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A Designer of an Arcade Classic Critiques His Work
No secret one of my most favorite classic arcade games is Paperboy. I was one once. It's out on the iPhone, and the original designer rather likes the updated 3D version. His own work? He's a bit more critical. More »Apple Hits 3B App Downloads, Google Preps Android Phone
Just in time to try and take the sizzle out of Google's Android phone announcement later today comes Apple's announcement that more than three billion apps have been downloaded for the iPhone and iPod Touch in less than 18 months. More »Report: Apple's Game-Playing Tablet Unveils This Month, Ships March
Apple is set to unveil its take on the tablet computer, the touchscreen bigger brother to the iPhone rumored to be branded the iSlate, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. More »Final Fantasy, Super Mario, Doom, What's On Your Phone's Desktop?
On a lark last week I asked friends on Twitter to show me the image they have on their phone's desktop. The results included quite a few video game references. More »Man Finished 48 Games In 2009 (And That Man Was Me)
I finished more video games in 2009 than in any other year of my life, according to a big list I've been keeping since 2006. Dare I write this in public: I played too much. More »iPhone Chart Toppers: Zombies Won't Die
Final Fantasy Creator Working On iPhone Game
Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy series and boss of Lost Odyssey developers Mistwalker, isn't just working on a "long-awaited new blockbuster project". He's doing an iPhone game as well.Bullet Hell Shooter Making Leap to iPhone
Japanese developer Cave has announced it is bringing 2D arcade title Mushihime-sama to the iPhone as Mushihime-sama Gaiden: Bug Panic. More »So Now I Have My Own iPhone — What Games Should I Get?
Usually the best gifts we get for the holidays are the ones we buy for ourselves. In my case, this would be an iPhone. More »It's A PopCap App Sale
Looks like I picked a good time to finally get an iPhone. PopCap Games — developers of many addictive games like Peggle and Bookworm — are having an App Store sale. More »N.O.V.A. Micro-Review: Say “Halo” to iPhone's New Shooter
Plants vs Zombies, iPhone, January
PopCap's excellent Plants vs Zombies has already been announced for the iPhone, but you know what hadn't been announced? Its release date. More »Avatar: The Game Micro-Review: Palm-size Pandora
As expected, James Cameron's latest blockbuster brings with it a tie-in title for every platform but the George Foreman Grill. More »iPhone Chart Toppers: Zombies Versus Marines in Spaaaaaace
In-Flight Electronics Rules Eased After Two-Day Crackdown
The Associated Press is reporting that increased security measures on international flights inbound to the United States have been eased. The government has not publicly announced any changes, but the AP's report cites unnamed airline officials "familiar with the matter." More »Need For Speed: SHIFT Micro-Review: Changing Gears
Following a reboot of the long-running arcade racing series on consoles, EA Mobile shows the iPhone Need For Speed's more serious side. More »Terror at 30,000 Feet: Game-Free Transcontinental Flights?
I found myself doing something strange as I prepared for a 14 hour flight back to the United States this week: Buying games. More »How Will New Rules Affect In-Flight Gaming?
It's not a petty concern. Since Friday's incident en route to Detroit, airlines are ramping up security procedures at the behest of the government, and "approved portable electronic devices" have long been a whipping boy for this sort of thing. More »3D Realms CEO Vows Duke Nukem 'Resurgence' in 'Next Few Years'
Scott Miller, the 3D Realms cofounder who came out looking somewhat better than eternally dithering partner George Broussard in Wired's recent profile of Duke Nukem Forever, claims that "numerous other Duke games" are in development, some meant for casual gaming. More »Schrödinger's Rat Isn't What You Think It Is
Quick science lesson: Scientist Erwin Schrödinger had a thought experiment where you put a cat in a sealed box with poison. In a nutshell, at a certain point the cat is both alive and dead until you unseal the box. More »N64 Emulator Stumbles Onto The iPhone
Jailbreaking an iPhone isn't as necessary as it once was, but hey, some people still like to do it. And those people can now play some N64 on their iPhones. More »