Assassin’s Creed looks amazing, with a pretty stunning opening cinematic and crisp, detailed graphics. The game combines platforming, stealth, combat, and some puzzles, but the simple tasks—navigating the game world’s narrow walkways and tricky jumps—are more frustrating than they need to be, and the anemic save system doesn’t help.

 

Mobile-trivia junkies rejoice.

In Topple 2, your enemy is gravity, as are weirdly shaped pieces that aren’t always conducive to tidy stacking.

FileMaker's superb iPhone version of Bento lets you stash your personal or small-biz databases in your pocket.

Well, that didn't take long now did it? Within days of the release of Apple's new Find My iPhone feature for MobileMe users, one blogger puts it to the test with a real life adventure.

Behind the clever name lies well-designed, Risk-like turn-based strategy you can play alone or against humans in a pass-the-phone style multiplayer. Check out Strategery Lite (free) if you're not convinced, but the full version is worth the $2. More after the jump..

The Oregon Trail winds its way onto the iPhone. One hundred points for nostalgia, but how does it actually play?

It's like Guitar Hero, except with trombones. And leaves.