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    Image of Noodle-Works Noodle-Works
    02:14 PM

    In reply to Apple Celebrates More Than 100K Apps On iTunes
    100,000 applications... it would be nice if even 10,000 were actually useful, unique and/or can't be done on the Safari App already.

    hell, how about 1000 that are useful?

    ugh. this isn't a "PRO" when listing iphone uses. its a complete negative. To think that Apple actually screens these shitty Apps for "quality" makes me laugh. #apple
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    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    10:31 AM

    In reply to Apple Celebrates More Than 100K Apps On iTunes
    apple needs to have a group of people who have worked in the game industry to administer quality control.

    real games should then be put on an official game store and seperated from ibeer and phone fart 5.
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    Edited by shouryuuken at 11/04/09 10:32 AM shouryuuken was starred shouryuuken was unstarred
    Image of mpar mpar
    11:03 AM

    @shouryuuken: Ha phone fart 5 that is so last month, right now I'm enjoying phone fart X. #apple
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    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    11:21 AM

    @mpar: phone fart 6 was just too laggy for me.. im still "playing" phone burp though.. version 4.5 is amazing. #apple
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    Image of RoboticSpacePenguin RoboticSpacePenguin
    10:19 AM

    In reply to Apple Celebrates More Than 100K Apps On iTunes
    I know there's a lot of haters out there, but I've been enjoying some real gems on my iPhone. HookChamp is awesome, Civilization Revolution is a decent port of an addictive game, and my old standby Wild West Pinball still gets played at least once a week. Yes there's a lot of crap, but there's enough good stuff that I don't bother taking my DS with me on anything other than long trips anymore. #apple
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    Image of toadstoolporridge toadstoolporridge
    10:37 AM

    @RoboticSpacePenguin: I'm in the same boat as you. My DS and PSP were my main portable gaming devices. Now I have my iPod Touch (which is much nicer to carry around than both my PSP and DS). I'm glad I can download a handful of $1 apps and be set for a week or two. It's nice to be able to load up a game in a snap and play something for two minutes. #apple
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    Image of Pyrefly Pyrefly
    10:18 AM

    In reply to Apple Celebrates More Than 100K Apps On iTunes
    I don't want to beat a dead horse but i don't think we should be classing the iPhone/Touch as a gaming device. I own a 3G and it just isn't designed for games nor does it really provide the potential for anything more than gimmicky mini games. If we class this as a games device then anything out there including other phones that play games should be brought up. #apple
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    Image of The Whaleman The Whaleman
    12:27 PM

    @Pyrefly: I play solitaire and other games on my Nokia N95, and I also play games like Monkey Island, Civ Rev, Ronaldo and the likes on my wife's iPod touch... and I can tell you one thing.. playing games on the Nokia phone does not feel like playing games on the iPod touch. While the iPhone and iPod touch were never designed with games as their primary use, they have become one of the most popular and widely used platforms for portable gaming.

    A lot of the games on the iPod touch feels more like a "solid gaming experience" than a lot of the crap for the DS and PSP. While there's no Final Fantasy, Zelda, Ratchet & Clank or Metroid for it, there are quite a few quality games and more coming at a production value that I've never seen on a phone or MP3 player before... if the droid gets the same level of quality games I say we should see coverage of that as well.... but so far I have not seen anything on the N95 that makes me feel like it's doubling as a gaming device.
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    Image of StagnatedLives StagnatedLives
    10:08 AM

    In reply to Apple Celebrates More Than 100K Apps On iTunes
    iphone apps = "To many apps, where is the quality control?!"

    Mac desktops/laptops= "Wheres all the software?! this lack of support sucks!!"

    Apple; When something becomes so much a part of pop culture, it becomes popular to hate.
    See also: Windows, Ed hardy crap, Reality television, and Miley Cyrus. #apple
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    Image of KillerBeeTX KillerBeeTX
    09:59 AM

    In reply to Apple Celebrates More Than 100K Apps On iTunes
    But only about 1000 useful ones....and I am being generous. #apple
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    Image of BallPtPenTheif BallPtPenTheif
    10:11 AM

    @KillerBeeTX: And still no Final Fantasy Tactics... WTF?! #apple
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    Image of Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
    09:56 AM

    In reply to Apple Celebrates More Than 100K Apps On iTunes
    So... the number of apps is...

    ...A fair bit...

    ...Over Nine Thousand? #apple
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    Image of Daniel @ playreadwrite.blogspot.com Daniel @ playreadwrite.blogspot.com
    09:59 AM

    @Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair): Why yes, I believe it is.... Over Nine Thousand. #apple
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    Image of Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
    10:03 AM

    @Daniel @ playreadwrite.blogspot.com: I was just checking my math that it was...

