Swine Flue worries gotcha feeling blue? Then you shouldn’t leave the house again until you’ve armed yourself with at least one of these powerful and/or funny (think gallows humor) apps for your iPhone or iPod touch, some free and some not so much.

There are some clues lurking about that Apple may be thinking about getting into the computer game business, following up on the newfound popularity of the iPhone and Touch as gaming platforms.

Apple’s serious about mobile gaming — the company’s newest iPhone and iPod touch models include best of class ARM processors, a good bit o’ RAM and richly detailed OpenGL graphics. Moreover, Cupertino’s been kitting out its in-house iPhone game development team with Graeme Devine of Halo Wars fame already on board.

Fresh news from the alternate universe inhabited by the mothership’s App Store grannies and developers: the guy behind the most popular app on the platform is quitting in disgust. It seems that the app review process and the people behind it are tools of the devil, or maybe just tools, a state of affairs which is hardly unique.

When Apple announced the third generation iPod touch in September, many were disappointed that the device didn’t include a camera. A little of that sentiment is perhaps evident in a fresh rumor that the mothership plans (despite the fact that Phil Schiller has publicly announced that the company’s holiday line up is set) to release a revised model in December.

The iPhone and iPod Touch have turned in to major gaming platforms, and thanks to its tilt sensor and touchscreen, it can be used as a fun way to control racing games.

Given that the English language is a mishmash of German, Gaelic, Old Norse, French and what not, it’s perhaps the richest repository of insults and profanity known to man. IPhone Blorge has a pair of apps for your iPhone and iPod touch to invigorate your vituperation, or there’s another app who’s purpose is tame the toilet, too.

Although the journalists handing out the award withheld judgment until they could get a look at offerings from Archos and Microsoft, consumers had already made up their minds, buying twice as many of Apple’s “funnest iPod ever” in the company’s fourth fiscal quarter as the same period as 2008. However, if you want an iPod touch, too, but have an aversion to paying the full MSRP there are hot deals to be had.

Although the mothership gets endless grief for their byzantine app vetting process and for barring some apps, there’s no question the iPhone’s the smartphone to buy for the biggest selection, both in terms of quantity and quality, of mobile software. Still, those issues linger, though the FCC and Verizon seem to be pushing Apple and AT&T in the right direction.

The iPhone and iPod Touch have turned into major gaming platforms, and it should come as no surprise that people want to kill as much time as possible with their favorite mobile device. Welcome to the world of the all consuming role-playing games.