The Right Call (Playboy Magazine)
Let your fingers do the gaming
Cell phones used to deliver as much fun as a calculator, but today the newest games can be downloaded as easily as 50 Cent’s latest ringtone
- Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 07 (www.eamobile.com, price TBA) brings you to Pebble Beach and five other hot links. The visuals pack the same punch as the Wii version. Each round begins with a course flyover, followed by the traditional 3D behind-the-golfer view to swing. The 5 key starts the swing and the decent, which makes it easy to control your power, and other keys provide helpful backspin. The only thing missing is a multiplayer mode, but the long Tournament mode will keep you plenty busy.
- Lost (www.gameloft.com, $3.99) takes more after the classic Pitfall than the ABC’s cryptic hit series. Playing as lead character Jack, you must save party members, find crucial items and, most importantly, avoid the smoke monster. You’ll use your noggin, but this title is more about quick hits than quick wits.
- Scene It? Movie Edition (www.namcogames.com/sceneit, price TBA) is like those trivia games you used to play at the local bar. A continuous lightning round, Scene It? fires multiple choice questions at you and up to three “friends.†Points based on speed, winning streaks and, of course, accuracy, and you’re ranked accordingly from Studio President to Best Boy (hint: You don’t want to be ranked Best Boy). The questions are surprisingly current as they’re downloaded on the spot from the game’s server. It’s a great road-trip title.
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas (www.gameloft.com, $3.99) isn’t a sophisticated military sim like its big brothers on the Playstation 3 and XBox 360, but it has a great old-school aesthetic. The action/adventure is broken up into arcade games like 2D run-and-gun missions, Duck Hunt-style sniper modes and bomb-dismantling puzzles. No multiplayer here either, but the fast pace and variety is good for on-the-go mayhem. -Damon Brown