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Crazy Electric is a fast paced puzzle game for the iPhone/iPod Touch. The goal of the game is to get the electricity to the light bulb. The player completes the level and moves onto the next level if they are able to light the bulb. There are 60 different puzzles to challenge players.

Lighting a light bulb may sound like a simple task, but of course it is not that easy. The beginning levels start out simple enough and serve as a tutorial. Each new ability is explained to the user so they know what to expect. Players have to use the scrolling pipes to get the electricity to light the light bulb. The pipes scroll onto the screen and must be used before they all stack up. If the pipes stack up, the game is over and the level must be played again.

Once you get use to the pipes and how to place them, the game adds more challenge with wood obstacles and bombs. The bombs can be used to clear pipes that were mistakenly placed down. Until the bombs, there is no way to clear the pipes that were mistakenly placed down. Some of the levels require the player to light the bulb, but not blow up a bomb that will blow up the light and cause the level to be lost.

The game is played by touching the pipes that are scrolling at the bottom of the scree and placing them where the player wants them. The touch based controls work well and all of the touches were recognized by the game.

Over all, Crazy Electric is a fun and challenging game. Any puzzle fan will enjoy this game. Crazy Electric takes the puzzle game play and adds urgency to it. Players have to use the pieces before they stack up and be able to put the pieces where they will work best. If like puzzle games, check out Crazy Electric in the Apple App Store.

MumboJumbo has announced the release of Chainz Galaxy HD and Luxor HD for the iPad. Chainz Galaxy HD is a match three game where players try to build up a colorful linked world. Luxor HD is a marble popper game where players have to match three of the same color marbles to clear them off the board.

Chainz Galaxy HD takes advantage of the iPad’s multi-touch feature, allowing players to touch multiple links at a time. The faster players can make matches the better power ups they receive. There are four different play modes including Classic, Arcade, Puzzle, and Strategy modes.

Luxor HD is a popular marble shooter for the PC, but has been redesigned to bring the fun to the iPad. Players have to shoot marbles at a moving line of marbles in an attempt to match three of the same color marbles. The marbles that are matched will clear from the board. The goal is to clear all of the marbles off the board. The iPad version has 88 levels of shooting madness with four different play modes.

If you own an iPad are a Luxor fan or enjoy match three style games, head over to Apple’s App store and pick up a copy of Luxor HD or Chainz Galaxy HD.

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Elves Inc: Christmas Mission HD is a Christmas puzzle game for the iPad. The goal of the game is to help the elves deliver their presents to Santa’s sleigh. The elves walk around aimlessly without the help of the player and the elves can’t run into each other or the game is over.

The game starts out simple enough, but becomes hard pretty fast. Each level has the player juggling more and more elves. The elves come out of different areas around the board. The elves have to be directed to Santa’s sleigh and can not run into each other in the process. There are bigger and smaller elves, which walk at different paces.

The player directs the elf by touching the elf with their finger and dragging their finger on the iPad. The path the elf will take is where your finger drew. Players can stop the elf by holding their finger on the elf. The direction of the elf can be changed by tapping on them.

Initially, there are two different color elves and two different color sleighs, but this number increases to three as the game goes on. The player has to direct the colored elf to the same colored sleigh. The elf has to make it to the back of the sleigh to deliver the presents. Once the presents are delivered, the elf disappears and they are not a concern any more.

The graphics are really nice and the player gets the feeling of the North Pole. The scenes are snowy and the sleighs spawn at different locations.

Over all, Elves Inc: Christmas Mission HD is a fun, but challenging game. There is a lot going on in one level and it is easy to lose track of the elves and have them collide. There were quite a few times I wanted to throw the iPad in frustration, but I kept replaying the level again and again. No matter how frustrating the level got, I still wanted to complete the level and move on. If you are looking for a good, challenging puzzle game for Christmas, check out Elves Inc: Christmas Mission HD in the Apple App Store.

Pan Vision and Fabrication Games has announced the release of World in War for the iPhone/iPod Touch and the iPad. The game allows users to play as either the Allied or German forces in World War II.

Players will be able to test out their tactical skills as they play through Stalingrad, El Alamein, Operation Torch, Barbarossa, Overlord and other historic campaigns. Players can play against the computer, a friend or online in head to head competition. It is a race to see which player can gather the most resources and from their occupied lands and build those resources into a great army to defend their territories.

“ I have played many fantastic strategy games with my friends…”comments game designer Tommy Palm of Fabrication Games, “… but most require a huge investment of time to play in one sitting. We wanted to replace those time ‐ killers with a quick to learn accessible experience for the iOS handheld platforms. W orld in War is a reaction to that urge.

The iPhone/iPod game will set you back $2.99 and the iPad version will set you back $6.99.

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PlayFirst has announced the release of Soap Opera Dash for the Mac and PC. DinerTown’s Rosie takes on the challenge of making a soap opera. Players have to become Rosie and produce their dream soap opera.

Players will have to set up sets, dress and accessorize actors and take care of fans and paparazzi in DinerTown’s universe. Of course, players start out at the bottom and have to produce their show in Rosie’s garage until they can afford to move up to Dinerwood studio. The studio will have all of the latest high tech gadgets. There are five different locations between the garage and Dinerwood and ten levels in each location.

If you are interested in time management games, check out Soap Opera Dash.

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