PHDGaming Offers EDU Blaster for Cell Phones

Steven Anderson is a Senior Applications Developer for Emory U., and runs PHDGaming.com. He e-mailed me recently about a free (and ad free) educational game for cell phones, called EDU Blaster. The object of the game is to “blast” numbers that correspond to the correct answer for x, in a math problem shown in the upper corner of the screen. For instance, the problem might be x>10*1*4. Four numbers may be drifting across the screen, and the user would need to find one greater than 40 and “blast” it.

Unfortunately, the game is not supported on Verizon phones (Verizon doesn’t support the J2ME programming language for phones that the games use). But, those with other carriers should be fine. Just use your cell phone to surf to the site and download the game. I can see this as useful for young math students to help them stay in practice. Most every kid seems to carry a cell phone these days, and parents should feel they are at least getting some mental math workouts with this game rather than the mindless twitching found in many commercial games.

Anderson also offers a free backgammon game at the site. Although his work is gratis to anyone interested, he does solicit donations if you enjoy the games. Currently he cross-promotes EDU Blaster with knowitall.org. In the works is a cell phone book implementation, featuring the classics at first and perhaps original fiction in the future.

So give PHDGaming a visit, and download Steven’s games to your phone. His site is well worth investigating.