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"Each week, Digital Spy rounds up the biggest mobile gaming releases with reviews and trailers. This week&amp;#039;s games include a journey through typography, bowling with bears and a troupe of circus acrobats. Type: Rider Reviewed on: iPhone 4S Platforms: iPad, iPhone, Android Price: \u00A31.99 / $2.99 Type: Rider is a unique physics-based platformer of sorts that uses typography as a backdrop. Each level is based on a different style in the history of typography, using the contours of the letters as slopes and platforms for your vehicle, which itself is a rolling colon punctuation mark.  The visuals are gorgeous, with period-appropriate illustrations in the background complimented by the distinct fonts and printing technology that make up the actual levels and obstacles. The developers are obviously passionate about their subject matter, as there are even typography history lessons scattered around to collect, offering insight on each level&amp;#039;s theme. To move, you hold your finger on the left or right side of the screen to roll in that direction, while tapping both sides performs a jump. Unfortunately the physics tend to get in the way of the controls, as the rolling dots often get stuck on parts of the level all too easily or the physics cause you to bounce in odd and unexpected ways. Generous checkpoints alleviate some of the control issues, and the unique visual style is almost worth the price of admission on its own, but Type: Rider falls just short of its lofty vision.  &amp;gt; Download &amp;#039;Type: Rider&amp;#039; from the App Store &amp;gt; Download &amp;#039;Type: Rider&amp;#039; from the Google Play Store       Rollabear Reviewed on: iPhone 4S Platforms: iPad, iPhone Price: 69p / $0.99 Rollabear is a unique mobile game that manages to merge bears and fantasy bowling. Each round begins with your bear in a slingshot, which you can aim by swiping back and releasing.  It is then your goal to safely navigate the rolling bear through a brief gauntlet of obstacles to bash through the set of human bowling pins at the end. You can move the bear side to side as it rolls by tapping on either side of the screen while trying to dodge trees, launch off ramps and navigate tight corridors.  The controls aren&amp;#039;t exactly as precise as they could have been, making quick movements difficult to pull off, but there is a generous time rewind feature that helps compensate for the occasional collision. By collecting crates of fish in each stage you can earn chances to rewind time with a downward swipe. Swiping up resumes the level again, allowing you to rewind as far or short as you want and set yourself up to avoid upcoming obstacles. There are 60 levels spread across three themed worlds, and the courses get fairly challenging later on.  Each course is admittedly rather short so most players will be able to quickly blast through the game in an afternoon or weekend, but it&amp;#039;s hard to fault the bizarre bowling of Rollabear for leaving players wanting more.  &amp;gt; Download &amp;#039;Rollabear&amp;#039; from the App Store      Ring Run Circus Reviewed on: iPhone 4S Platforms: iPad, iPhone Price: \u00A31.49 / $1.99 Ring Run Circus is a unicycling puzzle game that will make your head spin, but not always in a good way. In the game you control one of three circus cyclists as they flip through rings to reach the level&amp;#039;s exit.  By default your cyclist rides around the inside of a ring, and by tapping and holding on the left side of the screen they will rotate on the outside, which also allows them to switch tracks to any adjacent ring they run into. Swapping between rings can be quite disorienting, but the early levels ease players into the game as new obstacles to dodge are introduced like springs and cycling circus animals. Each of the three characters has their own ability and set of levels built around that specialty, including jumping, stunning enemies and flipping switches. However, as the levels progress the difficulty spikes sharply, introducing new obstacles faster than players can adapt to the challenge.  This is largely because the core mechanic of switching rings never feels completely natural. If you time your taps properly for switching rings you can also sometimes get a speed boost, which usually just makes you accidentally switch rings when you didn&amp;#039;t want to. Ring Run Circus has a steep learning curve and awkward controls that work against each other for a game that is far more complicated than it probably intended to be.  &amp;gt; Download &amp;#039;Ring Run Circus&amp;#039; from the App Store      What mobile releases have you been playing recently? Add your comment below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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