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Daily iPhone App: Magic Defenders

by Mike Schramm (Oct 20th, 2011)

Magic Defenders isn't new, but it has claimed a lot of my iPhone gaming time lately. It's a tower defense game, so if you like that genre, odds are that you'll like this one. Instead of building towers, you play the game as a mage that's casting spells against waves of attackers. The game ...

Apple awarded patent for capacitive touchscreen-friendly 'magic' gloves

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 26th, 2011)

Apple received a patent for a glove system that is compatible with a touchscreen. Anyone who has used an iPhone, iPod touch or an iPad in a cold weather climate knows the pain of having to remove a glove to answer a call or check an email. Even thin driving gloves impede your ability to use your iOS ...

IndieCade 2010: Spirits preview

by Mike Schramm (Oct 13th, 2010)

This past weekend at IndieCade 2010 in Los Angeles, I bumped into our old buddy Steph Thirion. He's the creator of the great Eliss iPhone app and a title that he's still working on called Faraway, which despite still being in development, was actually chosen as an IndieCade finalist this year. He ...

A little iPad magic

by Mike Schramm (May 31st, 2010)

Here's a little iPad magic for your Memorial Day afternoon -- turns out the iPad really is a "magical" device. I'm not sure what app video is being used here, but I think it's a proprietary one, and probably not something you could use yourself (unless you know how to do some of the great ...

More magic for the iPhone

by Mel Martin (Mar 19th, 2009)

The iPhone and iPod touch have really attracted a lot of interest from the magic community, and we've reviewed some of the tricks you can get at the App Store here, and here, and here. Now things are getting more serious with the release of a DVD set called 'Magic with the iPhone' ($19.95 U.S.) ...

The iPhone is magic

by Chris Ullrich (Jan 15th, 2009)

We love the iPhone, you love the iPhone (most of you do anyway) and so do millions of other users around the world. It's a great device that empowers users to do almost anything from making calls to checking email, from updating your status on Facebook and Twitter to sending text messages and ...

We know the iPhone is magic -- now it DOES magic

by Mel Martin (Dec 6th, 2008)

When I was growing up I used to do magic shows at kids parties to earn some extra money. It was fun for awhile, but those kids could be pretty rowdy. Now flash forward lots of years, and we can do magic tricks on our iPhones. Who'd have thunk it? Magic Show is an iPhone (or iPod touch) app created ...

Perilar brings Ultima-style RPG to the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Oct 15th, 2008)

Man, for all of the great games on the iPhone already (I've been really enjoying Lexitron lately), what we really need is a good old-fashioned, both complex and charming RPG. Arcade games are fun and all, and they just keep getting better, but what the iPhone really needs is a sink-your-teeth-in ...

macDazzle: magic tricks for your Mac

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 2nd, 2006)

I'll cop to being a magic trick geek. I'm no good at performing them, but I love the mechanisms, and used to try to create new tricks and presentations as a kid (and, OK, later in life as well). I'm surprised it's taken this long for there to be a software-based trick for the Mac, or at least, one ...

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