With June now a mere speck of dust in our rear view mirrors, the human race has quietly flipped to the mid-point on their 2010 calendars with aplomb. This means that exactly 6 months have passed since January 1, providing us with 6 months of fantastic, not-so-fantastic, and occasionally downright terrible iPhone games. We look back at the first half of 2010 and pick the 10 games that truly stood out as worthy of your dollars.

Puzzle Quest 2 Mage Traineron Facebook is the tasty appetizer holding us over until developer D3’s anticipated main course, Puzzle Quest 2, is available for Xbox Live and the Nintendo DS. Though this version has been released as a demo and emphasized for those new to the Puzzle Quest franchise, it also challenges the experts.

Farm Frenzy 3 is the game that keeps on giving! This time it's heading to exotic Africa with Farm Frenzy 3: Madagascar, where you'll help save indigenous creatures like elephants, water buffalo and guinea fowl on a wildlife reservation across 90 new levels. Download the demo, write a review, share a user tip, or chat about the game in our forum.

Telltale Games is best known for its episodic point and click adventure game series, like Tales of Monkey Island and Sam & Max. But with Puzzle Agent, the developer is going in a distinctly different direction. And that's a good thing. The game itself feels like a mashup of a David Lynch film and the Professor Layton games, with just enough quirky humor to make it feel like a Telltale production. It's short and somewhat simplistic, but Puzzle Agent provides a great atmosphere and a solid dose of brainteasing puzzles.

• Shape-Shifting Battlefield: Navigate through a dark fantasy world where the intense battleground surprises you with new and challenging obstacles by changing its form in real-time.
• Two-Character Combination Actions: Syd and Filena perform actions as a pair—in some instances, that is the only way to overcome hurdles.
• Strategically perform combos for a more powerful, fierce attack against colossal enemies.
• Online Play: Continue your adventure with your friends in Team Battle and Battle Royale modes.
• Aesthetically Pleasing Gameplay Environment: Radiant colors and the mixture of organic elements complements both action and technology.

• Shape-Shifting Battlefield: Navigate through a dark fantasy world where the intense battleground surprises you with new and challenging obstacles by changing its form in real-time.
• Two-Character Combination Actions: Syd and Filena perform actions as a pair—in some instances, that is the only way to overcome hurdles.
• Strategically perform combos for a more powerful, fierce attack against colossal enemies.
• Online Play: Continue your adventure with your friends in Team Battle and Battle Royale modes.
• Aesthetically Pleasing Gameplay Environment: Radiant colors and the mixture of organic elements complements both action and technology.

To celebrate the upcoming 4th of July weekend, Glu has priced their entire catalogue of iPhone and iPad games at 99 cents. From now until July 6th you’ll be able to select from 18 different titles ranging from Build-a-lot to World Series of Poker, and hitting just about every genre in between.