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.

If you’re still locked in by Facebook’s death grip, you can at least make use of their messenger app to talk to your friends easily. Also, Adobe released their Reader app for iOS; it’s universal and has more features than the built-in support. And, as usual, I found a plethora of limited time freebies to help you forget about how much that shiny new iPhone 4S hurt your wallet. Enjoy.

This is, indeed, exactly how I prefer my nebulas: dark and free. 1337 Game Design has announced that Dark Nebula – Episode 1 for iPhone will be free this week, while Episode 2 will be half off at $0.99. The first episode of Dark Nebula received rave reviews. A year later, the second episode came out and received an average rating of 93 out of 100 on Metacritic. It’s also in the App store Hall of Fame—Apple’s own pick of the 75 best apps of all time.

It’s time for another one day giveaway here at Appletell. We recently reviewed Konami’s Frogger Inferno and Double Dribble Fastbreak here at Appletell. Both are classic games, but do they hold up well in their iPhone incarnations? You could read our review to find out, or you can win your free copies and try them out yourself. Entering is easy, winning takes only a day, so you’d better take care of it quickly.

The great thing about Black Friday is that it’s not longer just for Friday. Pangea Software, Inc., has proven this by announcing the early start of their 2009 Black Friday sale, during which all their iPhone games are just 99 cents. Also, they’ve announced the release of a free holiday app called Jive Turkey Shoot. Because, you know, what says joy and togetherness more than shooting turkeys. And potatoes.

You’ll be glad to know this week’s offering of freebies on the App Store was much more substantial. I have games and apps and some novelty apps to keep one and all happy. Check out the list (and Bruce Campbell’s boom stick) after the break.

Honestly, the only app of note to hit the App Store free of charge this week was Flickr’s official iPhone app. Who would have thought it would have taken them this long to get one in the first place? Anyway, I have a full list for you, mostly game demos, though. You win some, you lose some. Take a look.

Another week, another sad attempt to keep your iPhone or iPod touch’s home screens in order. I’ve given up. Until Apple adds an organization utility to either the iPhone or iTunes it’s beyond me to keep anything in order. Oh well. So here are some more free apps to add to the problem! Enjoy.

Today Apple released Snow Leopard. I guess you can’t get everything for free, but that’s all right because I’ve found more apps to keep your iPhone’s app habit in check without touching your wallet. Check out this week’s list.

A hundred years from now, I’m sure there will be a series of academic papers, thick as a phone book, about the obsession in the early 20th century with making crystals disappear in games. Was it a protest against rampant materialism? An attempt to deal with the psychic fallout of the blood diamond conflicts? But future academics will probably not hit on the real reason: shiny thing go bleep!