BrianAkaka Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Making money in a crowded App Store: it's dog eat dog and Spy vs Spy

by Richard Gaywood (Sep 4th, 2012)

On the 25th of July, a shiny iOS remake of the 8-bit classic Spy vs Spy launched on the App Store for $1.99. The next day, the price dropped to $0.99 in a launch sale. On the 30th, it went up briefly, then developer Robots and Pencils announced that "to show our appreciation, we are extending ...

Interview with Brian Akaka of Appular and Hand of Greed

by Mike Schramm (Apr 28th, 2010)

Brian Akaka is an old friend of ours here at TUAW -- he is a veteran of Mac gaming, and was a familiar name in our inbox back when he was working at Freeverse and promoting their Mac software and iPhone apps. A little while back, he stepped away from Freeverse to form his own company, Appular, and ...

Hands on with Hangman RSS HD for iPad

by Erica Sadun (Apr 13th, 2010)

I am fond of fellow TUAW blogger Dave Caolo and friendly with Brian Akaka, and were it not for those associations there is no way I would have tried out Hangman RSS HD for iPad by Finger Arts, because on paper the game just sounded absolutely dire. But Dave had given it a spin at Macworld and found ...