In the final AppSlappy episode of the year, Scott, Eileen, and Eric look back on the year in apps, the good, the bad, and the weird. Each of the crew give us their top five apps of year as well as the top three Apple moments.

Scott’s Top Five Apps
Instacast - $1.99 on iPhone
Casey’s Contraptions - $2.99 on iPad
Bike Baron – $0.99 on iPhone and iPad
Battleheart – $2.99 on iPhone and iPad
Jetpack Joyride – FREE for a limited time on iPhone and iPad
Notable Mentions: Scribblenauts, Wooords, Infinity Blade 2, Wunderlist

WINNER: Bike Baron

Eric’s Top Five Apps
Tweetbot - $2.99 on iPhone only
Jetpack Joyride - FREE for a limited time on iPhone and iPad
iMaschine – $4.99 on iPhone
Tiny Tower – FREE on iPhone and iPad
Rdio – FREE on iPhone and iPad
Notable Mentions: Path, HBO GO, Infinity Blade 2, Action Movie FX, Hanging with Friends

WINNER: Rdio

Eileen’s Top Five Apps
Wunderlist - FREE on iPhone and iPad
Tiny Tower - FREE on iPhone and iPad
Battleheart - $2.99 on iPhone and iPad
Tweetbot - $2.99 on iPhone only
Flipboard – FREE on iPhone and iPad
Notable Mentions: Path, Snapseed, HBO GO, SoundTracking

WINNER: Tiny Tower

Also, Apple really needs to fix iTunes podcast caching issues. I hope you guys have enjoyed the show notes and the news this year, I know I have. And I’m really looking forward to the year to come. Thank you, AppSlappers!

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In another full episode, Scott, Eileen, and Eric, deliver the Christmas miracle of AppSlappy entertainment. Eileen has returned from France and brought a French virus with her, Eric’s iPad is now demonically possessed, Scott recants on his position on Path, and they talk about apps too!

Scott’s Reviews
Book of Heroes - Free on iPhone only! - 
360 Live – Free on iPhone and iPad - 
And Rebuild gets a major update!

Eric’s Reviews
Mashbox - Free on iPad only - 
Infinity Blade 2 - $6.99 on iPhone and iPad - 

Eileen’s Reviews
Uber - Free on iPhone and iPad - 
Paris, Lonely Planet Guide – Core app is Free, Paris Guide is $5.99 on iPhone and iPad - 

Also, Wolf Toss gets the Angry Birds treatment, and doctor(s) recommend LED over LCD to ease eye strain.

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Tonight, Scott brings us his nostalgic review of Sonic CD. This is what all classic video game ports should be; a near pitch-perfect game with especially great controls, so much so that you may actually forget you’re on a touch screen. Also, could it be that some folks at AppSlappy have flipped their opinion of the Path social networking?

Sonic CD - $1.99 on iPhone and iPad - 

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In another dramatic turn of events, we have our very first double-MINI episode. Tonight Scott discusses The Nuttcracker Musical Storybook and the new (old) Bejeweled.

The Nutcracker Musical Storybook - $2.99 on iPhone and
iPad - 

A great ‘painty’ art style with the classic music, albeit on a bit on the midi side. Though the faces are kinda strange and kids may get a little bored with the pacing, it feels like, well, Nutcracker.

Bejeweled - $0.99 on iPhone only - 

Sadly, it’s not Bejeweled 3 and there are a lot of modes that are in 3 that aren’t here. But, it’s everything people love about Bejeweled (including Blitz) plus badges and achievements.

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Scott brings us the second mini-AppSlappy show to review Spell Tower, a puzzle-based spelling game. Overall, a fun minimalist approach to games like Boggle or Scrabble.

Spell Tower - $0.99 (On sale for 24 hours) on iPhone and iPad - 

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Scott brings us our very first mini-AppSlappy show to review the venerable Infinity Blade II, an obviously beautiful game with amazing sound work.

Infinity Blade 2 - $6.99 on iPhone and iPad - 

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(I broke an iPhone just for this picture)

The tremendous trio returns for second week in a row, that has to be some kind of record. This episode abounds with breaking carrier contracts, breaking iPads, food-eating contests and…

Scott’s Reviews
Rebuild - $2.99 on iPad 2 only! - 
Bullet Time – Free on iPhone and iPad
If you’re into town building, My Town 2 is a good fremium game.

Eric’s Reviews
HeliumBooth - $0.99 on iPhone and iPad
Mafia Wars Shakedown - Free on iPhone and iPad

Eileen’s Reviews
Stampt - Free on iPhone and iPad

Go to the Prison Mayhem app for all of your time-management needs. Check out the newly released Infinity Blade 2 and join us next week for a proper review of it.

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Together again, Scott, Eileen, and Eric have gotten the band back together for our listening pleasure! iTunes Match is discussed even more in depth, Google Music is upon us, and the elusive Gmail App has returned… plus:

Scott’s Reviews
The Oregon Trail: American Settler – Free on iPhone and iPad! –
Rocket Riot – $2.99 on iPhone and iPad - 
And App Annie is a pretty cool resource for App Charts.

Eric’s Reviews
Ticket to Ride – $0.99 on iPhone, $6.99 on iPad
Minecraft Pocket Edition – $6.99 on iPhone and iPad

Eileen’s Reviews
The Amazing Type-Writer – $1.99 on iPhone and iPad
Google Catalogs – Free on iPad

Check out the Instacast app if iTunes caching is bugging you, and Art Studio on iPad, and procreate for you artistic folks! Join us next week for a proper review of procreate.

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iTunes Match is out, and Scott and Eileen break it down into all the healthy bits for a wondering mind! Plus:

Scott’s Reviews
Zombieville USA 2 (universal) – .99
Poker Pals iPhone .99 iPad 1.99
And a reminder of how awesome Wunderlist is.

Eric’s Reviews
Not here tonight! Just got home from Japan!

Eileen’s Reviews
Oink (Free)
Weatherwise

Check out Umami app we talked about for your TV!

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Big talk about bad battery life, and the new Jobs book to kick things off tonight! Also, Eileen is with is!

Scott’s
Bike Baron – .99 cents Univeral

Family Feud & Friends – univeral and free

Eric’s
Zygna Poker – Free Universal

Tweat.it – Free iPhone

Eileen
Tweetlogix $1.99 iPhone
AIrCassette $1.99 iPhone

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