iPhone gaming at its best

iPhones have represented many things to me in the past. A status symbol for the elitist mac crowd (differentiated from the regular, cool mac-using community), a voodoo device that sucks the life out of executives and serves as a lifeline to their work, and more importantly a graveyard where a niche group of games called “touch-screen” games went to live and quickly die.  Surprisingly, gaming on the iPhone isn’t as terrible as I was prepared to admit. When I received one for Christmas last year, I had no idea it would or could support fulfilling and exciting games that I’d want to play! Though some gaming trash inevitably exists for download, indie developers have done a great job in utilizing the platforms touch technology in unique and fun ways. Over the past few months, I’ve discovered some gaming jewels that I keep coming back to and their prices: