I commute over an hour to work each day – so finding something to do while I zoom along underground is very important. WordUp! solves the boredom issue by challenging me to find words in a grid of lettered dice. Simple premise, but challenging game, trust me! I’ve had to dig deep in the recesses of my mind for words I forgot I even learned to solve this word puzzle game. The game is easily customizable – you can change the cube style, minimum word length, play time, size of...

I don’t play games on my phone often, but I like this quick cute game: Abduction! When I first tried it, I liked it as an app to show off the Droid’s accelerometer (since I had never had a phone with motion interactivity before). I believe the story behind abduction is that you are a cow and all of your cow buddies have been abducted by aliens, and you have to get up to the UFO to save them before the aliens take them to space. (Of course.) Here’s how it works: The cow is...

One thing I’ve learned smartphones are good for is entertaining me when I’m doing something boring, like waiting in the car for someone. There are a lot of games for Android that are perfect for when you have 9 minutes to waste and you don’t want to get into any long games or heavy reading, but just want something ‘mindless’ to pass the time. My time-waster of choice? Sketch Online Beta. It’s basically online Pictionary. You enter a room with up to 10 other...