A week ago, I reported on the speculation that Square Enix's cult classic RPG The World Ends With You would be making the jump from Nintendo DS to iOS. As it turns out, speculation was right! So for most of the days that followed, I've been lost in dystopian Shibuya, Japan, determined to see if this version - dubbed Solo Remix - would be as strong an offering as the original. As it turns out, it isn't: it's much stronger.
Turn off your lights and kick up your feet: it's time to pump up the volume hard enough to make you start seeing colors. Synesthetic for iOS is an object avoidance game with a loud, colorful premise: the songs on your iPod, iPhone, or iPad are turned into thrumming, pulsating worlds of rainbows and sound. Also, don't hold us liable if you actually pump your music that loud.
I was on my daily stroll, exploring parts of town I'd not yet made it to. I walked block after block, soaking up the window signs promising half-off oven mitts and discount electronics. I approached Oak Street, and decided to check it out. As I carried on, something cropped up in my mind: There are no oak trees on this street. Its name is pointless. Uninviting and obtuse. Then I took a left at Happy Street.