The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn't necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the highest scoring game in a review, the game with the best graphics, or really any other quantifiable "best" thing. Instead, it's more just us picking out the single game out of the week's releases that we think is the most noteworthy, surprising, interesting, or really any other hard to describe quality that makes it worth having if you were just going to pick up one.
These picks might be controversial, and that's OK. If you disagree with what we've chosen, let's try to use the comments of these articles to have conversations about what game is your game of the week and why. Without further ado?
 
Don't Grind
I don't know what it is about Laser Dog Games, but they somehow have a knack of releasing seemingly simplistic games that are hiding a ton of subtle depth, and always use controls that feel totally natural on a touchscreen. Their latest release Don't Grind [Free] is no exception. Don't Grind seems like an odd duck at first glance. The icon features a banana with googly eyes falling towards a menacing buzzsaw. What the heck is going on here" Let me explain.

The object of Don't Grind is to keep your character, be it googly eyed banana or any of the dozens of other wacky options...