book/game where your character, Sir Jacob Zavier, Knight of the Royal Order in the Kingdom of Valance, travels around fighting the minions of the Darkened Kingdom Of The Lost in a quest to vanquish these enemies from Valance.
- Herbert’s Big Adventure
You play Herbert, a lady-chasing guy who is looking for love in all ...
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