I have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.
In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.
To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.
Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.
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conor said 5:23PM on 1-14-2009
I want Camino!
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Tim said 5:29PM on 1-14-2009
These aren't browsers in their own right. These are UI wrappers for Safari. Many apps have included browser functionality using the same technology as these applications. This is not a a concession from Apple.
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Mike Cerm said 11:50PM on 1-14-2009
It would be nice to have a web browser that doesn't crash constantly. However, if these are actually just front-ends for Safari's rendering engine (like Maxthon for IE on the desktop), then they're really not going to solve the problems.
If they're running totally independent of Safari, that would be great (assuming they're more stable and not less). However, I'm sure that there's no way to override Safari as the browser default, so that will really hinder them. Anytime you receive a link in email, it will still open in Safari, and there won't be any way to cut-and-paste it out to your alternative browser.
So, everyone can still go on complaining about how closed down the iPhone is. It's all about stability. Unfortunately, Apple's built-in apps are actually far less stable than virtually anything you find in the App Store (or Cydia!)
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