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Lie Swatter is a new game from the creators of You Don't Know Jack. Currently Lie Swatter is an iOS only game but an Android version is coming soon. Lie Swatter is free to download but does rely on some In App Purchases, they are not required to play though. I have been playing Lie Swatter for a few days now and have thoroughly enjoyed the game, I can't believe how much I thought I actually knew were facts that were not or vice versa. Overall this is a terrific game for the family to play, you can add friends or family members by email address or username. If you want to challenge me to a game, my username is Total iPad. Overall this is a very fun game and well worth the free download to play! Download Lie Swatter in the iOS App Store: http://goo.gl/oetSt Lie Swatter on Facebook. Lie Swatter on Twitter.

Lie Swatter is a new game from the creators of You Don't Know Jack, another terrific, fun game. I will be uploading a live hands on demo of Lie Swatter in the next couple of days, stay tuned. Jellyvision Games, creators of YOU DON’T KNOW JACK, announced their next game for the mobile platform: Lie Swatter. Launched today on iOS devices with a future Android release planned, Lie Swatter is an irreverent multiplayer trivia game that asks, “Can you separate strange fiction from stranger fact?” To download Lie Swatter free on the iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch, please visit: Lie Swatter by Jellyvision Games, Inc. “Lie Swatter is the further evolution, or devolution, of our brand of twisted trivia, and another chance to prove to your friends that they’re dumber than you are. Plus you get to squish bugs. Deceitful, lying bugs.” said Mike Bilder, General Manager of Jellyvision Games. “We’ve built Lie Swatter from the ground up as a quick, turn--based mobile gaming experience that we think both YOU DON’T KNOW JACK fans and insectophobes alike will love.” Note: No bugs actually harmed during game. We love all creatures of the Earth. Lie Swatter is a free-to-play, turn-based mobile trivia game. Players may find opposing players via Facebook Connect, email, and username, or play a random unsuspecting foe if they prefer. Integration with Apple’s Game Center is also planned. In each of the three rounds, players pick a category and are presented with seven statements... and then the swatting begins. Players find and crush ridiculous lies with a satisfying splat, while avoiding odd truths like “Christmas trees kill an average of 13 people a year.” Not feeling confident? Jellyvision Games has you covered with Category Zappers and Helpers, available for purchase with in-game tokens. Don’t worry, Jellyvision Games won’t judge you for artificially enhancing your performance. Lie Swatter represents Jellyvision Games’ second mobile effort and a further demonstration of the developer’s focus on the social and mobile gaming world. Expect content updates and special categories to be announced soon. For more bug splatting action, follow Lie Swatter on Facebook and Twitter at www.facebook.com/LieSwatter and www.twitter.com/LieSwatterGame. Be sure to Circle me on Google+: +christopher rizzo  

A couple of weeks ago I said I was going to review my favorite baseball applications leading up to the start of the baseball season. I got a little sidetracked due to life but I did not forget that I said I was going to review them all so here is part 2, Baseball Trade Rumors. If you are wanting up to the minute news on the latest trades or rumors revolving around your favorite players or teams then you will want to check out Trade Rumors. I have been a long time reader of the Trade Rumors website and having this information on my iPad is awesome, getting push notifications is even more awesome. Especially if you are a fantasy baseball player then you will find this app super useful because it will keep you up to date with all the baseball transactions and roster moves. Baseball Trade Rumors is a universal iOS application and will work on the iPad, iPad mini, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Trade Rumors was updated in January and now fully supports the iPhone 5. I mostly use Trade Rumors on my iPad as that is where I do all my baseball related research for my fantasy team as well as keeping up with the Giants and Yankees. FEATURES: Select only the players or teams you want, and receive a push notification for every related new rumor Be the first to know about any official trade or free agent signing with our Transaction push notifications By popular demand: filter the main news page to show rumors for one specific team, or only the transactions View the 40 latest stories, easily refreshed via pull-down Log in through Disqus and leave comments on MLBTradeRumors.com Download Baseball Trade Rumors in the iOS App Store for only $2.99: Part 1 of my baseball series: MLB At-Bat 2013 If you are interested in following allow with these post consider subscribing to my RSS feed: http://bit.ly/12ACVYG If you are not an RSS feed kind of person then consider following / subscribing to my YouTube channel where I will be updating my MLB app videos over the next 3 weeks: http://youtube.com/videorizzo Not an RSS or YouTube kind of person then how about Twitter? You can follow me here: http://twitter.com/icrizzo Not a Twitter, YouTube, or RSS kind of person? How about Google+? Circle me here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/110700994347677244209/ None of the above? I give up but I do thank you for reading or watching my videos all the same!

