Popcap is well known for its highly addictive free games. The world record for Bejeweled 2, one of the games Popcap is known for, stands not only for Andrey Krupenin’s dedication and genius in scoring 2,138,696,650 points on the game, but also how difficult it really is to move away from your iPhone Popcap apps when tempted to kill the time with Popcap games.
A session with a Popcap games should be worth at least around ten minutes of your time, and much longer if you really let yourself into the game.
But take a look at all the Popcap games for your iPhone. The games are not really directed towards you. If you have a child, even a one year old, you might have heard of the term iParenting – how to keep your child quiet for at least an hour just by letting him or her play on any Apple touchscreen product. And if you have Popcap games on your iPhone, left to his or her own devices your child will probably play forever. That is the target market of Popcap casual games – not you but your child.
Peggle on your iPhone or iPod Touch
Take Peggle. Peggle might seem just enjoyable for you, but for your child, especially with a touchscreen device, Peggle is all about reaction and coordination. For anyone able to afford an iPhone, the skills are already there, but look at a child’s focus and concentration while playing Peggle on your iPhone. That is something that is difficult to teach.
And the fun part about Peggle is that while it is about reaction and coordination, a large part of the game involves luck. The wonderful graphics and effects add to the game’s enjoyability, and you can imagine the endorphins flowing in your child’s brain if as an adult, you still feel that kind of rush.
Peggle Specs
Category: Games
Price: $2.99
Developed By: PopCap
Requirements: Requires iOS 3.0 or later
Compatible With: iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad
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Chuzzle from Popcap
Chuzzle is a variation of Bejeweled, and the cuteness factor only serves to add to your child’s interest. Matching and identifying colors is a skill learned when a child is around four years of age, but let your child play Chuzzle even at the age of one, and see how quickly your child is able to identify colors, even if he or she doesn’t even know the words for them.
When adults play Chuzzle, it is just to pass the time away, but for children, it adds another valuable skill in their repertoire without much fanfare. The beauty in the game is the child doesn’t even know he or she is learning, making learning that much easier.
Chuzzle Specs
Category: Games
Price: $2.99
Developed By: PopCap
Requirements: Requires iOS 2.2.1 or later
Compatible With: iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad
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Popcap’s Bookworm
Bookworm for your child requires some ability to read, and it certainly helps your child’s vocabulary a lot. And the added features of Bookworm where it keeps track of the words you used, how often you found it, and what kinds of words you have is not for you – that feature is for you to keep track of your child’s development.
It is like a teacher’s report on your child’s progress on vocabulary and the English language – all you have to do is take a look at Popcap’s Bookworm history. For all you know, your child might just be trying out new sequences of letters during the game, but it doesn’t matter. The game’s reward system makes sure your child remembers it anyway.
Bookworm Specs
Category: Games
Price: $2.99
Developed By: PopCap
Requirements: Requires iOS 2.2.1 or later
Compatible With: iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad
Our Rating:
Not for You But for Your Child
Keep that in mind – you should know by now all the skills being taught by Popcap games through your iPhone or iPod Touch – it is your child who needs to learn. From a very pragmatic point of view, lending your child your iPhone keeps him or her quiet for a while, but the reality is children are learning faster through touchscreen devices, and it is just us who are catching up with this new way of learning.
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