You come up with an idea for a game, spend time and money developing it, and put it on the App Store with some success only to find that someone has ripped off your hard work and made a copycat. Fortunately, Apple has responded to this problem by removing the copycats from the App Store, much to the delight of the original developers.

If you’re a football fan, the day after the Super Bowl can be a very sad time…especially if you’re Mrs. Tom Brady, apparently. But as I often say, don’t hate the game, hate the league. Just turn away from the NFL. Give it up. Don’t pretend watching the draft in April is interesting, or that free agency will make a difference. Rather, stick it to Roger Goodell by playing some iPhone and iPad games. We’ve got a couple limited time freebies available today, neither of which have anything to do with football or MIA’s fingers.

CAPCOM has been doing a tremendous job of bringing many of their A-list console and handheld games to Apple’s iDevices. We’ve got forms of Resident Evil, after all. We’ve got Street Fighter, Devil May Cry and even Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. And now, CAPCOM has brought us a puzzle adventure game that’s as at home on the iPhone or iPad as it was on the Nintendo DS: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective.

In these days where videos bounce from the actual event to YouTube with just a few taps of an onscreen button, Game Your Video gives you the chance to actually make those videos worth watching with just a few more taps of a button. You already know how to use this app, because it works like your iPhone works: tap and swipe. And the more you use it, the more you realize what it can do.

Conventional keyboards require typing in linear rows, although, for example, the pinky finger and ring finger would prefer relative short distances. Hands are also individual in size, shape, and typing habits, and may shift their position. TypeWay for iPad uses information about touch events in several algorithms to control and refresh the configuration of keys continuously (patents and patents pending) to adapt to the idiosyncrasies and physical characteristics of the individual user, at least that’s the theory.

Super Bowl XLVI (Giants vs. Patriots) is on Sunday, February 5, 2012, at 3:30pm PT, but what if you can’t wait that long for some football action? Take advantage of Electronic Arts’ sale on Madden 12 for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The iPhone and iPod touch version is only 99¢ and the iPad version is $2.99 available on the App Store.

The Line 6 Mobile In is a digital guitar adapter that uses the dock connection to interface your iOS device with your guitar. But there’s more; a whole app more. As if a digital input that works with other guitar effects apps wasn’t enough, Line 6 is giving away their Mobile POD app, and it’s awesome.

Apple has silently issued an update to their newly released iBooks 2 iOS application, bringing the software to v2.0.1. The update fixes a major bug which prevented iBooks Textbooks from opening within the application, causing a failure to play that left plenty of users unable to view the contents of the books. Apple quickly addressed the issue, bringing improved stability and software enhancements to iBooks 2.

Ah, Presidential elections, right? Nothing brings out that best in our country like a bunch of old people accusing each other of being less American than they are. I’m not too sure that any of us 99 percenters could do much better, but that shouldn’t stop you from setting up your own political party and campaigning to become America’s first social president with VoteMe for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

Whether you’re trying to be more organized, want to see the latest app from NASA or just want some paid apps for free, you’re going to be happy with this week’s list. There’s a great organization app called Wunderkit that promises to keep you on track. NASA released a traffic controller game, and Steam Mobile is out of beta already. Then there are also all those limited time freebie apps. Enjoy.