The T-Mobile G1
Okay. I recently purchased a T-Mobile G1, kind of T-Mobile’s answer to the iPhone. It is integrated into Google (uses Gmail, and Google calendar etc) and runs on the Android platform. So far I love the phone! The keyboard is great. Lots of free apps, such as weather, Phoneflix, Bank of America, a cute pink squid called Astrid who makes sure I’m on task, and one I game I played for the first time yesterday.
It’s called Zombie, Run! and has to be the most entertaining video game for a phone I’ve ever played. Here’s how it works. You go outside. Yes, you have to play outside. Why? Well, the GPS needs to know where you are. And also, you’ll have to run. Once outside, you start up the game. You input a few settings: the overall concentration of Zombies in the area and how fast they move. You give the phone a few seconds to put you on the map, and then you tap your destination on the map so the game knows where you’re headed. Then the fun (terror?!) begins.
Once you start the game, zombies appear on the map. The goal is to move to your destination before the zombies catch you and eat your brains. I played one game by myself yesterday, and one with my wife. The one with my wife was a pretty short trip, but it had us swiftly cutting through church parking lots and taking roundabouts throught a parking garage to arrive safely at our destination, both of us out of breath.
It’s great fun, and good exercise to boot–probably most suited to urban areas where you don’t have to cut through people’s yards, but also could be fun in a rural setting, as long as there’s no chance to plunge into the woods and get lost!
Anyway, if you have a G1, check out the game. If you’re thinking of getting a smart phone and can’t decide which,
The G1 uses the Android platform.
consider the G1. As far as I know, it’s the only phone you can use to play Zombie, Run! Cost of this awesome app? Not a dime. Most Android apps are still free, althogh for a lot of games you have to shell out dough for the full version. Not so with Zombie, Run! At least for now. Using the GPS will zap your battery, which is the only downside. But walking from one place to another will never be the same again!
