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I finally submitted to the marketing and general buzz surrounding this particular iPhone app. My first impression was that its impossible to control. It felt like there was actually no way to control that little bubbled monkey.

After about 1/2 hour of playing around with it, I started to get the hang of it. I noticed early on that its not the monkey you control, you actually tilt the entire level. What makes it hard is that when you tilt the plane, the monkey faces in the direction of the tilt and the viewpoint pans in that direction, so you end up tilting the plane on a constantly changing way. Its hard to adjust, I ended up constantly twitching the iPhone around to try control that perky little monkey. Its hard to explain, I guess the closest thing to it is the feeling of first reversing your car when you are learning to drive. The car goes in the opposite direction when you turn your steering wheel.

In the end I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt, I’ll try it again tomorrow and try get through level 10!