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    Image of Quipp Quipp
    11/24/09

    In reply to The iPhone Gamer's Gift Guide
    RE: iTunes card... In Canada (I know, same old sad song) Apple does not allow you to spend card credits on apps.

    I had a card that I never used for songs and figured now that I have an iPod Touch this would be the perfect way to spend it. I thought the point of the cards was to be "as good as cash." Nope. And a careful read of the TOS revealed that I should have never expected it to. Even though it is there in carefully crafted black and white legalese it still begs the question why.

    It is beyond belief really, since there is no legislation in Canada that would prevent Apple from allowing the cards to be used towards apps. Don't you like money Apple?

    Why, oh why, is Canada constantly being techno-capped? (Netflix, last.fm, Pandora, Hulu, higher game pricing even when exchange is at par...)
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    Image of Gaseous_Snake Gaseous_Snake
    11/24/09

    @Quipp: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that they recently changed it so that you could use iTunes cards in the App Store.

    A while ago, I had a pretty traumatic experience before involving a gift card, an iPod Touch and my girlfriend. Dicey stuff.
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    Image of Quipp Quipp
    11/25/09

    @Gaseous_Snake: I tried just this week to purchase a bunch of .99 cent apps after adding an card to my account but the purchases all came off my credit card instead. I researched around and I don't think Apple has changed their mind about this.

    Here's a recent article about it. The government official's letter/response stating that there is no legislation preventing Apple from allowing it is shown in the article.

    [www.iphoneincanada.ca]

    #speakup
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    Image of Gaseous_Snake Gaseous_Snake
    11/26/09

    @Quipp: I stand corrected, good sir!

    #speakup
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    Image of Gaseous_Snake Gaseous_Snake
    11/26/09

    @Quipp: Sorry about the double post, but on the App Store on your iPod, if you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the main Featured page, there's a little "Redeem" button and all sorts of things about redeeming iTunes gift cards and etc.

    HAVING SAID THAT, I have not tried it myself and I have not read any documentation that refutes your research.

    So basically, I've solved nothing.

    #speakup
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    Image of Nudgenudge Nudgenudge
    11/23/09

    In reply to The iPhone Gamer's Gift Guide
    Nice to see some Infinity Gene love. It truly is a great game with good controls.

    My only complaint would be the music. It's okay, but it's not Space Invaders Extreme.
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    Image of Twik63 Twik63
    11/23/09

    In reply to The iPhone Gamer's Gift Guide
    if only iphones weren't 300$
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    Image of Falsoman Falsoman
    11/23/09

    @Twik63: The entry price is 100 bucks for an iPhone (plus the plan) and 200 bucks for the iPod touch... not that i would recomend any of those.

    I would say the real price of entry is 200 (16GB) and 300 (32GB) respectively, to have te faster ones.
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    Image of sandwiches sandwiches
    11/23/09

    In reply to The iPhone Gamer's Gift Guide
    I hate to be "that guy", but this list is just awful. Lots of obvious, commercially-known PC and home console titles that don't really translate all that well to the iPhone. Aside from Space Invaders, Rolando, and Zenonia, the rest of the list is questionable at best.

    Apologies for my own long list of alternatives here, but there are many far-superior, iPhone-friendly titles out there: (HookChamp, Orbital, GloBall, Steel Sky, Baseball Superstars 2010, Flight Control, Earthworm Jim, HiHowAreYou, Meteor Blitz, DrawRace, Minigore, BackBreaker Football, Spider: Bryce Manor, Monster Pinball, Cocoto Kart Online, Fore!, Knights Onrush, Robocalypse, Canabalt, Soosiz, Inkvaders, MelonGolf, Submachine, JellyCar2, Nick Chase, DoodleJump, MicroPool, Squareball, Mystery Mania... to name a bunch).

