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Koi Pond
By The Impulsive Downloader | September 14, 2008
The point of Koi Pond is…
Actually, I’m not too sure what exactly the point of it is, because it could be used to kill time when you’ve got only a few seconds to waste or it could be used to calm your mind during a hectic day or it can be your opportunity to harass fish without PETA coming after you and causing Pamela Anderson to get naked (again) for a PETA ad. (We get it Pam, you like being naked and showing off your near-perfect body that causes teenage boys to masturbate and other 40-year-old mothers cry.) All I do know is that whatever the point of it is, the makers of Koi Pond sure do it beautifully.
Koi Pond is simply a virtual koi pond that consists of smooth rocks on the bottom, lily pads, and, of course, swimming koi. Touching the screen will cause ripples in the water with the appropriate sound, which frightens the fish. Sadly, disrupting the serene pond and jarring the koi is probably the most exciting thing to do with the app, but those abilities can occupy a child’s mind for a little while, but unfortunately not enough where you can kick all those annoying Barney DVDs and CDs to the curb or to some unsuspecting parent.
A couple of nice things you can do with your koi is feed them by shaking your iPhone/iPod Touch and have them nibble your finger by placing it on the screen and leaving it there to attract them. Being able to feed and play with them makes Koi Pond somewhat Tamagotchi-like, except there’s no need to clean up poop and there won’t be any weird stares from others, like there always are when I’m playing with my Tamagotchi, Chow Chow, in public.
Leave me and Chow Chow alone, people! I love my Chow Chow!
In the settings, you can change the color of the water, number of koi, quantity of lily pads, add various sounds of nature, and decide whether it’s night or day. I personally like to set it so that I have as many koi as possible and have all of the nature sounds turned on (birds, insects, frogs, and a flowing river). Watching the koi swim is relaxing and listening to the sounds of nature makes me feel like I’m playing with a Tranquil Moments Sleep Sound Machine in Brookstone. Those two combined have a calming effect on me and I could watch it until my iPod Touch’s battery runs dry or I have the urge to bring havoc to some virtual fish.
Item: Koi Pond
Company: The Blimp Pilots
Version: 2.1
Category: Entertainment
Price: 99 cents
Rating: 8 out of 10
Pros: Cheap. Soothing and beautiful to look at. Seconds or minutes of mindless entertainment. It’s fun scaring koi without having to worry about PETA. Seeing Pamela Anderson naked in 1998. My Chow Chow.
Cons: Limited entertainment value. Seeing Pamela Anderson naked in 2008. Prices of stuff at Brookstone. Adults playing with Tamagotchi in public.
Filed Under: 8 Rating, Entertainment, iPhone, iPod Touch | | 1 Comment »
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October 31st, 2008 at 11:44 pm
This does look kind of cool, if I owned an Ipod or Iphone. Perhaps someday soon I’ll break down, buy an Ipod Touch, and start sending Steve Jobs all my money electronically.
Sorry I haven’t been commenting here, I just kind of forget to check on it.