by Chances are Twitter is where you turn for a dose of news, gossip and even some entertainment. But have you ever considered the gaming potential the micro-blogging platform offers? We’ve found five iPhone developers who have, and thus created apps that turn Twitter into various types of games, including tower defense, a word game, and even a retro side-scrolling platformer. If you’re looking for some Twitter-themed light relief, take a look through the gallery below for five fun games. Or should that be twames? 1 of 5 If you've got your finger on the pulse of who is likely to say what on Twitter, Poptweets is a really fun way to put that knowledge to use. You can choose from a wide range of categories and are then presented with a tweet, and three well-known Twitter users who might have issued the 140-character missive. Your job is to match the Read More

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Tweet Defense is a tower defense game that attempts to stand out from the crowd by incorporating a unique feature not found in other games of the same genre. In this game, you must strategically place weapon towers around the map in order to stop zombies from passing through to the other side. Your towers start off incredibly weak, until you give them a boost with your Twitter account. That’s right, your towers become more powerful when you log in with your Twitter account. Is this a creative idea? Yes. Does it make the game more fun than other TD games? It absolutely does not. This game is deceiving when you first look at it. The graphics look great and the idea of Twitter integration into the gameplay is intriguing. However, it’s not until you start playing the game do you realize how disappointing it really is. Besides the Twitter part, Read More

by We’ve seen many, many iterations of the popular tower defense games over the years, but this one has a special meaning for all you Twitter fans out there. Based on a tried and true concept, Tweet Defense is an iPhone game that lets you fight zombies with various tower defense units, but with a social twist: it grabs your various Twitter stats – number of followers, friends and tweets – and calculates bonuses to your defense based on them. It’s like an infinite time sink which connects two enormous time wasters – Twitter and tower defense. In other words, it’s beautiful. Get Tweet Defense for $0.99 from the App Store. Read More

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Promethium Marketing, a company known for marketing games (among other things) and not actually making them, has just released their very first iPhone game titled Tweet Defense.  A game that rewards you for your social networking prowess. Tweet Defense is in essence your everyday tower defense game filled with a bunch of different enemies and tower types, but what makes it unique is its use of your Twitter stats.  The game connects with your Twitter account, grabs your non-personal information, such as number of friends, followers, and tweets, and uses it to enhance your towers’ abilities. For example, your number of friends can increase your rate of fire, your number of followers can increase your range, and your number of tweets can increase your range by a certain amount of percentage points.  Obviously if you are a frequent and popular Twitter user, these percentages are relatively high.  The game also sports Read More

Just yesterday, shigzeo pointed out how social networking functionality has fast become a gaming necessity. “Implement them, and gamers take notice. Implement them not, and gamers take notice.” Heck, even a non-game developer recently decided to include OpenFeint in its productivity app. Enter Tweet Defense, a brand new and highly “original” TD game that makes use of Twitter in a big way. Use your Twitter activity as your in-game stats to fight off waves of the undead! Tweet Defense tosses ridiculous killer zombies and your twitter stats into a tower defense blender for a delicious brainy, viral juice mix. This isn’t just a twitter client that lets you tweet your score. This is a full on TD game that uses your friend list and your tweeting activity to impact how powerful your towers are. While it’s true that not everyone cares for social networking in their games, it can enhance its replay Read More