We just received the new batch of iPods from Apple for review. Anything you want us to check out? We’re really liking the nano so far. Haven’t done much with the touch or shuffle, though.
LOL of the Day: App Store Review Guidelines
With all the back and forth between Apple and developers over what is and what isn’t appropriate for the App Store, I think it’s safe to say that we’ve all wondered what the guidelines are to get into the pearly gates of the App Store. Apple has posted the review guidelines and we can’t help but laugh out loud. I didn’t think …
Dark Tower To Become Groundbreaking Simultaneous Movie, TV Adaptation
After years of false starts, it looks as if Stephen King’s The Dark Tower is finally coming to movie theaters. And television screens. At the same time. Universal Pictures and NBC are teaming up for an extremely ambitious plan to turn King’s fantasy novel series into a franchise that will run through a feature film trilogy and multiple …
Browser-Based QuickHit Football Rolls Out NFL-Licensed Version
Today marks the first day of the 2010 NFL season, which brings with it the first NFL-licensed computer game since EA sports stopped making a PC version of Madden back in 2008.
QuickHit, as previously reported, is a browser-based football simulator. The newest version allows you to coach your favorite NFL team through various
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Apple’s Latest iPhone Operating System Already Jailbroken
The latest update to Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 4.1, brings with it new features such as Game Center, TV show rentals, iTunes’ "Ping" social music network, enhanced photo features, and more.
It’s also apparently been jailbroken already.
You’ll recall that the act of jailbreaking a phone—exploiting a software bug to open the
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T-Mobile Details the Upcoming G2, Pre-orders Later This Month
BELLEVUE, Wash. – Sept. 9, 2010 – T-Mobile USA, Inc. today unveiled the T-Mobile(r) G2(tm) with Google(tm), delivering downloads at 4G speeds1, a blazing fast web browsing experience and tight integration with Google services. The G2 breaks new ground as the first smartphone specifically designed for T-Mobile’s new HSPA+ network2, …
Hands-on With the Pentax K-r DSLR
GOLDEN, CO. September 8, 2010…PENTAX Imaging Systems Division has announced a new digital SLR line with color accents that allow owners to choose one that matches their personal style. The colorful PENTAX K-r DSLR camera offers advanced yet simple to use features at an attractive price.
The compact, lightweight PENTAX K-r …
Cladun: This Is an RPG for PSP On Sale
Daily Dose
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 –
Quote to Live By:
“I know you’re scared; we’re all scared, but that doesn’t mean were cowards. We can take these skeletons, we can take them, with science.” – Ash from Army of Darkness
Up Front:
A Class To Die For: Course at University of Baltimore is a Real Thriller, Call it Zombies 101 [
Exclusive Video: Steve Young Football Tosses Wacky Football Action Onto the iPad
EA’s Madden NFL franchise rules the sales charts every year and the franchise’s disciples like to think it the be-all and end-all of video game football. But there are things Madden doesn’t have. Like zombies. Like wild pigs. Like cyclones.
All of those show up in Steve Young Football, an iPad game which makes its debut on the App …
Rumor PaTroll: Halo Movie Not A Priority, Ghost Rider 2 Script Details
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 –
This is your latest in nerdy nightly news gossip
There could be a Halo movie… but it’s not really a priority
People were buzzing about Variety’s article in which it mentions that Microsoft is looking to make a Halo movie. The games story line is awesome so I think it would make a great movie — …
Black Ops Designer: “Certain People Will Never Love Multiplayer”
I know you’re kidding but, for a guy with your perspective, if people feel like “multiplayer, whatevs…” that’s got to sting. With COD specifically as a franchise, I think people buy it more for multiplayer than for single-player. Still, other designers who make other kinds of game experiences feel endangered by the encroachment of …