Over the past week I’ve been getting messages from a college student trapped on a distant moon. He’s scared and not quite sure what to do. He tells me what’s going on and I’ve been giving him advice on how to stay alive. Sometimes he disappears for awhile when he’s sleeping or working but eventually he comes back with some new problem. 

I’m talking about a new game for iPhone called Lifeline and it is quite a bit of fun with several unexpected twists and turns. The game isn’t quite as free ranging as text adventures like Zork but it is a lot of fun and the real time elements give it something special. Since the gameplay is reading text and responding, the Apple Watch app is makes it even more fun. It’s just $2 and I’d pay it again. I discovered the game from my pal Stephen Hackett.

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