Watching the 'Watchmen' iPhone apps
If you can't get enough of Watchmen: Justice is Coming, you'll find in this massive multiplayer online game an ambitious attempt to play against anyone else connected to the Net from your iPhone or iPod Touch. You get to create a character with gender, skin color, and even personality based on what you see in the character Rorschach ink blot.
Meanwhile, whether you're just trying to get your feet wet in a world where Nixon remained president well into 1985 or whether you're quoting the comic back at the screen, the "Watchmen" app might appeal to you as it rounds up movie trailers, previews of motion comics--rudimentary animation applied to panels from the comic, behind-the-scenes featurettes, screensavers, Web links, and a nifty clock mini-app.
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