From Fugazo, we have Cooking Academy which challenges you to become the best chef you can possibly be by cooking up recipes from every section of the cookbook. While it may remind you of the popular DS/Wii title Cooking Mama, Cooking Academy has its own flavors that really shine on the iPhone and showcase how [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 17, 2010
Let’s talk a bit about the new hybrid genre of online poker play – Facebook. I recently chatted with David McCaman, Head of Marketing for Hands-On (formerly FunClick) about their latest addiction: WPT Texas Hold ‘Em Poker on Facebook. Hands-On doubled down on Facebook last week, announcing new tournaments for WPT Texas Hold ‘Em and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 12, 2010
It’s no secret that, when it comes to home entertainment, we’re in the midst of a distribution revolution. Content once tied to broadcast airwaves is now being ravenously consumed on the internet via computers, video game consoles and set top devices. TriplePoint has the privilege of working with some of these new media startups. PlayOn [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 11, 2010
Gamers know that playing games is way more fun than doing chores. Real life can pale in comparison to virtual worlds, and sometimes getting to the next level, beating that high score, or finally winning that battle is more engaging than, say, washing the dog. The upcoming iPhone game Epic Win has learned this lesson [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 11, 2010
Gameloft is on a sale kick, apparently, as the company has discounted another four iPhone titles down to 99 cents a piece. The sale is “limited time” with no end date given, so the sooner you jump on this deal, the better. The games on sale are: Blokus A puzzle strategy game. Use the blocks [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 10, 2010
On Wednesday, mobile game publisher Glu Mobile announced that it has entered into an agreement for the sale of common stock, resulting in a substantial chunk of money via private placement of its shares: $13.5 million. The money is coming from ten existing and ten new investors, including Greenway Capital, GGV Capital, and New Enterprise [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 4, 2010
While you can get some simulated rock action on the iPhone with Guitar Hero, here comes a full fledged application that allows you to plug in a guitar and actually rock out yourself. It comes in two pieces–the iRig and AmpliTube. The iRig is a piece of hardware that connects your guitar to phone, while AmpliTube is [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 4, 2010
As the World Cup rages on and the world (sans America) waits on the edge of their seat for who will win the tournament, there comes a particularly impressive football game on the iPhone for you to bide the time between matches: Pro Zombie Soccer. According to Slide to Play, Pro Zombie Soccer is a [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 4, 2010
Ever wondered why that text message wouldn’t send when your iPhone said you had two bars? Well, it looks like you probably didn’t have any bars, thanks to a reception formula mix-up by Apple. “Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 4, 2010
While you’re off eating barbeque, watching fireworks with the family, and hugging the sweet freedoms of the US of A, you might also be interested in some exclusive 4th of July deals that some game publishers have given on the iPad and iPhone. They are, according to MobileContentToday: iPad - Air Guitar HD Premium: $3.99 [...]
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Monday, July 19, 2010
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