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STREET FIGHTER IV - Review

dimitri — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:51:01 +0000

After playing Street Fighter IV for 30 minutes, I got enough of the game to offer the following. This is about the best old school fighting game that is currently available on the iPhone/Touch system. At first, I wasn't really sure about the lack of using a real joystick to move the characters around and properly time and control the sequence for my attacks. I spent a little time in the DoJo initially to go over some practice moves before moving onto Tournament mode. If you've ever played S...Read More

The Price is Right 2010 - Review

BradT — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:01 +0000

From the same folks that brought us Family Feud for the iPhone, we now have another classic game show, The Price is Right, 2010 version. It's easy to tell that it's from the same creative team because there are a lot of similarities between the two games. As with Family Feud, the user starts the game by creating a customized avatar. Once that process is done, the familiar background music starts and a voice that is neither Bob Barker nor Drew Carey lets you know the items for w...Read More

Tweetie 2 - Review

aldrin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:46:50 +0000

Before Tweetie 2, there was, of course, the first version of Tweetie. Even in its first implementation, Tweetie was already my weapon of choice in meeting my all-important Twitter needs. Its ease of use was remarkable and its visual scheme was nothing short of brilliant. So, when the developers behind Tweetie announced that they would be releasing a major update to my favorite Twitter client, I held my breath in hot anticipation. And when the day came, it turned out that the update worked out to an overhau...Read More

Fingerzilla - Review

BradT — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:23:12 +0000

The price of Fingerzilla has been briefly reduced to zero and has shot to the top of the App Store most-downloaded list for free apps as a result. Who wouldn't want destroy a city with their finger? It's like taking Pocket God to the next level. The game play is ridiculously simple. You tap your finger on the screen to destroy anything and everything. The more you destroy, the more points you earn. The violence is very cartoonish and even the trees seem to spontaneously...Read More

Nanodrops - Review

aldrin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:57:35 +0000

I like it when an iPhone app developer takes an idea for a game that is rather simple but then goes on to execute it in such a manner as though to tell of the developer's dedication to his or her craft, that however simple the game is in his or her mind, the developer is sure to find ways to make the idea novel. And one way of making this possible is with the visual design, as exemplified by a pick-up-and-play game called Nanodrops. Nanodrops is a game about, well, nanodrops, which are little drops of an...Read More

Eco Punk - Review

BradT — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:17:59 +0000

There are many reasons a developer would lower the cost of a game to zero. One might be to advertise something. One might be to promote an ideal, such as environmentalism. Eco Punk does the latter using guns and bombs on cars. The central character is an eco-terrorist bunny-like creature on a skateboard. His mission is to pick up all the trash and garbage at an intersection while riding a skateboard and not get hit by any cars. Over time, the bunny gets offensive capabiliti...Read More

Miss the Oscars iPad Commercial? We've got a copy.

iphone — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:33:32 +0000

iPad Predications

BradT — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:39:06 +0000

Once the iPad is released and the hype dies down, we'll likely get the next generation of iPhone in June or July to keep us excited. In the interest of my own amusement, here are some ideas / predictions regarding the iPad and the activities surrounding it until the next version is released (our guess? within the first 12 months of the inital release).

1. It will be jail broken within the first 3 days of its release. There are some really good hackers out there, and I wouldn't be surprised if, in the short term, iPads would be available to work on T-Mobile too. In the slightly longer term, apps that only work in jail broken iPhones, will also work on the iPad.

2. It will become the must-have device for people in education and the arts, along with legal, medical, and just about every other industry that has mobile professionals. I know, obvious right? But I'm beting this happens in the first 12 months of its release. Would you want to carry around textbooks with that musty smell? Or all of your meeting notes and research on a heavy laptop instead of a sub $500 elegant device that gets unlimited Internet access for $30 / month?

3. It will only slow down the inevitable destruction of the publishing industry rather than save it. Despite the success of music sales within iTunes for the iPod, the industry still sells in terms of dollars only a fraction of what it used to. With so much free content available online, I don't see how anybody trying to sell a form of text for money will actually survive.

4. The next iteration of the iPad will have a front-facing camera. The second generation needs a catch to pull in those that purchased the first generation. That will likely be it. Of course, that isn't going to stop us from getting our 1st gen iPads when they are released!

What do you think is going to happen? Think it will be a game changer?

VH1's I Love the 80s Trivia - Review

BradT — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:48:40 +0000

Leave it to MTV and VH1 to provide us folks that lived through the 80's with one of the most memorable trivia games ever produced for the App Store. There are a myriad of 80's facts or trivia games out there, but I doubt many use the MTV pop-ups and dialogue that are so familiar to those that grew up in the decade. Yes, there are ads, but you can't beat the initial price. Yes, you only get one round of questions that are the same no matter how many times you play. Additional q...Read More

Apple Announces iPad Availability Dates.

dimitri — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:46:27 +0000

Apple announces that the iPad will be available in the US on April 3rd and that pre-ordering online and in-store will begin on March 12th. In addition, 3G versions of the iPad will be available in late April, but either one will be able to be ordered on March 12th.

International availability for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK will also happen in late April.

The iBook store will be ready for the April 3rd launch.

Seems like some of the rumors that said the iPad might not make it until April were correct.

Read Apples Official Press Release.