    Also, not sure why Streets of Rage is up there, when you openly admit it's pretty-much crap.
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    shouryuuken promoted this comment Edited by sandwiches at 11/23/09 2:07 PM sandwiches was starred sandwiches was unstarred
    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    11/23/09

    @sandwiches: actually, as much as i hate the virtual controls, i was pleasantly surprised to be entertained by resident evil.

    doom resurrection and mgs touch? not so much.

    also, the asphault games arent half bad either, and star defense is really fun and one of the first tower defense games ive liked (i mostly hate them because there are too many for the iphone/ipod touch).

    the rest you either agreed were good (as do i) or i havent played.
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    11/23/09

    Oops... forgot to mention "Edge".
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    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    11/23/09

    @shouryuuken: *ashpalt.
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    Image of Trunks Trunks
    11/23/09

    In reply to The iPhone Gamer's Gift Guide
    Chuck Norris doesn't play this game, he lives it!
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    shouryuuken promoted this comment Trunks was starred Trunks was unstarred
    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    11/23/09

    @Trunks: that looks super cool, and i really wish it wasnt based on an internet meme.
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    Image of Metro Mapper Metro Mapper
    11/23/09

    In reply to The iPhone Gamer's Gift Guide
    Wait! You can't really have forgotten the best game out of all of the ones listed here, Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies!? They just patched it and it's better than ever!
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    Image of Falsoman Falsoman
    11/23/09

    In reply to The iPhone Gamer's Gift Guide
    Add to that list World of Tunes, Zenonia, Hi How Are You, Soosiz and iBlast Moki
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    Edited by Falsoman at 11/23/09 12:42 PM Falsoman was starred Falsoman was unstarred
    Image of Falsoman Falsoman
    11/23/09

    @Falsoman: Video for Soosiz
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    Image of MrBlahBlah MrBlahBlah
    11/23/09

    @Falsoman: another bump for Soosiz.
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    Image of dowingba dowingba
    11/23/09

    @Falsoman: Well that made me nauseous. Looks awesome!
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    Image of Trunks Trunks
    11/23/09

    @Falsoman: Soosiz and World of Tunes really look interesting.
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    Falsoman promoted this comment Trunks was starred Trunks was unstarred
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    11/23/09

    @Trunks: If you have some iDevice i recomend both, as they are awesome and dirt cheap full experiences.

    I'm also recomending a lot Hi How Are You as it is like a mix of super monkey ball and dig dug... something like that. It's completly wacky.
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    Image of Trunks Trunks
    11/24/09

    @Falsoman: I bought and finished World of Tunes yesterday, I love rhythm games and I like that this one introduces a lot of new gestures. Soosiz will be next!
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    11/24/09

    @Trunks: Very good, just remember that WoT has a couple of extra songs when you are not playing Story mode (in the little star on the bottom of free play). And the crazy mode is... well... crazy!

    And Soosiz is a lot longer, but maybe not as tough.
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    Image of Female Orca Female Orca
    11/23/09

    In reply to The iPhone Gamer's Gift Guide
    Finally getting MGS Touch. I know it will disappoint, but its still 99c I just cannot see myself not at least enjoying it a tiny bit.

    Did Kojima have anything to do with it in the slightest? Or is it a straight up cash in? Oh well, downloading now...
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    Image of Squirrelbot3000 Squirrelbot3000
    11/23/09

    @Female Orca: Not a cash-in, it offers more to the tap-and-shoot genre. Think of it as Time Crisis with better graphics and no real time limit. You can also go into sniper mode to hit more distant targets and pick up power-ups to regen health and temporary invulnerability. Perfect port of sounds and music from the game too.
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    Female Orca promoted this comment Squirrelbot3000 was starred Squirrelbot3000 was unstarred
    Image of Female Orca Female Orca
    11/23/09

    @Squirrelbot3000: Good to hear. Found an article with Kojima discussing it. Seems like he actually put some time and thought into it.

    Thanks for the info. Sounds like I will enjoy it. Im going to sit down with it later tonight.
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    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    11/23/09

    @Female Orca: yeah, kojima is actually a super iphone fanboy.
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    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    11/23/09

    In reply to The iPhone Gamer's Gift Guide
    okay one more and im done.. i dont want to seem excessive.. but i also recommend super k.o. boxing 2, eliminate, and baseball super stars 2010.
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    Image of berober04 berober04
    11/23/09

    @shouryuuken: So we're in agreement. Just recommend gamevil?
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    shouryuuken promoted this comment berober04 was starred berober04 was unstarred
    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    11/23/09

    @berober04:
    gamevil, gameloft, and ngmoco.

    #speakup
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    Image of Duuuuuuude Duuuuuuude
    11/23/09

    @shouryuuken: Chillingo made some cool games too! Excellent Hybrid suggestion though, one of the coolest games (over any platforms) that I have played in a while. BB SuperStars 2010 is awesome as well.
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    Image of berober04 berober04
    11/24/09

    @shouryuuken: yeah, I was hesitant about gameloft. Too many games, the can't ALL be good. can they?

