App of the Week

Draw Something4 cert, OMGPOP, Android (also iOS) ****

A recent mobile gaming phenomenon, Draw Something goes where Pictionary and other graphic-based games have gone before. It’s not hugely competitive. You get a choice of three words that you have to draw. The more difficult the word, the more coins you’re paid. You keep taking turns drawing pictures and guessing until one of you can’t solve a puzzle and gives up; then the count begins all over again. The motivation is bragging rights – getting the longest streak among your friends – and building up coins to buy more colours and bombs that will help wipe out some of the unnecessary letters and make puzzles easier to solve. Drawing on a touch screen is harder than it looks. It’s easier to handle in the iPad, or even the Galaxy Note.You can challenge friends through Facebook, via email, through their username or allow the game to pick a player at random. On the way are a facility to share drawings on Facebook or Twitter, and a few tweaks that will make it easier to play .