The best iPhone games [aka 12 great time wasters]

So, you are sitting at home with (*cough*) nothing better to do and trying to think of a low impact way to spend a little of your pay / unemployment / savings? Well, here are a dozen ways to spend (or not) your cash and have a good time doing it.

So, don’t let the economy or a crummy job (or the complete lack of a job) get you down! Spend a little (time if that’s what you’ve got) and enjoy!

Al(most all of the) links in this listing will open in the iTunes App Store:

12. Sol Free Solitaire (free) — Free solitaire that you can play for hours without crashing

11. Galcon ($5) — Kind of, sort of a space conquest title on a screen smaller than the palm of your hand

10. WordWarp ($1) — Word spelling game

9. CubeRunner (free) — Flying

8. Cylon Detector ($1.99) — What the frak are you looking at?

7. Super Monkey Ball – Sega ($9.99) — Fresh iPhone spin of the classic Sega game.

6. iShoot ($3) — Based on classic tank shooters of a bygone era
—See also: iPhone gold rush rages on

5. Trism ($3) — In a word? Tetris.

4. Wurdle ($2) — Unique seek a word puzzler and a leading cause of divorce and job loss in some Northern California communities

3. JellyCar (free) — A driving game

2. Lux Touch ($8) — Played Risk before?

1. SimCity ($9.99) — The grand daddy of civilization building games to go!
— See also: SimCity for iPhone, iPod touch now available

That’s my dirty dozen listing of major time sucks hot games for the iPhone and iPod touch. I’m pretty sure I missed a few, so don’t be shy and share your additions below in the comments…

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