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Daily iPad App: Tipping Point Adventure for iPad is clever and engaging

by Mel Martin (May 1st, 2013)

My experience as an adventure game player goes way back to the text-only Colossal Cave game, which then morphed into the classic Zork text games from Infocom (which, by the way, you can play even now on iOS with the Lost Treasures of Infocom app). Now, with speed and graphic power, games are a ...

Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs movie to portray backstage at three Apple Events in real-time

by Mike Schramm (Nov 15th, 2012)

Aaron Sorkin is in the middle of working on his version of a Steve Jobs biopic, and at a meeting called the Hero Summit, he revealed that the screenplay's current form might seem a little strange. The Daily Beast reports that instead of traditionally telling the story of Steve Jobs from the ...

Aaron Sorkin discusses making the Jobs biopic

by Mike Schramm (May 31st, 2012)

Filmmaker and writer Aaron Sorkin (probably best known for his work on The West Wing, though I really liked his dramacom Sports Night a lot) recently sat down with Walt Mossberg at All Things Digital to have a chat about his work on one of the new Steve Jobs biographical movies coming out. He ...

Daily iPad App: Picturebook

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 30th, 2011)

Picturebook is a free app that lets you create illustrated stories. It's geared for children, especially those that can read and write. I tested it with my 9-year-old daughter and the app was a big hit. Picturebook has a simple, uncluttered interface that's easy for children to use. It ...

TUAW's Daily iPhone App: Puzzle Agent 2

by Mike Schramm (Jul 1st, 2011)

I've been looking forward to this one. I first enjoyed Graham Annable's Puzzle Agent last summer actually on the iPhone, even though it was also released for the Mac and PC previously. The sequel is now available on iOS, and I can't wait to play it. Annable's weird mix of homespun comedy and ...

Report: Wife says no, Apple says yes to iPad 2

by Mike Schramm (Mar 21st, 2011)

The folks over at MacRumors heard a story that's unsourced and most likely apocryphal, but it's just too good to not share. According to "an individual close to Apple," the company in Cupertino has been going over iPad 2 returns in order to keep track of various problems with the new tablet, ...

TUAW's Daily App: Strange Rain

by Mike Schramm (Jan 20th, 2011)

We've been doing a week of experimental indie games in this space, and here comes Strange Rain today, from the creator of previous iOS indie title Ruben & Lullaby. Like the other games featured, Strange Rain is really more of an experimental art piece than an actual game. Rain falls on your ...

TUAW's Daily App: Helsing's Fire

by Mike Schramm (Jul 15th, 2010)

Helsing's Fire is an interesting little title with a pretty original gameplay premise. The idea is that you place torches in an area full of objects and walls, and you have to target or hide certain creatures with that light. The backstory of the game is about the adventurer Van Helsing and his ...

App Store payola, and what it means for the app ecosystem

by Mike Schramm (Mar 21st, 2010)

Earlier this week, Wired posted a story about what they call "App Store Payola" -- the practice of sites that solicit cash payments (or other compensation) in order to expedite or publish app reviews. This isn't anything new. Ever since the App Store first went online, there have been sites that ...

Review: Dark Horse Comics' "The Goon: Chinatown and The Mystery of Mr. Wicker"

by Mike Schramm (Jan 26th, 2010)

I used to collect comics pretty religiously when I was a kid (after all, there was a comic book store right across the street from the church my parents always took me to), and lately I've been thinking of getting back into the hobby -- there's something really magical about sequential art and word ...

Snood Redood coming to the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Aug 11th, 2009)

Fortunately, World of Warcraft didn't exist while I was in school, otherwise I might not have finished my venerable BS degree at the storied Ithaca College at all. But if there was one game that almost kept me from finishing all of those essays and homework... well, it was Civ. But if there were ...

Braid comes to the Mac

by Mike Schramm (May 21st, 2009)

You have to admit: for all of the gaming woes that the Mac faithful has suffered, there's fortunately never been a shortage of great indie games for us to play. Aquaria made it to our platform, World of Goo appeared pretty early on, and now Braid, Jonathan Blow's terrific deconstruction of Super ...

Frozen iPod returns from the grave

by Mike Schramm (Apr 30th, 2009)

Andrew sent us this great story -- he found an iPod classic in the melting snow of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. It had apparently been there "since early winter," and was frozen solid... as is the case, we'd imagine, with most things left outside there between September and April. Incredibly, ...

Star Trek prequel coming to the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Mar 25th, 2009)

I have no idea how much of this is spoilers, but if you want to walk into this summer's Star Trek movie with a completely blank slate of expectations, you should probably move on to the next post. Spoilers ahead! Ok then. Apparently J.J. Abrams, who's directing the new Star Trek movie, has worked ...

Ungenius - the other side of the Genius Bar

by David Chartier (Jul 6th, 2006)

Beyond a doubt, Apple's retail stores have been and still are making headlines of all kinds - from business magazines hailing the stores' sleek design, to consumer reviews giving the stores high marks for their unique and (ideally) helpful Genius Bar feature. However, as some of you may know - not ...