Category Archives: iPhone/iPad

In some way related to the iPhone and/or the iPad, the greatest handhelds on the planet.

Robot Unicorn Attack is back, Jack!

Oh, yeah! That’s right, I’m busting out the rhymes for this one. Except I’m done, now. Go beatbox somewhere else. And get off my lawn. Now, where was I? Oh, yeah. Robot Unicorn Attack 2 is in the App Store. For free (as in beer). It’s pretty. I like to play it. If you enjoyed [...]

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AirPlay Mirroring to your Mac with AirServer and Reflector

One of the coolest features available to iPhones and iPads has been the ability to mirror your devices display to your television using an Apple TV. AirPlay has been around even longer, which let you direct a video or audio stream to your Apple TV or (in the case of audio) to an AirPort Express [...]

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Once More Through the Wormhole: An Adventure with Stargate SG-1

Today I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Stargate SG-1: Unleashed was available in the App Store. I was surprised because I hadn’t even known that the game was so far along in development. I had read about a Stargate game coming from Arkalis Interactive (the developers behind the other officially licensed Stargate iOS app: [...]

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Today in Letterpress

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Technically, I think that’s a proper noun (to my knowledge, the clearing of four lines at once, is still written as a Tetris, not a tetris), but it’s a good one, so I’m not complaining.

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Best Apple links of the day

I came across a decent number of good articles today about Apple, all of which are worth a read, even if you don’t like Apple. Why? Because if you’re the type of person that expends any amount of energy repeating the misinformation that passes for journalism these days, it’s important to know when you’ve been [...]

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Today in iOS: Wit, rhythm, and fantasy

Three things: One, The Bard’s Tale for iOS is free for a limited time. It’s a birds-eye view dungeon crawler similar in style to the Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance, X-Men Legends, Champions of Norrath, and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. While the original The Bard’s Tale series was a western-RPG in the vein of Might & Magic and [...]

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The Opera House at the End of the Universe

I’ve been a fan of Japanese roleplaying games since I was a young child, when I first played Dragon Warrior (originally, Dragon Quest, in Japan) and Final Fantasy on the NES. That love did not fade throughout the years, and I still love to play a good, old-fashioned melodrama now and then. The Final Fantasy [...]

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iOS 6 and the Amazing Adoption Rate!

A couple weeks ago, Google updated their Android version install-base breakdown and revealed that Ice Cream Sandwich had finally (after nearly a full year) reached 20% of Android phones in use today. To fully understand the significance of this, Apple’s iOS 6 reached 15% of eligible devices in 24 hours. An important distinction, however, is [...]

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iOS 6: Photo Streams and Maps

I’ve had the luxury of using iOS 6 for sometime now, due to my developer status. Even still, until the final version was released, there were a number of features with which I never spent much (if any) time. In the case of Shared Photo Streams, that was mostly due to a lack of other [...]

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Best Over First or, how Apple avoids jetpack design and wins every time

Just a couple days ago, I wrote about how Apple’s new mantra appears to be “Best Over First”, as they continue to improve their hardware and software by focusing on adding features better than everyone else, rather than adding features before everyone else. My neighbor and bestie (a proud Android user) often ribs me for Apple’s [...]

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