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Testing Lightsaber Unleashed

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The return of the Lightsaber application to the app store is one to be hailed with much fanfare. Star Wars fans everywhere rejoice, and in the three days that the application has been on iTunes it has received over 1,400 reviews with an average four star rating.

Our night of watching the presidential debates was put on hold to test the rereleased application. Shortly after unsheathing my saber I was viciously attacked by an insidious villain! The ensuing epic battle (I’m on the left) was caught on video by horrified onlookers:


Testing Lightsaber Unleashed from Dean Putney on Vimeo.

Ultimately, we loved the new Lightsaber Unleashed. For those every day around-the-house epic battles, there’s really nothing like a good free Lightsaber application. We loved the built-in theme music, the accelerometer was quite accurate with our strokes, the different colors were great, and it really felt like we were holding lightsabers. Our only critique is that we often met our peril to an accidentally retracted beam (if you tap the screen with your saber drawn, you’re brought back to the menu screen).

If you have an iPod touch or an iPhone, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t have this application installed. Let’s have some impromptu lightsaber duels!

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4 responses to “Testing Lightsaber Unleashed”

  1. Andrew DK says:

    Your guys are dorks.

    Hey, what happens when the phone flies out of your hand while you’re waving it around like that o_O

  2. Dean Putney says:

    It actually does alright. It didn’t break or crack or anything, in fact, it looks exactly the same.