Games for the Weekend is a weekly feature aimed at helping you avoid doing something constructive with your downtime. Each Friday we’ll be recommending a game for Mac, iPhone or iPad that we think is awesome enough to keep you busy until Monday, at least. Run Roo Run ($0.99 iPhone, $1.99 iPad) is a simple to learn, yet hard to master side-scrolling game that rewards split second accuracy. If you were one of those gamers that toiled over Mario to get the timing of jumping from pipe to pipe just right, then this is the game for you. Run Roo Run forgoes complex touch-based controls and yet still delivers that a satisfying rush when you make the right moves. Gameplay is very basic. The main character Roo begins running at an even pace across the screen. As Roo approaches an obstacle, you jump by tapping the screen. Jump too soon, and you land on the obstacle. Read More

5th Cell is the developer behind the very popular Scribblenauts (which was released on iOS to great acclaim last year, and just had a new level pack update), and it recently brought a new title to the App Store called Run Roo Run. 2D platforming is a genre that's almost as old as videogames themselves (Mario, who you may know, is the grandfather of jumping around on 2D platforms), and as far as I'm concerned, Run Roo Run is a master class in 2D platforming design. It also has the added benefit of being a running title of sorts, and a puzzle game as well. The idea is that you, as Roo, a very cute Australian kangaroo, have lost a little blue buddy, and it's your job to jump across the Aussie landscape, over and around various obstacles, to save your friend. But your run is broken up into a series Read More

On this week's episode of The TouchArcade show, we power through conversations about beard slaps, our childhood dreams, special effects, and Terminator 2 in order to bring you the latest, hottest, and best in iOS. At the top, we dig into games like Run Roo Run and Star Marine. Later, we get heavy and dive into the iCade mobile, CAVE's poor earnings announcement, and Imagination's latest tech. I really think this week's episode was one of our best, so you should listen to it. Hit us up via the handy-dandy streaming links below or, hey, subscribe blindly to our iTunes and Zune feed. You'll get our episodes the second that they're live; ADVANTAGE! And here are your show notes: GAMES JARED'S KITTY KORNER FRONT PAGE LET’S FEEL MUSIC’N ART, BEAT’N REBOUND! Check the screenshots and you will see the most AWESOME iOS music game ever! Just PLAY and ENJOY! ❖FEATURES❖ - Read More

iPad Only App $1.99 Our Review By Carter Dotson on January 13th, 2012 Rating: :: RUN ROO RUN Run Roo Run is a one-touch platformer with micro-levels that take only seconds to play, from the creator and developer of Scribblenauts. Developer: Price: $1.99 Version Reviewed: 1.0 Device Reviewed On: iPad 2 Graphics / Sound Rating: Game Controls Rating: Gameplay Rating: Replay Value Rating: Overall Rating: Not long after the release of Scribblenauts Remix for iOS, 5th Cell is back with an all-new game: Run Roo Run. This game takes endless runner gameplay and distills it down into 420 single-screen micro-levels that only take a couple seconds to beat, each. It’s not all just perpetual running and the occasional jump, as a variety of wrinkles get thrown into the experiences. Springs, oil slicks, barrels, fans, swinging tires, and other elements get added over time, and the levels begin to incorporate and combine Read More