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Charlie Sheen iPhone app: #notwinning

Charlie Sheen iPhone app: #notwinning

The MaSheen iPhone app — straight from the tiger-blooded warlock himself — claims it puts “the mind of Charlie Sheen in your pocket,” but does it really? And are you sure you’d even want that thing in your pants?

When we peeked into the Apple App Store, we found that the MaSheen app’s official description didn’t exactly help us determine whether downloading it would be worth $2.99 or not — so naturally we just plain had to try the app out.

As soon as the app launched, we were faced with a few menu selections:

• Mind Torpedos
• Fastballs of Truth
• Warlock Gear
• Friendly Fire
• Magik Tiger

Before we explored any of those features though, we took a look at the app’s “info” section. There we were told that we’re “the coolest human” beings ever for buying this app and provided with reassurance that “if this beauty were ten bucks” we’d have “still grabbed it.”

We already had doubts about that statement, but were at least glad that there is a link to the J/P Haitian Relief Organization along with a suggestion that we donate the imaginary seven bucks we saved to that fund.

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As far as the app’s actual features go, there’s little to get excited about.

The “Mind Torpedos” are simply a series of Charlie Sheen quotes — most of which you’re probably sick of at this point  —  which change every time you tap your iPhone’s screen.

The “Fastballs of Truth” are incredibly short clips — we barely had enough time to finish a yawn — of the warlock himself spewing a quotable factoid or two.

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The “Warlock Gear” feature isn’t actually any sort of feature. Instead it’s simply a link to an online shop where you can purchase Charlie Sheen merchandise. And while we’re not particularly certain what “Friendly Fire” does, we do know that it requires at least two MaSheen app-using people to be in the same room — which quite frankly sounds like a bad idea.

Last, but oddly not least, there is the “Magik Tiger.” It is actually the only part of the app which made us chuckle. It’s basically like a Magic 8 Ball — only stranger and more Charlie Sheen-themed.

That little bit of amusement aside though, we didn’t exactly find the app as a whole to be worth three bucks and are inclined to agree with one of the folks who left a review for it in the App Store:

[Thanks: http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com]

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