Reviews

Eliot Wilder: Manual of Errors

A Manual of Errors is an intriguing album of Eliot Wilder. Its funky beats fused with alternative country folk makes up this exciting album. It has twelve tracks, with two of these purely instrumentals. Funky raps and beats, and definitely a fun, fun song, A Manual of Errors has more than the usual “interesting” tag. Its creative interlude, sudden silences in between the verses and the chorus creates anticipation. This track is a paradox of good old fun and dark humor.

Bub – Wider

Bub or Bub Wider is a free puzzle adventure game that will have you playing constantly with your iPad. The objective is to protect a bubble that creates seed crackers. Made by ablemagic The action takes place in lush dreamy, surreal forests. The lush graphics is definitely one of the most striking features of the game. Players also have to avoid Suggerbabies, Thurns and Zanpets. Each Bublevel (as they are called) is linked with a specific forest. You can play in Classic or Action mode. Each scenario is full of the art-like graphics. The sounds and music are also pretty good. At only 9 MB, the game is a quick download.

Clare Costello: Halloween EP

Ambient blues rock has a leg up with other genres when it comes to writing reflective lyricism that punches the heart. This intent to hone clear stories into a relaxing yet entertaining fashion is clearly shown in Clare Costello‘s Halloween EP.

wordBrush

WordBrush is an application for Windows 8 that allows you to draw text on the screen any way you like. Developed by Pointy Stick Apps, this app takes full advantage of Windows 8’s touchscreen capability as it will follow the movement of your finger, so it is like you are painting the words on the screen.

Audience of Actors: Love Like Thieves

Love Like Thieves is a 16-track album by the band called Audience of Actors. The musical styles of this band are reflected in this album ranging from alternative, indie folk, and rock. Someone’s Side of Forever is a track that is a perfect example of band’s low and morose vocals. This track is centered with heavy, melancholic guitars. Despite the obvious sadness of the tune, Someone’s Side of Forever showcase alternative indie folk at its finest.

DuckTales: Scrooge’s Loot

DuckTales Scrooge’s Loot is an online treasure hunting game from Disney that brings the DuckTales franchise back to life. Aside from single player mode, there’s multiplayer, and you can choose from several heroic character classes, customize them and there are multiple arenas you can play in as well.

XCode

XCode is a free application from Apple that will give programmers and developers all the tools they need to create quality apps for the Mac, iPad and iPhone. There are a lot of interesting and useful features here, but the integrated user interface makes coding, debugging and testing a breeze. And that is just for starters.

Lindsay Katt: Picking Out Boxes

Combine Fiona Apple and Regina Spektor and you get the whimsical and fresh sound of Lindsay Katt. In her October 2013 release, Picking Out Boxes, the performance artist/musician/songwriter elicits some goosebumps by combining rich vocals, upbeat indie pop, and some heavy pensive songwriting.