So anyway, back to videogames. A gold spotter's badge goes out to WoS-approved Antipodean correspondent Gabe McGrath for picking up on this little gem, which is going free (normally $16) until Monday 26th July. And it's not even an iPod game!

It's called Totally Tiny Arcade, it's for the PC, and it's an extremely cute minigame compendium reliving the 1980s glory days of the video arcade. You take the role of Joystick Johnny, a character so authentically 80s he wears his baseball cap the right way round while he's listening to his Walkman.

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Regular viewers of WoSblog will know that there are dozens of temporary promotions every day on the App Store in which games which normally cost money temporarily go free. But we're not going to talk about those today.

Because there are also thousands of games which are always free. We're NOT talking about Lite versions or limited demos, but full complete games which, for one reason or another, their developers have decided to make free – WITHOUT stuffing them full of irritating AdMob adverts. (Unless specifically mentioned, all these games are totally ad-free.)

Here, then, in no particular order, are 50 of the best. If you've just bought an iPod Touch or an iPhone or an iPad, start here.

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…is ULTIMATE POKER TIMER!

If you ever find yourself hosting a poker game, and you've got an iPhone or iPod Touch, why not make your life a lot easier with Ultimate Poker Timer?

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(I don't speak German, okay?)

Especially alert viewers may recall two weeks ago, when WoSblog lavished praise on the rather lovely free time-trial racer You Cruise By Mazda MX-5. Man, those were the days, eh? But imagine my surprise this week when I stumbled into what appeared to be exactly the same game again.

And as it turned out, that was only the start.

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I had a really irritating day yesterday, for personal and wholly trivial reasons that we don't need to go into here.

By fortuitous chance, however, the App Store stepped in with three rather fine anger-themed games, which helped me vent all my BOILING RAGE without murdering very many people, or spending any money.

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Four very different kinds of racing game, all free this weekend.

Whatever your preferred method of zooming around on roads, there should be something here for you.

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Come on, Scottish Tim!

Doubtless to commemorate the Wimbledon quarter-final appearance of Britain's Andy Murray from Britain, neo-retro microgamesmiths Poppy have made King Of Tennis free for this week.

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The punchily-titled You Cruise by Mazda MX-5 is a great little racing game that reminds me a bit of the early Colin McRae Rally titles on the Playstation.

It's pretty limited (no other cars, just time trials on eight tracks with online leaderboards), but that's okay because it's free, and what it does it does really well. The odd thing, though, is the fact that it has better controls than any other traditional-style racing game in the App Store.

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Three for the price of none here. Now THAT'S cheap.

Left to right: Championship Checkers, Reversi Twist, Master Of Gomoku.

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Here's a cutie.

Skullpogo is a perfect example of how to make a good iPod game. It's short, shallow(ish) and sweet, it's designed for the characteristics of the format, and it's endlessly replayable. And today, it's free.

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