“Temple Run” is the crazy addicting game that everyone has been playing, talking about, and tweeting about. Made by Imangi Studios, this game has got kids getting in trouble, throwing phones, and punching desks.

“Temple Run” is basically just a endless running game on a temple wall, but as you go further and further, the environment changes to cliffs and a wooden dock type platform. To turn, slide, and jump, players must swipe their screen left and right to turn and swipe up and down to jump and slide to avoid obstacles. Also tilting your phone makes the runner move left and right.

This app is strangely simple yet so hard. It’s the tempo of the game  that makes it challenging. There are coins you can collect in the app to help you purchase new characters and cheat death. The varieties of perks you can use are magnets that attract coins to YOU and invisibility so you can run through obstacles. There is a boost that speeds you through the level, you can upgrade your coin values up to triple, and the mega coin gives you a large amount of coins.

It’s very competitive because you want to beat your friends’ high scores. Upgrades and characters keep the game from becoming old. I recommend this app to whomever has the Application Store from Apple and the Android Market from Android.