We originally recorded this podcast about a week and half ago but I have been out of town this last week and lazily didn't get around to editing the audio until today so I apologize in advance. On this episode Boyan and I discuss some of our favorite Podcasts applications, our favorite shows, and Podcasting in general! If you are listening to this Podcast then you will probably find this episode really interesting! For me personally Podcasting is something that I go into a little over a year ago as a hobby. Podcasting is something that enjoy doing and I think over the last year or so I have gotten a bit better and less shy about doing not only this show but also my video app reviews. When I say shy I mean nervous about not making mistakes, I've realized that mistakes are going to happen and you can either try to edit them out or just leave them and face the music. I have faced a lot of music! Some of the Apps we talked about: Downcast Pocket Casts Instacast Podcasts by Apple Find Total iPad: You can find all the podcast on Total iPad: http://totalipad.com/category/podcast/ You can subscribe in iTunes here: http://goo.gl/aZHdu Total iPad on Currents Total iPad on Google+ Alpha Efficiency

Strategy and Magic Collide in Phyken’s New Title Independent and critically acclaimed developer Phyken Media revealed Wizard Ops Tactics, an action packed strategy game for the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Android. Players will find their favorite Wizards in all new environments and equipped with outrageous powers to battle against friends in nonstop, Wizardly action! Wizard Ops Tactics lets you step into the robe of Wizard Commander as you assemble the best Wizard Army. There are over 140,000 unique Army combinations to choose from, with countless unlockable spells and enhancements. Assemble your army to fight across multiple battlefields, each with unique objectives and perilous hazards. Wizard Ops Tactics gives you options on how to play on the battlefield. Play with an actual friend via the Pass N’ Play feature or head to the online battlefield to compete against friends to see who has the strongest army. Wizard Ops Tactics will be at GDC Play in the South Hall, Gateway Ballroom with comedian and sound FX extraordinaire Michael Winslow (Police Academy, Spaceballs). The game is coming soon to the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Android compatible devices. For more Wizard Ops Tactics spells, check out www.wizardops.com. Follow the game on Twitter www.twitter.com/WizardOps and Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/WizardOps About Phyken Media Phyken Media, formed in 2010 and based in Orlando, Florida, is a developer of interactive experiences and games. Their team is experienced and battle tested over a wide variety of previous releases. Wizard Ops Tactics, a magical turn based strategy game for iOS and Android is their second title.

A quick iPad tip showing how to sync music to your iPad or remove music that you currently have on your iPad and replaced it with music that you do not have on your iPad but do have in iTunes on my computer. I know that Apple has tried to make managing media on the iPad a tad bit easier recently but I get asked quite a bit about managing media, particularly music on the iPad. I thank Irene Koehler for giving me this idea. Hopefully it helps someone who doesn't understand about syncing music from iTunes to the iPad. I will be honest, with iTunes 11 I have gotten lost myself a few times. If you have any question feel free to contact me via Twitter @iCrizzo. You could also circle me on Google+.

