Not all the applications in the app store are serious. There are a wide variety of games in the store, even good free ones. The iPhone and iPod Touch is an amazing device for games with its large widescreen, accelerometer controls and touch screen, these all put together can be put to good use in interesting games. The iPhone and iPod Touch is very powerful and can support games that are on par with a lot of the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable games. I have played quite a few different games on my iPhone. Here are my top free games for iPhone and iPod Touch.

Aurora Feint -This game is pretty similar to Bejeweled, where you have to line up 3 cubes to make them disappear. The only difference is that the blocks are getting pushed up, so you must not let them get to the roof of the level. You can tilt the device to allow you to move the blocks vertically or horizontally, in relation to the game board. The unusual thing about this game is that you are collecting to blocks so you can get abilities and things for your character. I assume that there is going to be more to this game, because this game is Aurora Feint: The Beginning.

BubbleWrap - This is an interesting game to show off the touch screen. You have a sheet of bubble wrap, and you have to pop them. Pop as many as you can in the allocated time and you may get a high score. The bubbles come back up so you can pop them again. Its fun for 5 minutes, but it is a really good app to show off what the touch screen on this device can do.

Cube Runner - Most of the people that want to play on my iPhone want to play this game. Its a very simple looking game, where you control the turning of a little ship thing and you go through the level dodging cubes and as you progress, you get faster and faster and then weird things start happening to try and put you off. This simple game is quite challenging and fun. Do check this one out. It’s a great demo of what this thing can do.

Lightsaber Unleashed -Who doesn’t want a lightsaber? Well here you can have one, a virtual one, with built in lights and sounds. You can have different coloured one that can fill up the whole screen with saber glow and as you move it around, it makes battle sounds. Its a really cool app to show people, especially geeks. Other than that, it is useless, but cool to have there.

Sol Free Solitaire -As the name suggests, this is free solitaire. This app has a large selection of card games, including solitaire. Its the exact same game you are familiar with, just on the iPhone or iPod touch and using the touch screen. There is not much more to say. If you like card games, get this app!

Spinner Prologue - You are a button thing, and your goal is to traverse through the maze to the finish. Instead of directly controlling the object, it moves forward and you move your device around, from a vertical position to make it turn. It starts off easy and straight forward, but it gets really difficult further on and the levels get more complex and you need to be able to traverse awkward parts of the maze, and fast.

Tilt Me Lite - This is a fun little game for demoing the accelerometer on this device. You have to get a little ball, onto a small circle and hold it there for a few seconds. As you roll over the tiles on the level, it makes a sound. It provides really interesting sounds as you play along. It gets a little more difficult when you have to get 2 balls onto 2 different circles at the same time, and hold them there for a few seconds. Fun little game and great demo.

Tris - Unfortunately, this app is no longer in the app store because the developer was forced to remove it by the people who own Tetris. This app is Tetris. The controls could be a bit better but that is the only gripe about this game. There is not much you can do to Tetris. Tetris is Tetris, and this is a well made version of it. I like the high scores list, except for the fact that it is filled completely with my name. If this app ever returns, snap it up while you still can.