    #speakup
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    Image of Brad Denby Brad Denby
    11/23/09

    In reply to The iPhone Gamer's Gift Guide
    Mecho Wars should definitely be on this list. At $0.99 (or free), it's the best game in terms of value I've ever bought. Mecho Wars is a turn-based strategy game along the lines of Fire Emblem or Advance Wars, but I've enjoyed it a lot more than any installment in either of those series. It has great single player in addition to multiplayer. Check it out!
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    Image of BallPtPenTheif BallPtPenTheif
    11/23/09

    @Brad Denby: Will do. I've been looking for a good turn based iphone game.
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    11/23/09

    In reply to The iPhone Gamer's Gift Guide
    So, mind clearing up a point from the earlier article.
    You can only buy iTunes gift cards right?
    No "Give the Gift of Game" service like what Steam does for its DD?

    Cos if it's iTunes card's only that's mega lame. Cos all you can do is juts nudge folks in the direction of this article with the little enveloped with a $20 piece of plastic in it.
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    Tenshigure promoted this comment deanbmmv was starred deanbmmv was unstarred
    Image of Tenshigure Tenshigure
    11/23/09

    @deanbmmv: Speaking from experience, yes you may gift applications or music to other people. You just need to know their e-mail address or iTunes account for them to access it.
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    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    11/23/09

    In reply to The iPhone Gamer's Gift Guide
     
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    11/23/09

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    Image of Shinta Shinta
    11/23/09

    @shouryuuken: looks cool, I just try to remember that any iphone game video/screenshot should have at least 25% of it covered up with my finger at all times.
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    Image of BasedOnLuck BasedOnLuck
    11/23/09

    @shouryuuken: Mind blown.
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    shouryuuken promoted this comment BasedOnLuck was starred BasedOnLuck was unstarred
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    11/23/09

    @Shinta: accelerometer controls are optionally available.
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    Edited by shouryuuken at 11/23/09 12:08 PM shouryuuken was starred shouryuuken was unstarred
    Image of Tzibo Tzibo
    11/23/09

    @Shinta: Yeah, you can do that but try to imagine yourself playing - the finger on the screen really doesn't get you frustrated. And Edge <3
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    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    11/23/09

    @BasedOnLuck: best game on the thing i think.. controls arent bad, perfect time killer, excellent music and concept.. and it just looks good.

    i think the iphone/ipod touch have lots of potential as game devices, i mean if i were apple.. id slap real controls on the touch and sell it as a standalone gaming device. with controls, itd definitely be a better gaming device than an mp3 player.. i wouldnt have bought mine if i wasnt a fanboy of all things gaming (and mobile games suck on my blackberry lol).
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    Image of Novellion Novellion
    11/28/09

    @shouryuuken: I couldn't find it on the app store. I would bet dollars to doughnuts that has something to do with Tim Langdell. Is it still available under a different name?
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    shouryuuken promoted this comment Novellion was starred Novellion was unstarred
    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    11/30/09

    @Novellion: man that sucks because it already got taken down once and put back up there as "mobigames edge" but i checked and youre right its gone again.

    i dont know what the deal is.
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    Image of Ursus-Veritas Ursus-Veritas
    11/23/09

    In reply to The iPhone Gamer's Gift Guide
    I don't own an iPhone, but I was considering asking for one for my birthday next february - I quite like them, but have always been held back by their O2 network exclusivity (my parents are wierd about phone providers and haven't strayed from Orange since their very first phones). But now they're available on Orange, i'm noting a few of these down as possible purchases. They look interesting to say the least!

    Am I right in saying iPod Touch games also work on an iPhone, and visa versa? I only ask because I was interested in Star Wars: Trench Run, but i've only seen that touted as an iPod Touch game, and that's another I'd like to add to list of potential iPhone games.
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    Edited by Ursus-Veritas at 11/23/09 11:50 AM Ursus-Veritas was starred Ursus-Veritas was unstarred
    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    11/23/09

    @Ursus-Veritas: Yup, you are right. Except if they require a camera. :P
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    Image of Dween Dween
    11/17/09

    In reply to Command & Conquer: Red Alert Micro-Review: Palm-Size Power Trip
    This game crashes *way* too often to be playable. I had to boot into safe mode to be able to play it too.. #commandconquerredalert
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