I have had the pleasure of using Repix for the last week before it officially launched and I can honestly say this is a fantastic application. Beautiful, fantastic, awesome, superb, those are some of the words that come to mind when I think of Repix. Repix launched today and you can download it in the iOS App Store for free. Repix works with both the iPad and the iPhone. Repix inspires users to paint unique remixes from photos Repix is not just filters it is better filters! Filters that actually let you get creative but the great thing about Repix is that you do not have to be an artist to create a masterpiece. It is simple to create or get creative you just need to play with the brushes and find that right touch to add to your photos. Of course you can easily apply just 1 filter effect to your images and be done with it but where is the fun in that? Repix gives you total control over the effects that you add to your images, you can mix and match effects or you can add 1 effect to a portion of your image and add another effect to another portion. Again, you have total control! Not only do you have up to 21 artistic brushes to choose from you also have the ability to crop your images or adjust the following aspects to your images: Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Vibrance, Temperature, or add some Vignetting to your image. All these settings will allow you to add some extra special touches to your masterpiece. When you are finished adding your desired effects you can share your amazing new photos to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or you can email them to a friend or family member. You can also save your photos to your camera roll which will then allow you to Photo Stream them either to another device or to a shared Photo Stream. For a better understanding of how this application works, please check out the video above where I go into more detail! Pricing for the Repix brushes are as follows: FREE: 1. Cartoonize 2. Charcoal 3. Edger 4. Dotter 5. Flares 6. Drips 7. Posterize 8. Silk 9. Bleach 10. Undoer (not a real brush) 11. Eraser PAID: COLOR BRUSHES (set €1.79/$1.99/£1.49) 1. Sepia 2. Hollywood 3. Vintage 4. Freshen ARTISTIC BRUSHES (set €1.79/$1.99/£1.49) 1. Hatching 2. Daubs 3. Van Gogh 4. Spray LIGHT BRUSHES (set €1.79/$1.99/£1.49) 1. Glow Smoke 2. Stars 3. Sparkler 4. Glow Line OR UNLOCK EVERYTHING WITH MASTER'S COLLECTION FOR €4.49/$4.99/£3.99   FEATURES: Remix photos using Repix’s impressive selection of style brushes. Carefully hand-crafted Brushes include state-of-the art effect, color boosting and artistic styles. Repix comes with real-time RebecaTM processing engine that seamlessly integrates the power of the CPU and GPU enabling insane performance. Studio-grade technology alongside a slick and intuitive interface to inspire new levels of creativity. Choose images from camera roll or import from Facebook. Share creations with #repix to Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram or Facebook. Free to use with a selection of brushes, with an option to purchase more brushes. Don't take my word for it though, you can go download Repix for free right now for both the iPad and iPhone: Repix - Remix & Paint Photos - Sumoing Ltd Repix website. Be sure to check out the Repix video on Vimeo. Check out some of the awesome artwork on Tumblr.

This is the second part to Episode 37, as I said in part 1, I wanted to try something different with this podcast and wanted to do a video version of it. I know it sucks that I had to break it up into 2 parts and I probably will not do that every time if I decide to continue doing the video portion of it, this was just a test to see how well it works or doesn't work. Anyway, we talk about Google Currents not only the App but also how it can help content creators get their content out to the world. Google gives you the tools it is your job to build something. If you want the audio only portion of this podcast, you can stream/download that here: http://totalipad.com/podcast/episode37b.mp3 You can download Currents here: Google Currents - Google, Inc. Get started with Google Currents Producer: https://www.google.com/producer Find me on YouTube You can find all the podcast on Total iPad: http://totalipad.com/category/podcast/ You can subscribe in iTunes here: http://goo.gl/aZHdu Find out more about Mr. Reader here: http://totalipad.com/app/mr-reader-for-ipad/ Watch my Mr. Reader video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70XLv8n1JCo

