Three top iPad games for game fans are GodFinger, We Rule, and Angry Birds. The public perception used to be that gaming was for nerds. However, the gaming industry clearly shows gaming has become a mainstream pastime. Gamers pitched over $11.7 billion in 2008 alone into the gaming industry.
Not only is gaming widespread, but the cost to players to access engaging games has decreased. You can play a vast assortment of games for the cost of a burger or play for free.
“We Rule” is freeware from New Toy. It has been compared to FarmVille because of its farming focus. Users plant and harvest crops. Users can play with others. The daily play for “We Rule”? Approximately 2,000,000 sessions each day. That is a lot of free fun and farmers should be proud.
Do pigs dream of electric birds? “Angry Birds” is all about the wrath of angry red birds determined to eradicate green pigs. Players can lob bricks or topple bricks onto pigs. There are 105 levels of play that become increasingly challenging. Pigs grin and birds squawk.
In “GodFinger”, a free game from Wonderland Software, players can take on the role of God. God can touch people and convert them into followers. Followers are then assigned to toil on the planet. God has a mission for followers to execute. Followers can earn gold, mana and awe by toiling in mission-related planetary activities. Growing earnings allows players to advance their position and enter the next stage of play. Players can construct items by using earnings, which in turn fast tracks a higher status.