Ursine incline: the stunt-jumpin' badness of Dreamsocket/VanBeater's Bear on a Wire

I'm still frankly undecided if Bear on a Wire -- available now on the App Store [iTunes link] -- rises above fantastically illustrated novelty to truly compelling gaming (made up of a mix of Trials HD-ish tilt controls and Tony Hawk-like button-combo stunts), but there's kind of no denying that it'll end up going down as one of the year's best iPhone trailers, and probably also the year's second best bear/vehicle mashup game.

Also very worthy of note: the project's a collaboration with artist Trevor 'VanBeater' Van Meter of TVM Studio, who you might also know from his CrappyCat character -- recently brought to vinyl by Jamungo -- and who I now fully realize needs to be doing a lot more work in games. [via yewknee]