I figured I would try something different this week, normally I only upload this podcast as an audio podcast but I figured I would try to screen-cast as I recorded the audio and upload that screen-cast to YouTube and Blip.tv. I am hoping to get feedback and maybe a few more subscribers to not only my YouTube channel but also to my podcast in iTunes. Part 2 is here: http://totalipad.com/episode37b/ This is only part 1. I am in the process of uploading the rest of this podcast where we discuss Google Currents. I will update this post with a link to part 2 as soon as I get the video edited and processed. If you only want the audio portion of this podcast, you can download that HERE Find me on YouTube You can find all the podcast on Total iPad: http://totalipad.com/category/podcast/ You can subscribe in iTunes here: http://goo.gl/aZHdu Find out more about Mr. Reader here: http://totalipad.com/app/mr-reader-for-ipad/ Watch my Mr. Reader video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70XLv8n1JCo

Baseball is my favorite sport to watch and keep up with, I follow baseball during the season and keep up with it even in the off-season. Over the next few weeks leading up to the start of the Major League Baseball season I plan on doing reviews of all ...

Temple Run: Oz Temple Run: Oz was launched yesterday on iOS and this TR [1] is inspired by the movie Oz the Great and Powerful that is releasing in theaters this weekend, March 8th, 2013. With TR: Oz some new features and twist are added to the same style of TR game play. You still swipe up to jump, down to slide, and left/right to turn in either direction. The twist comes in the format of the environment and how the backgrounds change and force you to be more alert than the previous versions of TR. What do I mean by the changing environments? Well in this version of TR you have the option to explore different locations that do not come pre-installed in the game which you must download, for free I might add. Also in TR: Oz the roads will collapse on either side of you so you have to be careful of that. Then you have obstacles that will tumble into your path while you are running, such as boulders. There are also snapping vines grabbing for your ankles while you are being chased by flying evil baboons. I was really impressed with the gameplay of TR: Oz it was much smoother than that of TR2 in my opinion. TR2 had a lot of lag and freezes that I do not notice with TR: Oz. The graphics seem much improved as well and since this game is based off of the Wizard of Oz or rather just OZ, you have the yellow brick road and all that comes with it. Be prepared for tornado holes and hot air balloons! TR: Oz does offer some of the dreaded In-App Purchases which I am not very fond of. I will not get into why but I just wanted to point out that you can purchase coins and/or gems to help you unlock the power-ups in the game. Some of the power-ups include: Magic Magnet Fireworks Coin Bonus Double Coins Head Start Stumble Proof Run Multiplier plus more… As I mentioned above there is a level that you have the option of downloading that does not come packaged with the game. The level is called Dark Forest and is a cemetery level. You can also download HD Assets which I am assuming is meaning retina graphics? I really couldn’t tell much of a difference between the HD Assets and the non-HD Assets. To be fair I only played 2 games before I downloaded the HD Assets and I honestly didn’t pay attention to the graphics of the non-HD graphics. My thinking is that they are offering these 2 downloads to keep the game at under 50MB so that the game doesn’t require Wi-Fi to download. TR: Oz comes in at 45.9MB from the App Store so I am assuming those extra features would have put TR: Oz over the limit. Another thing I wanted to make sure I mentioned was the social sharing feature of the game. If you have your Facebook account logged into on your iOS device, before playing TR: Oz you might want to jump into settings and turn off “Autopost” to Facebook which is turned “On” by default. You will have the option of sharing to FB even though this is turned off but you will have to do it manually after each run. You can also share to Twitter, by email, by text message, and save a screenshot to your camera roll. TR: Oz also has Game Center built-in so you can compare your high scores with that of your Game Center friends. If you link your Facebook account to the game you will also be able to compete in weekly challenges for “distance” and “score” in the game. There are also Weekly and Legendary challenges that you can compete against or try to achieve each week. Some of the challenges are currently: 1,000 coins 3 Gems in a single run 5x multiplier Pocket Change (collect 2500 coins) much more… Overall this is a superb game and I have no problem recommending Temple Run: Oz. Temple Run: Oz is a universal iOS game and will run on your iPad, iPad mini, iPhone, or iPod Touch devices that are running iOS 5.0 or greater. If you are a fan of Temple Run then you will want to grab this title today. Temple Run: Oz is only $0.99 in the App Store: TR short for Temple Run,

