![]() As exceptional games continue to be released on the iPhone, we will expand this list. What follows is a list of the 21 games that should be installed on every iPhone. Curation has in large part been left to those who remain passionate about the phone as a gaming platform, despite Apple. After a game's launch, it sinks into the quicksand of mobile gaming junk until it's buried deep beneath thousands of free-to-play cash-ins. Too many of the best games for iPhone are victims of an out of sight, out of mind economy. Unusual and inspired games are left to fight for short stints on the coveted front page. Farming simulations and clones too often dominate the App Store's best selling list. Unfortunately, they must be downloaded from one of the worst digital marketplaces. Enjoy this story from either a technical or a relational view as you see fit.The iPhone is home to some of the best portable video games ever made. This film, The Enemy Below, and Das Boot make a reasonable trilogy for a weekend marathon. This is about relationships between combatants, among the ships in the convoy, and between U.S. Training and subsequent reactions shape the story in the faces of the bridge crew as they watch the captain and follow his orders which he does not explain. Compressing roughly 48 tense hours into a ~2 hour film doesn't give much time to absorb all that's happening, and that's the point. There is no perfect rendering of combat in film, but the repeated commands and protocols between naval personnel and vessels are accurate enough to convey a sense of proper urgency to the story. He and his crew feel the presence of the subs stalking the surface ships and the deaths of sailors both above and below the icy water. Hanks subtly conveys the ache of leaving a loved one behind and her presence with him during the battle. The action is shown from the bridge, CIC, and decks of the Greyhound, which BTW is the slang term for destroyers and those who serve on them. ![]() ![]() ![]() Having served in the Cold War on both a destroyer and on a submarine, I found this story contrasting the tensions between both worlds. ![]()
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