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‘Draw Something’ App Downloaded 20 Million Times in First Five Weeks
OMGPOP’s new game Draw Something is only five weeks old and it’s already been downloaded 20 million times. Right now it’s the number one free app for Android and the number one paid and free app for iOS.
As Business Insider …
The 10 Games I Want to Play Most in 2012
On Boggle App, ‘Queer’ Is a Bad Word
When I first downloaded the Boggle app, I was agog over all the unfamiliar words — AAL, AIS, ANE, etc. — the game showed me I could have found in the 16-letter jumbles. But a few hundred rounds later (yes, I’m obsessed), I’m more interested in the words the good people at Hasbro won’t let me play.
FART and CRAP are off …
Top 10 Must-Have iPhone Games
Whether you’ve just purchased your first iPhone or you’ve owned every version since 2007, make sure there’s an icon for each one of these games on your Home screen.
LEGO, Meet iPhone: ‘Life of George’ Uses iOS to Judge Building Skills
It’s called LEGO “Life of George,” and while it may not sound like it has anything to do with Apple’s iPhone or iPod Touch, it just so happens the two technologies—yes, LEGO technically counts as “technology”—are joined at the hip.
Imagine technology that could tell you if you’ve built something to spec, say a flag, or a car, or a …
GameStop to Buy and Sell iOS Devices, Finally Validate Mobile Gaming?
Games retail giant GameStop’s days are either numbered or nascent, depending on whether you see brick and mortar retail as a digital-proof future presence. Well GameStop’s not waiting around to find out. They’re the largest dedicated video games retailer in the country, they’ve cornered the used games market, plus they’ve presciently …
Facebook Gets Gaming Facelift in Wake of Google+ Games
Make no mistake about it: The timing of this is completely intentional. Facebook took to its blog to announce that it was giving its already successful gaming interface a facelift in the wake of Google’s own announcement that it was implementing games on Google+.
(MORE: Surprise, Google Plus Adds Games)
In efforts to make the …
Google+ Help Page Tips ‘Games Stream’ Coming
Google has had its hands busy tweaking its new darling, Google+, which is rumored to be opening to the public on July 31st. In preparation for the launch, the company has been culling user feedback (like with the sleek new “send feedback” tab in the lower-right hand corner), as well as assembling step-by-step user guides in the form of …
Violent Video Games: The Top 8 Big Money Franchises
In observance of the Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision to treat video games to the same First Amendment protection as art, music, and movies, here’s a look at some of the biggest names in violent game franchises.
You may want to cross-reference this list with the games your children already own, or just be on the lookout for any of these …
Five-Year-Old Girl Invents Impossibly Cute Video Game
A man takes his five-year-old daughter to a three-day game development festival in Toronto and CHANGES THE WORLD FOREVER.
That may be a tad melodramatic on my part, but you have to admit that the browser-based “Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure” game has it all.
There’s magic—everybody loves magic. There’s adventure—again, …
Will the 7th-Gen Nano’s New Features Save It? Probably Not
The last 6th edition Nano was kind of the runt of Apple’s MP3 pack — somewhere between the “less is more” ethos of the shuffle and the full-fledged capabilities of a standard iPod. But even if previous reports hold true and the coming version of Apple’s pint-sized player comes equipped with the 1.3-megapixel camera the photos seem to …