Learn2Code HTML is a universal iOS application (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) that will teach you the basics of HTML and help you get started learning HTML. Learn2Code HTML features a colorful layout with easy step by step instructions that will teach the fundamentals of HTML while test what you have learned in the process. There are plenty of examples of how you are supposed to implement your code in each section and a “test” that you will have to pass before moving on to the next portion. Even if you already have an understanding of HTML the built in text editor makes this app worth the cost of the app. If you are interested in learning programming then HTML is probably a good place to start, while HTML is not a programming language it will give you a better understanding of how code actually works. Maybe you want to teach your kids HTML? This is a great way and probably much cheaper than buying a book to help get started with HTML. Some of the lessons you will learn: HTML Frameworks Links Lists Formatting Images Body tags more… The features of Learn2Code HTML: 9 Tutorials Lesson walk throughs Built-in text editor Export HTML files Import HTML files Learn2Code HTML is only $2.99 in the App Store:

On this episode of Total iPad, episdoe 36 I invited Bojan to come back and join me for a discussion on writing apps and using Drafts with those applications to create workflows via our iOS devices and our OS X machines. We did overlap a little bit of our converstation from the week before but we stayed more focused on this one topic whereas the week before we kinda bounced from topic to topic. Overall I think we had a terrific discussion and invite you listen in as well get down to the nitty gritty of how we use our iOS devices in conjunction with our daily workflows. If you have a question or comment about anything we discussed on this podcast please feel free to send me a message on Twitter @iCrizzo. You can subscribe to the Total iPad podcast in iTunes: Some of the Applications we discussed: iOS Drafts Byword OmniFocus Blogsy Poster OS X MarsEdit Byword iA Writer Some of the topics we discussed that we have wrote about on our blogs: Blogging from the iPad iPad Writing Tips Text Expander review Drafts + Poster Writing Apps fighting for attention The Word Factory

This is just a quick tip for GoodReader showing the differences between the different pass code lock settings. If you are using GoodReader to store important files or documents you may want to adjust your pass code settings within the app. GoodReader has quite a few security settings, each of them offering more protection. Within the GoodReader app you have 2 different settings for pass code locking a folder. If you have really sensitive data stored in a folder you might want to set it up to require a pass code immediately any time the application is opened. This will not require a pass code if you stay in the application only if you leave the application and come back to it. With require pass code immediately turned off you are only required to enter the pass code if the application is completely closed and re-opened. There are also some encryption settings within GoodReader but they are not encrypted within iCloud. Make sure you read about the syncing through iCloud, you will find the dialog info below the setting to turn encryption on. As always, keeping important information local is always safer than syncing via the cloud. You can find all my GoodReader tips and tricks here: http://totalipad.com/allaboutgoodreader/ You can download GoodReader for iPad in the App Store for only $4.99: http://goo.gl/l1UK1

Here is just a quick demo video showing what Pythonista is capable of. I first read about this app on MacStories.net and it got me really interested in trying things with this app to see how nerdy I could get. The video above is just a sample to show you that it really does work. Of course this video is just for educational purposes and you shouldn't download videos that are copyrighted. Download your own videos or check Vimeo for videos that you are allowed to download. Or course this will not work with Vimeo, but you get the idea of what I am getting at. Source: http://omz-software.com/pythonista/forums/discussion/180/youtube-downloader Github: https://gist.github.com/crizzo/5074896 Create this bookmarklet in mobile Safari : Pythonista is $6.99 in the App Store: Pythonista - omz:software iDownloads is free in the App Store: iDownloads PLUS - Download Manager! - Amad Marwat More awesome Pythonista stuff: http://www.macstories.net/tag/pythonista/