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Foursquare Creates Real-Life Video Games
Ypulse has an interesting editorial about the appeal of Foursquare to youth of the country, and how it’s creating fun out of otherwise boring every day information. Location-based services are becoming the next big thing, much like twitter was being hailed as in 2007. I remember around when I first signed up for twitter, there [...]
Uphill Rush 2 Now on Your iPhone
11. March 2010
TriplePoint Client Spil Games has announced the official release of Uphill Rush 2 on the Apple iPhone store. The only way to play is to shake and juke your way to the finish line. As a 2D side scroller, the game is easy to control and packs many hours of fun.
Uphill Rush 2 is a [...]
I Play My iPhone Games at Night
11. March 2010
Activity of iPhone users is of course on the rise with millions upon millions using the device at any given moment. However, Localytics has determined the precise time when people are most using their iPhones. That time is 9 PM on Weeknights. I suppose this would assume that people are crawling into bed and pulling [...]
Fight Zombies With Your Twitter Account
11. March 2010
Tweet Defense is a brand new iPhone game that literally uses your twitter account to fight a zombie horde. Yes, it seems to be a tower defense game but it has the unique feature of crawling your twitter account for specific stats such as number of tweets, followers, and people you’re following. The bonuses you [...]
MySpace Launches New Games Dashboard at GDC
11. March 2010
Yesterday at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Diego, MySpace announced the launch of a games dashboard, that resembles the Facebook games dashboard in both style and functionality.
As reported by Social Times, the new streamlined setup will allow users easier access to the games they already play, as well as provide easy exposure [...]
iPhone Games on Your Palm? Yes Please, Says Palm
11. March 2010
Not enough games for your Palm Pre? Palm thinks they may have the answer in their latest PDK (Plug-in Development Kit) which is a part of the WebOS SDK and the hope is to bring better games to all current WebOS devices. This move has been announced for a few months so it’s nice to [...]
Android Owners Use MySpace
11. March 2010
MySpace? Yes, before Facebook there was a site known as MySpace. The site has been declining in popularity in recent years but not on the Android. The native app on the Android market remains the most popular social app beating out Facebook among others.
Of course, we can’t be sure how this really effects the usage [...]
Doodle Jump Has Passed 3 Million Paid Downloads
11. March 2010
On Tuesday, TriplePoint client Lima Sky announced that Doodle Jump has passed over 3 million paid downloads since its launch last fall.
The game challenges users with guiding Doodle the Doodler up a sheet a paper, using accurate tilt controls to not only guide Doodle, but also pick up items like jet packs, avoid obstacles like [...]
FreeAppADay for 03/11/10: Alexia
11. March 2010
Today’s free app is Alexia, a word game from Prome Toys that falls in the same vein as games like Scrabble or Boggle, in that it asks you to create words out of letter orbs in order to rack up points and earn achievements.
Letter orbs will fall from the top of the screen, and you [...]
FourWhere Wants You to Have Conversations with Maps
10. March 2010
The newly launched FourWhere takes two existing services and combines them into one. Think Foursquare and Google Maps put into a melting pot and you have FourWhere. Essentially, it allows users to comment on locations on Google Maps with tips or conversation.
I could see this coming as a nice feature for events such as SXSW [...]
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- Bejeweled® 2 - PopCap Games, Inc.
- ALL-IN-1 GAMEBOX - Triniti Interactive Limited
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- Moto X Mayhem - Occamy Games
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