I’m a gamer. Or I should say I was a gamer. In a different life when I had free time (you know…before kids). Doom, Quake, Arena, Bioshock, Halo, Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, World of Warcraft. I played them all. I was terrible at them. But I loved them. Today I love something else. My family. So it’s a little hard for me to find the time (or motivation) to sit down and play a first person shooter or mmorpg for hours at a stretch.
So my gaming now has to come in more bite-size family friendly chunks. You know, something that doesn’t involve walking around for hours on end, walking into stop signs or into traffic or over a grave staring at a map on my phone looking for some stupid avatar. Like I said, small bite-sized chunks in between helping someone learn to read or do addition for the first time.
One of my favorites types of games is the infinite runner, however, they all seem to have issues about them I don’t really like. Some are just too confusing. I’m catching coins to buy stupid upgrades that don’t help me. Some are just too hard. I mean, seriously, if the monster always catches me thirty seconds in, where is the fun in that?
Fortunately I have a new runner game that actually makes sense: Talking Tom Gold Run. The premise is simple. A thief broke into Tom’s house and stole his gold. You have to catch him to get it back. Seems simple enough right? Well it is, but like all infinite runner’s eventually you mess up and swipe left instead of right or jump when you meant to slide. You can use the gold you collect to help Tom upgrade his house, which helps you to unlock different runners. I actually like this aspect since it reminds me of the building phase of some classic games like Civilization or Warcraft. So go check out Talking Tome Gold Run. Free to download in all the mobile app stores.
Disclaimer: The reviewer received the product at a discounted price or for free or was compensated for their time, nevertheless, all opinions expressed are our own.
17 comments
I see what you mean. If I were to take the time to play a game, this might be it though! (cute)
I love Talking Tom. I’ll be downloading this one too. Thanks!
I am so not into these things even when I have the time. I have never warmed up to gaming at all but I know it can be good even in education
I am so bad playing these kind of games. But my son would loves it!
I didn’t like the Tom app but I’m sure a lot of people too! Plus merging that and Subway Run seems to be a perfect marketing match
Oh, this is something new. It resembles to something my son used to play.
This game looks so cute. I know a few people who would love to play. I bet i’d play it too!
This is cute, my son loves talking tom. I will download this app and surely he will love it.
I have always been a gamer too. I used to love all of the Dash game, so I bet this would be fun.
I’ve played this once before and it was fun. I would never go for a game like this but I did enjoy playing it. I’m sure a lot of kids will have fun with this game, especially since it gets challenging as you go along.
I am not much into games but this sounds like a lot of fun! It would be nice to have a game like this especially when you’re passing time. It looks really easy to learn as well.
This game is such a cutie. I will download this and play this on my free time. I bet this is going to be addicting.
I used to play Sonic the Hedgehog when it was really popular, This sort of reminds me of that, just a little updated. It looks really fun.
What a cute interface! I like how cute and adorable a game looks like. This is a must be played game I need to look out for. I will check this out and probably my daughter and I will get hook playing. :)
I need to show this game to my son. He’d love it!
Wow talking Tom has come along way since punching the screen to make him cry… Looks good.
This is absolutely looks cute, my two boys love talking tom. I bet this game will surely love this