I love Minigore on the iPod. I don’t know if there’s a full size “gore” somewhere, but this one is a little blast of action, shooting fun.

You start playing John Gore but can unlock other characters as you go along. There’s no namby-pamby “points” in this game either. Your only score is kills. The more kills you get, the more things you can unlock.

Poor little John Gore is dropped into the middle of Hardland and has to survive wave after wave of small, medium and large fuzzy monsters that seem to consist only of eyes, hair and ginormous teeth. You’ll find all about those teeth if you let them get too close. They’ll turn you into a bloody smear on the map in short order. If you let it sit on the screen after you go down, you can even watch and listen to them have you as a snack.

Your initial choices on the map are survival in the dark forest or survival in the snow forest. You set the difficulty level by shooting down the appropriate totem pole upon your arrival — normal, expert or insane. Trust me, I picked normal.

You start with a firearm and infinite ammo but can unlock goodies as you move around the map. You can find chests with extra weapons or power-ups that come in handy, but some of these are only good for a limited number of shots.

You move by touching the left side of the screen and shoot by touching the right, so if you’re coordinated, you can move and shoot at the same time. It’s very handy.

Beyond the chests you sometimes get, there are also little four-leaf clovers you can collect by moving over them. Collect three and you transform into Crazy Pork — basically a giant flaming, hairy pig that kills the fuzzies by just mowing over them. Good times!

The fuzzies themselves are pretty wild. There are fast, flaming ones that charge at you. Shoot the big ones, and they explode and four little ones pop out and keep right on coming. They’re like demonic little Russian nesting dolls. The bigger the fuzzy, the more shots it takes to kill. You have to be quick if you want to keep your little virtual limbs intact. I have three little hearts of life initially, and they disappear fast if I let those fuzzies get in biting range.

I loved the little aside comments I’d get from the characters in Minigore. In particular, John Gore is basically a little cube. The fuzzy took a bit out of him, and he screams, “Stay off my leg!” and then, “Oh wait, I don’t have any legs.” The old guy you unlock second tells me, “I want to rest in peace, but only one piece.”

On top of the single-player fun, there’s even a WLAN mode so you can play with a friend. Too cool!

This is an awesome game and is incredibly affordable on iTunes. Kudos to Mountain Sheep — the copyright owners. Keep up the good work.