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First Look: NinjaBee's Kaloki Adventure for iPhone

by Mike Schramm (May 28th, 2009)

I first came across developer NinjaBee by playing their XBLA platfomer Cloning Clyde -- it was a game that seemed pretty genre, until you started playing it and discovered a unique charm and depth. Since then, they've brought that flair to a few other types of games, including the turn-based ...

Konami announces four big titles for iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Dec 17th, 2008)

Unfortunately, not one of them is Contra. But the iPhone is going to get some pretty big name titles from Konami -- the company announced yesterday that Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, Dance Dance Revolution, and Frogger were all coming to our favorite mobile gaming platform from the company's ...

Puzzlotto brings a different kind of game (and a cash prize) to the App Store

by Mike Schramm (Oct 27th, 2008)

Puzzllotto has been about as hidden as the lemurs you can see in the screenshot over there, for some reason -- the concept isn't real easy to grasp, and if you just stumbled across the "game" in the App Store, odds are that you'd think you had $5 stolen from you. But there is a weird story hidden ...

Square surprises us with Song Summoner for the iPod

by Mike Schramm (Jul 8th, 2008)

Square Enix has released their new game for the iPod, called -- wait, hold the iPhone. Say what again? Square Enix has apparently been hiding a huge secret, and the word is out already in iTunes. They've developed an iPod classic game called Song Summoner, and if the video above is any indication, ...

Freeverse drops critical update for Heroes of Might and Magic V

by Mike Schramm (Nov 30th, 2007)

Macworld's got the tip that Freeverse has released what they're calling a "critical" update for the Mac version of Heroes of Might and Magic V. They say the update to the pretty well reviewed fantasy turn-based strategy game includes "stability and display issues," and a fix for "registration ...

Front Row remote: "sophisticated simplicity"

by David Chartier (Mar 4th, 2006)

Michael Greeson has written an article for Designtechnica purporting to see Apple's future in digital home media simply by analyzing their famously minimal 6-button Front Row remote and the new Mac minis. While it might sound like quite the leap, he's written a great article that gives some serious ...