iPad is here, Steve jobs announced the new tablet device today as expected. The media hype surrounding this announcement has been absolutely huge. Twitter has been buzzing all day and the hashtags #iSlate, #iPad etc.. have been trending for much of it. But who is this device actually aimed at?

I have a laptop, a PC, a decent Phone, a 3rd gen iPod Touch, various next gen games consoles and other gaming handheld devices. Do I need an iPad? My head says no, my wallet says no and even the Apple geek in me says NO!

I expect that many other techie types are of the same opinion?

Time to put this debate to sleep, The iPhone is a serious gaming platform, period! If you are a true gamer you should appreciate all platforms surely? The whole debate and fanboyism reminds me of Snes vs Megadrive, PS1 vs N64, Xbox vs PS2 and so on! Thankfully I am lucky enough to own pretty much every mainstream game console ever released. I love quality games regardless of platform.

2010 is well and truly upon us, but what a year for iPhone gaming eh! A year that it was proven beyond all doubt that the iPhone is a valid gaming platform. I expect that 2010 will be the year that pretty much seals the deal but lets take a look back at some of my all time iPhone favourites from 2009.

I have gone through 3 ipods in the last few months, the first was an upgrade to the 3rd gen and the other two were returned as faulty. One had a creaky screen and the other had an issue with the screen brightness.

The battle has been raging since early yesterday and it looks like everything is going to plan. Rage Against the Machines Track Killing in the Name is currently residing in the No 1 spot on both Play.com and HMV sites. It is in No 2 position on iTunes but TiG hopes this will change if we all keep buying!

Ok guys, please indulge me, I know this has nothing to do with iPhone or iPod gaming but we love our iPods and we sure love our music here at TiG!

It's that time of year again, the X-Factor final is almost upon us and Mr Simon Cowell is gleefully rubbing his hands together at the prospect of yet another Xmas No1 from one of his Karaoke singing puppets. If only there was a way that we could "take the power back" and chip away at Mr Cowells dominance of the Xmas No1. Well it turns out that there could be a way.

I jumped for joy when ngmoco released Rolando for the iPhone, I was so impressed by Topple it prompted me to downloaded the full version of Rolando when it hit the app store. I was blown away by the visuals and the aural delights but when the physics of the flipped out gravity level's coalesced with the usage of the accelorometer it provided a genuinely unique, high quality gaming experience

I downloaded 2XL Games ATV Offroad around an hour ago and I have never been so blown away by an iPhone game! The graphics and frame rate in this game are beyond compare. I honestly don't think I have come across a smoother more graphically accomplished game than ATV offroad.

I have been playing games on my iPod touch for over a year now, and I thought it might be nice to write a little list of my favourite games on the platform so far.

There are so many games on the App store that compiling such a list has actually been rather difficult, I thought about organising my favourites by Publisher, then by genre, then by release date! In the end I have decided to simply list my all time favourites so far! So here goes, my favourite iPhone games (and why!) in reverse order!

With it's faster CPU and more powerful graphics ability, the new iPod Touch and iPhone 3GS truly are mobile gaming platforms to rival the prowess of the Sony PSP and Nintendo's DS. But, they have so much more to offer than either of the afforementioned systems. The iPod Touch is not only a great gaming machine it is also a world class .mp3 player, internet browser, social media darling, video player and personal organizer to boot.