Five to Try: Cy Crush begins a lly Saga, NBC’s Seeso streams funny TV

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Published 8 Jan 2016

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If you’ve followed our coverage on this week, then surely you’ve seen all of the fresh hardware pouring out of CES 2016 in s Vegas. New phones! Concept cars! ird gadgets! But the first week of 2016 has also seen the ay Store creep back to life after the holidays, if you’ve got an Android phone, these apps games are worth a look.

Cy Crush lly Saga is the week’s biggest debut, putting a couple (moderate) new twists on the freemium puzzle formula, while NBC’s streaming Seeso service is all about comedy shows. Beyond those, our picks this week include an ominous narrative adventure, an activity tracker that compares you against your neighbors, a Cardboard VR tightrope-walking experience that’s probably not for the faint of heart.

Cy Crush lly Saga

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Territory-claiming boss battles (right) help set lly Saga apart from its predecessors.

Multi-billion-dollar smash Cy Crush Saga yielded Cy Crush Soda Saga, which in turn has now given us Cy Crush lly Saga. And while it’s true that the match-three cy-linking premise is generally the same, King’s latest freemium puzzler does twist the formula a little bit. In lly Saga, you’ll make matches to slather the floor with the titular goop in some early stages, while others have you pairing cy to smash hardened frosting to uncover little creatures hidden beneath.

And interestingly, lly Saga also brings about boss battles where you’ll swap turns with a computer-controlled foe to try dominate the largest portion of the board—although they missed an opportunity to spin that into proper two-player battles with online pals. King is the current ruler of time-eating, wallet-tempting puzzle games, while Cy Crush lly Saga doesn’t reinvent the formula, it’s tweaked enough to consider returning for another sugar buzz.

Seeso

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The free 30-day trial lets you see if Seeso has enough appealing stuff you can’t find on other, broader services.

Seeso? Seeso! ile you’ll find plenty of great comedy on Netflix, Hulu, other streaming services, Seeso is NBC’s new attempt to delivery a comedy-only option packed with heaps of existing content a growing selection of new stuff. Anchoring the lineup are complete collections of shows like 30 Rock rks Recreation, as well as all 41 full seasons of Saturday Night ve episodes of NBC’s weekday late night fare.

You’ll also find quite a bit of British content—everything from Monty thon to the UK Office an rtridge— new exclusives, like The UCB Show from the Upright Citizens Brigade (featuring Amy ehler). The app lets you access all of that on the go, with a regular feed of stuff streaming atop the listings full-screen playback available, of course. Sadly, however, Chromecast support is currently missing. Seeso costs $4/month is ad-free, so think of it as a niche add-on to your streaming pile if you’re a huge comedy nerd.

Buried: Interactive Story

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ay it a chapter at a time or bust through in one sitting; it’s your call.

Do you enjoy games but find that the graphics just get in the way? Buried ($3) is an interactive narrative adventure that’s heavy on words not much else—but it’s still plenty intriguing. You awake at a logging site in the forest after what seems to have been a strange explosion… only nothing is on fire, there’s a cleanly-cut hole in the ground, all your heavy equipment has been flipped. Oh, then you find a mysterious door that wasn’t there before.

Buried sets an ominous tone then asks you to make decisions: do you leave an injured ally to rest while you explore, or drag him along? ll you tiptoe through the strange underground walkway or run like hell? And should you ever press an unmarked button? l these questions more await, although the game is primarily text-centric, it does have some nice background photos ambient noises to help paint a mood.

Human – Activity Tracker

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See how other local Human users fare, then crush their activity tallies—it’s good for your health, after all.

The ay Store has more than its fair share of activity trackers, but Human has an interesting approach: it encourages competition against every other user that is nearby or within your city. Human automatically tracks your walks, runs, bike rides throughout the day, then tallies your minutes pits the total against those of your neighbors. You can even see a map of pulsing icons that shows other users in general proximity.

Beyond that element, Human is all about simplicity: it’s not the most complex or customizable tracker out there, but the minimal design is laser-focused on making sure you get at least 30 minutes of solidly vigorous activity logged each day. It plugs into Fit, too, you can share progress with friends for a little extra motivation/reassurance.

The lk VR

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Maybe don’t show this VR experience to anyone afraid of heights.

lking a tightrope strung between a pair of skyscrapers sounds absolutely terrifying, but that’s just what pe tit did in 1974 with the rld Trade Center in New York City. In fact, he did it six times before surrendering to police! Then again, he was a trained high-wire artist, you’re just a probably just a regular person with a phone. But at least you can simulate the experience with Cardboard VR. 

Based on the recent film adaptation of tit’s feat, starring seph -vitt, The lk VR lets you view a recreation of the walk from tower to tower as you look freely at the death-defying sights below. You can experience it with a Cardboard viewer, or simply move your phone around a 360 video rendition—either way it’s a fun little few-minute experience for the wannabe stunt-person in all of us.