Review: 80 Days – my favorite iOS game of the year

As a kid, I grew up reading two things for fun: action / fantasy books like those by Jules Verne, andChoose Your Own Adventure books. I even diagrammed the structure of some of the latter for fun – whether it led to a good ending, a bad ending, or looped back around to another part of the book. Yeah, I was a weird kid.

I first heard about 80 Days ($4.99, iOS only) on the iTunes Featured / Front page – something I like to check out about once a week to see what’s new. The descriptions informs y...