“Within days of buying his iPhone, John Furrier discovered that his 13-year-old son, Alec, was sneaking off with the device and downloading games.” Alec’s not the only one. “Games,” reports Alex Pham (latimes.com), ”have become the fastest-growing and most popular type of application for iPhone and iPod Touch,” inspiring developers to create “nearly 1,700 games since the online App Store launched in June.