Short version: If you love casual iPhone games, tower defense and/or zombies then the low price of admission is totally worth it.

Game Rant’s Jon Lavallee reviews Plants vs. Zombies for the iPhone

My iPhone has become an unofficial appendage of mine. I use it daily for everything it offers – including the plethora of games the app store offers. I’m a sucker for them – usually a mere few bucks and way too attainable.

I also adore the zombie genre – fun, suspenseful and gory. Never gets old. So when you take these two subjects, combine them and put it at the top of the featured app page you can safely assume that it has become yet another irresistible app – at least for me.

Enter Plants vs. Zombies. You may have heard of this title from Pop Cap (the imaginative creators of Peggle) as it has been a popular Flash title of theirs for a bit. Due to the success of the web version, Pop Cap developed a port for the iPhone.

Major Nelson reported a few days ago on the top titles of 2009 on Xbox Live. His lists included the most played games of the year by connectivity, the most played Xbox Live Arcade titles as well as lists for top Windows games and Top original Xbox titles.

The notable call-outs include Halo 3 taking top honors as having the most unique users play the game over Live throughout the year. Following this, we have the latest three Call of Duty games and Gears of War 2. On the Arcade side of things, Battlefield 1943 and the still-awesome Castle Crashers took the number one and two spots respectively.

Check out the lists below.

It’s Thursday, which means Sony has updated the PlayStation Store with new games, applications, and customizations for your PS3 and PSP. Every Thursday from here on out, we’ll be sharing the list of new content with you, as well as offering our thoughts on the better offerings of the week.

Peggle, the addictive adventure-pinball hybrid has arrived on the PS3 after several ports including Windows, OS X, Xbox Live, and the iPhone. If you haven’t played the game on other platforms, it’s definitely worth picking up. The $9.99 price point is somewhat steep since the title is significantly less expensive on a couple of the aforementioned systems. It’s also worth mentioning there’s a DLC pack Peggle Nights available this week as well – if your first dose of Peggle isn’t enough.