Chris Buffa (Modojo): Grading papers is mind-numbingly boring, but as we've learned, even the most mundane tasks make for an enjoyable video game. Case in point, The Grading Game, a surprisingly entertaining iPhone and iPad title partially inspired by first-person shooters, of all things. Except instead of mowing down enemies with a machine gun, you take a red pen to a variety of assignments from college students struggling with the English language. Even more bizarre, you play as a teacher's assistant to the nefarious Dr. Snerpus, a prof who loves the letter F.
Touch Arcade: Are you the sort of person who knows all about the majestic alot? Have you considered sending your friends posters to help them with their little their/there/they're problem? Well then, we should probably hang out some time, since insufferability loves company. Also, you might want to take a look at The Grading Game [$0.99 / Free].
Pocket Gamer: The human brain is a wonderful thing. It fills in blanks for us, rights wrongs, and lets us understand the basic thrust of sentences even when they're complete and utter gibberish. In essence, that lump of grey matter in your head is what you're fighting against in The Grading Game.
GameZebo: Few people can resist spewing a passionate opinion about the state of post-secondary education. On one hand, university students are suffering enormous debts and years-long workloads in order to procure degrees of negligible value. On the other hand, maybe it’s not the worst idea to keep kids chained to a desk until they learn the difference between “a lot” and “alot.”
