TUAW Reviews Typewar
Monday, February 1st, 2010Steven Sande has some nice things to say about Typewar for the iPhone.
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Steven Sande has some nice things to say about Typewar for the iPhone.
Typewar iPhone App
Thursday, January 21st, 2010Eldarion and Massively Overrated are proud to present the Typewar iPhone app (iTunes link). Our thanks to the Eldarion team for putting so much time into creating an API for us. Jay and I could not be more pleased.
Nintendo Plans to Continue Milking the DS
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010Via Kotaku: But with the Nintendo DS posting record sales in America during 2009, the exec said this was not the time to discuss when this successor will hit the market. While the two companies are often compared, the difference between Nintendo and Apple is that Apple never waits for sales to ...
Games of the Year
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010I wouldn't consider myself a hardcore gamer — I don't play Halo or Gears of War, or any of the sports titles — but I do occasionally get sucked in by well-crafted games. Here are my favorites of 2009. Batman: Arkham Asylum It deserves all of the awards being heaped upon it ...
Achievements
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Kotaku has an interesting look at a young stay-at-home mother who obsessively collects achievement points in Xbox games. I feel bad for her husband, but far worse for her kid.
Nintendo Profits Down
Thursday, October 29th, 2009From Kotaku: During that same period, net sales were down 34.5 percent compared with the same period last year. Net income as down 53.4 percent from the same period last year as well — from 144.828 billion yen to 69.492 billion yen in the period ending September 2009 This is what happens ...
WordSpin
Monday, October 26th, 2009The iPhone has a new $1.99 word game from Rogue Sheep, the guys behind the Apple Design Award-winning Postage.
Why I’m Not Selling My Wii
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009Four months after moving, and I still haven't even turned the thing on. Finally, Nintendo gives me two good reasons to keep the Wii around. Super Mario Bros. Wii (multiplayer side-scrolling!) Super Mario Galaxy 2 The former coming out in time for the holiday season, and the latter coming sometime in 2010.
Don’t Treat Your Customers Like Thieves
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009Excellent article from Marcus Zarra at Cocoa is My Girlfriend: No one is going to pay you for adding code to your software that is targeted at pirates. However you have a good chance of losing money if your customers get caught in your anti-piracy code and can’t use their software ...
Beatles: The Game
Thursday, October 30th, 2008MTV Games and Apple Corps have announced an exclusive Beatles game from Harmonix, the Rock Band folks. This is not, however, a Rock Band-based game. The game will be a journey that will take you through the entire Beatles catalog, from the first album to the last. There will be an ...
Nintendo News Round-up
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008Kotaku rounds up their coverage of last night's Nintendo event. The important stuff: Nintendo DSi, because the lack of a camera was killing the DS The world demanded more Punch-Out Re-releasing GameCube games to confuse people Saving games to the SD slot almost solves a problem The larger screen on the DSi might be nice. ...
Wii HD in 2011
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008That's the rumor, anyway. As you can tell by the name, it'll get Nintendo back in the graphics saddle by opting for HD visuals. There'll be a "greater emphasis" on digital delivery and backwards compatability. There'll again be an emphasis on the system's controller, rather than the system itself. And it'll ...
PDGA Presents Disc Golf
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Autonomous Productions is working on a WiiWare disc golf game, and they seem pretty committed to making it authentic. From an interview with 1000 Rated: SHAYNE: MotionPlus has changed what we can do. Unfortunately, the Wiimote doesn’t currently have a gyroscope sensor built in; only an accelerometer. MotionPlus actually adds the gyrometer. ...