Tag Archive | "gaming"

iPhone, the most popular gaming platform

Posted on 30 January 2009 by

Apple's iPhone, along with the BlackBerry Curve, have replaced the RAZR and low-end flip phones as the most popular gaming platforms, according to comScore. continued »

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Rumor: iTunes App Store to get premium games section

Posted on 29 January 2009 by

It's hard to say that iPhone isn't a promising gaming platform. No wonder Apple always keeps moving forward in this field. As part of their roadmap, Apple is planning to offer a premium games section to its iTunes App Store, say sources. A range of iPhone and iPod Touch games will be sold for $19.99. continued »

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Finally, SimCity for the iPhone

Posted on 17 December 2008 by

Finally, Electronic Arts has released a version of its famous SimCity game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Nicely described by a site as "the grandfather of them all", SimCity now joins other EA-released games such as Spore, Scrabble, Monopoly and Tetris. The game is now available for $9.99 through the App Store. continued »

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Two iPhone Control Pads on the way?

Posted on 25 August 2008 by

It seems gaming on the iPhone is about to get a whole lot more intuitive and a lot more versatile. At least that's what those over at TouchArcade are saying. They've found evidence of two new iPhone control pads that could make it possible to use traditional gaming functions on your iPhone   The iControl pad, pictured above, has four face buttons, ... continued »

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Real Racing networked multiplayer game for iPhone: Video Demo

Posted on 19 August 2008 by

Australian developer Firemint have been showing off their new mobile racing game, Real Racing, which could make an appearance on the iPhone's AppStore by Christmas.  In the video below you can see the graphics capabilities of the iPhone as a gaming platform, as well as Real Racing's use of the accelerometer.  Gaming will either be one-player or head-to-head over either ... continued »

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Quickie Review: Comet Cowboy Lite

Posted on 08 August 2008 by

Asteroids is one of those games that's been around since the beginning of time, or at least since before I was born. The concept is simple, you point your space ship at an asteroid, and shoot it. You can also move around to avoid getting hit, and the larger chunks of space rock break into smaller bits. Well, Comet Cowboy ... continued »

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Frogger hops onto your iPhone

Posted on 07 August 2008 by

When I was a kid we had a computer lab full of old Apple II computers, which we would use maybe twice a year to play games on. We had several games to choose from, but I really only remember two that I would play; Oregon Trail and Frogger. Unless you are very young, I would be willing to bet ... continued »

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Quickie Review: Magic8Ball

Posted on 07 August 2008 by

The Magic 8-Ball is one of those simple toys that will probably never die. After all, it was created back in 1946. We just seem to have a fascination with leaving decisions up to a D20 encased in a water-filled 8-ball (and you thought only D&D geeks used D20s). Oddly enough, 10 of the answers are affirmative, only 5 are ... continued »

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Quickie Review: Hangman

Posted on 06 August 2008 by

I can bet that almost everyone has played the game hangman at some point in their life. It's a simple game, someone picks a word and draws a series of lines that corresponds to the number of letters in the word. As you guess letters, each wrong guess gets a body part drawn on a stick figure until either youv'e ... continued »

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Quickie Review: Subway Shuffle Lite

Posted on 06 August 2008 by

It's true that there are a lot of games for the iPhone that are simply re-hashes of old games. There's nothing wrong with that, since many of the classic games are fun to play. But it's nice when something original comes along like Subway Shuffle. continued »

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Quickie Review: iMaze

Posted on 05 August 2008 by

I always enjoyed solving mazes as a kid, so I thought that iMaze might be enjoyable on the iPhone. It's a simple concept, just hold your iPhone flat and tilt it to move the ball through the maze. Unfortunately it's not nearly as fun as it sounds. continued »

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Quickie Review: Dice Bag

Posted on 05 August 2008 by

I'll admit that I used to play D&D back in the day, and thus I still have a bag of many different dice sitting in my closet somewhere. Almost everything you do in the game revolves around the rolling of one or more dice. With all of the modern marvels of today, we need not mess with an entire bag ... continued »

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