A Guide to the Best iPad Games
By Daniel Nations, About.com Guide
There are a lot of great uses for the iPad, but none of them are as fun as gaming. Want to race around a city in a Ferrari? Conquer the world? Become a dwarf? With intuitive touch screen controls and motion-based game play, the iPad is the world's coolest mobile gaming device. And many of the games can be purchases for a dollar or less, with even the most expensive games rarely breaking the ten dollar mark.
But don't think you are gaming on a budget. These are full featured games raging from first person shooters where you can go online and frag your friends to massively multiplayer role-playing games that will have you forgetting about Azeroth in no time.
iPad Action-Arcade Games
Who doesn't like a good arcade game? If racing around the track and nailing your opponents with machine gun fire -- or even doing all of that without the car -- there are plenty of great action, arcade and shooter games on the iPad.
iPad Role-Playing Games
Who do you want to be today? Or, more importantly, what do you want to be today? Whether you are looking to crush your enemies beneath your spiked mace or blast them with lightning bolts shooting out of your fingers, there's a game for you, even if you prefer your role-playing done in a massively multiplayer setting.
iPad Strategy Games
Have you ever dreamed of conquering the world? Or perhaps conquering a brand new world? Or even just trying to save some sheep from evil aliens? Between the great turn-based strategy games and a slew of awesome tower defense games, there's plenty of ways to explore the tactical side of gaming available in the app store.
iPad Racing Games
Is any type of game more suited to the iPad than racing games? A touch screen device that can detect when you move it makes a pretty cool steering wheel. So whether you prefer racing cars or karts, shooting machine guns at your opponent or smashing them with pumpkin bombs, you'll find it on the iPad.
iPad Board and Card Games
Have you ever an urge to play Monopoly only you lost the dice? Or perhaps you were hankering for a good card game but your deck only has 48 of the 52 cards? The best part about playing table-top games on the iPad is that you never misplace the pieces. And luckily, the classics like Monopoly and Risk have translated well to the iPad.
iPad Trivia Games
What's the capitol of France? How many legs are on your average arachnid? Who holds the NFL record in rushing yards from the line of scrimmage? How many chucks could a woodchuck really chuck? If these are the type of questions you find easy to answer, these are the games you'll love on the iPad.
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iPad Puzzle Games
From classic puzzle-solving adventures like the Big City Adventure series to physics-based puzzles like Angry Birds to word and math puzzles like Sudoku, there's plenty of great games on the iPad that will challenge your mind and keep your wits sharp.