8 Reasons I Quit Playing Facebook Games
Two years ago, I ranted about the need for more challenge and chance in social games. Since then, the entire gaming industry has drastically changed. If I sound like a broken record on that note, it’s because in a fast-paced, high-tech market, it’s always true (and thus worth reiteration). It seems ...
How Not to Play Location-based Games like an Idiot
Welcome to the wonderful world of location-based games! I see you’ve just downloaded a copy of Traveler’s Quest, or Dokobots, or CodeRunner, or perhaps you’ve got yourself on foursquare for the first time. That’s great! You’re about to discover what geotagging and GPS-enabled mobile devices can add to gaming and ...
Abandoning Facebook: CrowdStar Joins OMGPOP, Kabam, Funzio in Mobile
CrowdStar, developer of popular Facebook games like Happy Aquarium and the "Girl" series (Modern Girl, Social Girl, Top Girl and It Girl), announced today that they will stop developing games for Facebook, according to an interview with All Things Digital. Peter Relan predicts that 90% of Crowdstar’s revenue will come ...
Don’t Be a Cheapskate: 4 Reasons Pay-What-You-Like Backfires
Pay-What-You-Like. You’ve sometimes seen it called Pay-What-You-Want. You’ve seen it while leaving your local museum or hippy café as a big box that says “Donations.” You’ve also seen it for Radiohead’s In Rainbows or with Humble Bundle, the collection of indie games offered for however much you’d like to pay ...
Cats Wearing GUNNARS: Zooey
Meet Zooey O'Leary. Zooey is sporting a pair of GUNNAR Optik's Attache Phenom glasses, and looking good doing it. If you've been following our Dogs Wearing GUNNARS series, you may notice something a bit off this week. Zooey is a frisky first - special edition feline! You can call her a "domestic ...
Hardcore and Back Again: Video Games in a Nutshell
The SNES was a young kid's dream (in the early 90's). Every game felt brand-spanking new, because it was. When video games first came along, "copycats" were neither a logical thing to consider, nor an option. Video games were casual. They were made for mainstream audiences. And back then, even the ...
5 Apps to Make You Smile
These are a few of my favorite digital things... This list is hardly comprehensive, nor is it in any particular order. Enjoy! 1. Timehop - This gets top billing because too few people know about it (and more should - it's neat). Basically, Timehop answers one question, every day, via email. "What did ...
The Time Has Come: Pokemon and Me 15 Years Later
Last year, when my mind was busy with summer vacation, I came home to an unsettling sight. Roxy's tumor had grown exponentially. Her arm was swelling up to a point where she couldn't even lift it. All attempts to remove the tumor would only make it grow back with a ...
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Run Temple Run on Androids
So many running puns… can’t include them all… jokes to be made about running Android OS… having games on hand in case you’re caught with a case of the runs… Look. The point is, Temple Run is coming to Android phones at the end of the month, and TriplePoint client Imangi Studios is giving it away [...]
Continue reading...See Sea Stars’ Stars on Android
23. February 2012
Sea Stars. You know ‘em. You love ‘em. But if you’ve got an Android instead of an iPhone, how can you play ‘em? By waiting until today, that’s how. Hothead Games, an equal-opportunity TriplePoint client, has got you covered over on the Android Market — not to mention in Chinese, Korean, and Swedish, all languages which [...]
Continue reading...SEGA Loves You and Your Phone Very Much
10. February 2012
SEGA, an extremely romantic TriplePoint client, is saying “Be Mine” by hoping these Valentine’s Day sale prices will help a few apps “Be Yours.” Ain’t love grand? From their very thoughtful press release: Sale-priced titles on the App Store from February 11 – 14 include: Sonic CD™ for $2.99 (was $4.99) Sonic the Hedgehog 4™: Episode I (iPhone®) [...]
Continue reading...Androids Can Now Save Yello
2. February 2012
Androids. Yes, they’re heartless machines masquerading as people, and they will probably some day enslave our planet. But even a cold, unfeeling Android wouldn’t turn its back on a helpless goldfish, removed from its bowl and in desperate need of rescue. Worry not, future machine overlords — Saving Yello has been released for Android phones by [...]
Continue reading...OneSchool Shows Up at Eight Schools
24. January 2012
You can learn a lot at just one school. It would be extremely inconvenient if you had to go to separate institutions for communications, business, gastronomy, and cartography. Thankfully, there’s just OneSchool for all of that. OneSchool, a TriplePoint client you could learn from, just closed a $750,000 seed round and launched the OneSchool app [...]
Continue reading...Metro Apps Launches Smarter Smartphone Publishing Program in UK, EU
23. February 2011
The comScore 2010 Mobile Year in Review includes a few factoids about which mobile users are smarter: according to the report, in the US, smartphone adoption reached roughly 1 in 4 mobile subscribers (27%). In Europe, however, that number was closer to 1 in 3 (31%). So, why are the rates for app usage higher [...]
Continue reading...Gingerbread Dash! Released for Android
22. February 2011
Ateam Inc. in Nagoya, Japan just released a new game called Gingerbread Dash!, a side-scrolling jump action game on Android. Gameplay consists of helping the Gingerbread Man runaway from the Giant Fox without falling into the water or being caught by crows flying by. The Gingerbread Man is controlled by tilting the Android device in [...]
Continue reading...What Kind of Location Gamer are You?
9. February 2011
With gamification having consumed every aspect of our lives, there is no reason for you not to transform your surroundings into a realm of competition and adventure. There’s a very good chance, in fact, that several games are being played right under your nose – on your commute, at your workplace, in your haunts and [...]
Continue reading...Foursquare Badge Fun, from Super Bowl to Subtle Snark
6. February 2011
Beginning at kickoff today (6:30pm ET on FOX), Foursquare will open up a special edition check-in point globally to all users – look for the promoted trending venue, “Super Bowl Sunday”. If you missed out on the “PA Groundhog Day” badge earlier this week (when Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring), now’s your shot at [...]
Continue reading...Verizon iPhone 4 Pre-Sale Mania: Yes, AT&T Can Hear You Now
4. February 2011
Yesterday, Verizon Wireless concluded the most successful first day of sales in company history, selling out and ceasing online preorders for iPhone 4 in preparation for its highly-anticipated Verizon Network debut. The nationwide launch of the iPhone 4 on the Verizon Network will take place at over 2,000 Verizon stores on Feb. 10th starting at [...]
Continue reading...Super Bowl Sneak Peek: Angry Birds Rio Level Revealed
4. February 2011
Wonder no more – here’s a sneak peek at the new Angry Birds “Rio” level, courtesy of an Entertainment Weekly exclusive screenshot. The image name suggests this will actually be a Golden Egg level, little to anyone’s surprise. The hidden Angry Birds level will be accessible to players via an embed code in the “Rio” [...]
Continue reading...Windows Phone 7 Launch Rumors & R2-D2 Droid 2 Details – Mobile Monday Madness
27. September 2010
Welcome to this edition of Mobile Monday Madness! We wrap-up the latest mobile news so you can get on with your Monday. Today, we’re taking a look at the release date rumors circulating around Windows Phone 7, along with the final details before the launch of the special R2-D2 Edition Motorola Droid 2, which launches [...]
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