Archive for October 2008
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A night with Fable 2.
While we had high expectations for Fable 2 (being fans of the original and all) we became somewhat weary of the title when Molyneux started propagandizing his latest game in recent weeks. Compounded with the huge content cuts in the “limited edition” version of the title, we almost decided to pass over the game until [...]
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Game reviews should have numerical conclusions.
It’s not just game reviews, but most reviews. It’s simply what readers come to expect from a review. If all an author wants to do is offer impressions or a journal of gameplay, that’s fine, but then label the piece as such. A review, on the basis of historical precedent, is an article that [...]
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Why the Categories iPhone application is lacking.
Jeremy Sikora recently posted his top-five jailbroken iPhone applications. Sitting at number five was Categories, an application that allows one to sort their applications (from the AppStore or elsewhere) in labeled sub-screens that are accessible by clicking the appropriate icon. For example, rather than scroll through the home screen to find the Enigmo game [...]
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Bones Wiley embraces the folk music.
Two days ago, Bones Wiley posted two more videos on his YouTube page. The videos suffer from minor synching issues (likely vidnik related), but otherwise showcase a very nice transition of Wiley’s musical style to something more folkish, ala Bob Dylan.
We’re quite fond of Wiley finally singing at a lower octave, and this departure [...]
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Will the OLO be our Apple Annex?
We’re not convinced that Apple isn’t at least considering entering the netbook market, but our proposed design for an Apple netbook isn’t a stand-alone beast, but rather one that’s powered by the iPhone. Apparently, the folks at OLO understand what we envisioned, and have a splendid mock-up of their attempt to build a a [...]
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