    ...Over Nine Thousand.
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    Edited by Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) at 11/04/09 10:04 AM Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) was starred Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) was unstarred
    Image of Mr. Tambourine Man Mr. Tambourine Man
    10:07 AM

    @Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair):
    That's what my App-Scouter says too.. #apple
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    Image of Daniel @ playreadwrite.blogspot.com Daniel @ playreadwrite.blogspot.com
    10:09 AM

    @Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair): *Pulls out a clipboard* Apple's official stance on whether or not the total number of apps is... Over Nine Thousand... has not yet been determined. Independent studies show that the number is, in fact...

    ... Over Nine Thousand.

    (how come no one else is in on this? We must be the only cool kids left on Kotaku.) #apple
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    10:27 AM

    @Daniel @ playreadwrite.blogspot.com: I used to be able to count above 8,999.
    But the general scorn lead to me a great a fear of using any number above 8,999 #apple
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    Image of BallPtPenTheif BallPtPenTheif
    09:55 AM

    In reply to Apple Celebrates More Than 100K Apps On iTunes
    This is like a pack rat bragging how about the thousands of dollars that they have tied up in "investments". #apple
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    Image of UnkleBuck UnkleBuck
    10:01 AM

    @BallPtPenTheif: Or like Sony bragging how it's 'shipped' X amount of PlayStations rather than sold.

    God, I hate how 'shipping' is something to boast about. "Look at me... I made loads of something and gave them to other people!" Great. #apple
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    Image of Xhacker02 Xhacker02
    10:09 AM

    @BallPtPenTheif: Or like a twitterer bragging about their 1,000,000 followers. #apple
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    Image of BallPtPenTheif BallPtPenTheif
    10:10 AM

    @UnkleBuck: If you think it's bad now you should have seen the crap they used to do before the FTC jumped on them. All major publishers used to ship all product to retailer warehouses (for a fee) just so they could announce shipped numbers for their quarterly figures. It used to be industry standard. #apple
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    Image of BallPtPenTheif BallPtPenTheif
    10:16 AM

    @Xhacker02: I think I have 4 followers on Twitter and they just always try to sell me things. #apple
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    Image of D-K, a burning sensation D-K, a burning sensation
    09:50 AM

    In reply to Apple Celebrates More Than 100K Apps On iTunes
    Apple executives: FUCK YEAH, QUANTITY OVER QUALITY.. W0000000T

    *splashes beer in face* #apple
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    Image of mrantimatter mrantimatter
    11/03/09

    In reply to Doom Classic Now on iPhone
    I remember playing the beta of this on Carmack's iphone.

    If you liked Wolf3d, you'll love it. Looked really smooth. #doomclassic
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/03/09

    In reply to Free-To-Play First-Person Shooter Hits iPhone
    So it's like all those games thay Zynga makes for Facebook/Myspace, but with actual gameplay? Neat. #eliminate
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    Image of cyberdemon23 cyberdemon23
    11/03/09

    @Benguin: I detest all of those games. #eliminate
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/03/09

    @cyberdemon23: Yeah. But I got sucked into playing one for awhile and I have to admit it is strangely addicting. At least this one involves actually doing something. #eliminate
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    Image of cyberdemon23 cyberdemon23
    11/03/09

    @Benguin: That's true, I plan on at least giving it a shot. #eliminate
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    Image of Falsoman Falsoman
    11/03/09

    @Benguin: Hehe, yeah, those games are strangely addicting, considering you don't actually do a thing. I got incredibly addicted for a while to iVamps or some game like that and i found myself firing up the thing a lot just to do a quest or to buy some real state to have more blood money or something!

    Then when i got the 3GS I decided not to play anymore of those games, since i have a lot of things to do and many other games to play! #eliminate
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    Image of Mad as a Hatter Mad as a Hatter
    11/03/09

    In reply to Doom Classic Now on iPhone
    how the muck do you strafe in that ?! #doomclassic
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    Image of Nudgenudge Nudgenudge
    11/03/09

    @Mad as a Hatter:
    Left thumb: move front, back, strafe left and right.
    Right thumb: aim
    Right thumb above: shoot

    I prefer the no-strafe, all directions on the left, and just shoot on the right. But I think I will have to switch to play decently. #doomclassic
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    Image of jamouq jamouq
    11/03/09

    In reply to Doom Classic Now on iPhone
    Are any of the "3 different control types" the one from Doom: Resurrection? Because I don't think I can play another FPS on my iPhone without that control scheme... it was damn near perfect. #doomclassic
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    Image of Nudgenudge Nudgenudge
    11/03/09

    @jamouq: no, they are the ones from Wolfenstein 3D. So, still the best controls for FPSes on iPhone. #doomclassic
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    Image of Koztah Koztah
    11/03/09

    In reply to Doom Classic Now on iPhone
    No! You will be KILL BY DEMONS! #doomclassic
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    Image of bangbangblah bangbangblah
    11/03/09

    In reply to Doom Classic Now on iPhone
    Where isn't Doom these days? It's even on airplanes! #doomclassic
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