£0.99 for iPhone only right now (although compatable tieh all iDevices running iOS 7)
Thanks to our chum David from Ludometrics who sent us a download of the game. Here’s the official site.
It’s basically a quite basic app emulating the missing vowels round from Only Connect, and I’m actually a bit surprised nobody has really thought to do it before.
A word or phrase comes up with the vowels removed and the spaces respaced and you type the vowels in. If you get it right it turns green, if you get it wrong it turns red. You can keep guessing until you get it right, although there are only five options so it shouldn’t take too long.
Right now feels more like a diversion than a game – you can’t “lose” and if the prospect of pressing all the buttons until you press the right one is too much for you you can skip. Also I’ve done about seventy puzzles now, they’ve all been quite basic which you might find a bit disappointing if you’re used to OC‘s rather clever clever approach. The tones that play when you push the buttons are quite nice.
In other news there’s a Millionaire Hot Seat game out as well for £1.49. On my first go I won £250,000, there’s no real fanfare if you win or even get a question right. The questions seem tailored for the Aussie market. You can play single or multiplayer although you should save yourself the hassle and not bother although there is the germ of a decent idea in the format.
I’ve just realised the title is ‘disemvoweled’. Clever, but difficult to find in the app store I suspect.
TNYB BT T reminds me of the IT Crowd Countdown episode.
“Good morning, that’s a nice Tnetennba!”
“The first rule of Street Countdown is…you really must tell everyone about it, it’s a really fun game and it’s better with more people.”