How do you know you’re addicted to a game?  When you keep telling yourself, “I’ll stop after I play just one more.”

Lots of apps claim to be addictive. Lots of reviewers claim an app is addictive.  You and I know that’s not really the case.  Yes, an app might be a blast to play for a few minutes or a couple of hours, but when it’s time to move on to the next thing, you can easily put your iDevice down or close out the app and move on. You’re not going to miss a meal or the latest episode of Lost and definitely not precious sleep time because of it.  That’s ok; if every video game that billed itself as addictive truly was, society would have ground to a stop sometime around the mid-1980s.  The human race would have ceased to reproduce.

But there is one new kid on the block who deserves every bit of the hype you’ve been hearing: One Man Left’s Tilt to Live.  Perhaps you’ve heard of it?  If not, I’ll cut to the chase: Stop reading this review and get it.  Get it now. You’ll thank me.

Want more incentive?  As part of a special sale that will run through the end of March, Tilt to Live has dropped its price from a buck-99 to .99.  In other words, my procrastination in getting this review posted last night (because I was too busy playing the game)  just saved you a buck.  Sweet.

And now back to the review…

You are an arrow or a cursor or some such thing.  You move effortlessly across the screen doing your thing- slowly, quickly, and can even make full stops when necessary.  Or at least you try to.  Red Dots will materialize, one by one, two by two, twenty by twenty (or more) to stand in the way of your right to live and move freely.  And they will follow you any and everywhere you go with one single, relentless purpose: to destroy you.  If your arrow makes contact with even one of their kind, you explode and it’s game over, man.

But you are not alone.  There are weapons- Vortexes, Spike Shields, Cluster Missiles, freeze bombs and other tools of increasing capability that you can unlock to help you in your quest to rid the world of Red Dots.  To use them, all you need do is ram your cursor into one.

How do you move?  Simple.  Tilt your device.  There are no confusing controls or tricky hand or finger movements to remember.  Just tilt.

That’s it.

The first time I fired up this app and played a game, I thought, “What’s the big deal?  This is ok, but it’s not all that.”  And then I played another game, and one game led to another and another and another.  I couldn’t stop playing.  Last night, I put off watching tv, eating, and even- for more hours than I’d like to admit- going to bed.  It was that good.  In fact, I’m thinking about playing right now.

And for those of you who can’t feel complete unless you can compare your scores to your friends, people in your area, or around the world, the AGON Online Social Platform will keep track of all your scores and awards. 

So what are you waiting for?  Are you in need of more convincing?  Check out the video below.

iTunes Link – Tilt to Live

Version 1.0

Tested on an iPod Touch 3.1.3