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Technology

[ May 21 2015 ]

Samsung Note 4: One More Button

Technically it’s illegal to touch a mobile phone while driving in Queensland, but I figure it’s the lesser of evils when the only legitimate alternative is to ram other cars off the road when a shit song can’t be skipped. So I had to add a button to my Galaxy Note 4 somehow.

Games

[ Apr 12 2013 ]

Android Review: Into the Dead

A quick look at a fun, short Android Zombie killin’ game.

Games

[ Mar 5 2013 ]

Real Racing 3, In-App Purchases, EA and CliffyB

The internet is a funny thing. Where else can you read about people you’ve never met talking about games you’d never play and then participate in the conversation as if somehow it has anything to do with you? Anyway, a few days ago Cliff Bleszinski (aka CliffyB) was epic trolling, and made a few ridiculous […]

[ Jan 19 2013 ]

Android Review: Super Hexagon

There are games that are hard because they demand concentration and timing, and there are games where you’re not asked to do anything particularly complicated but your brain just freaks out and you die ’cause somehow, deep in your grey matter, the bits of your brain that process are shaking so gleefully that the bits […]

[ Dec 26 2012 ]

Zen Pinball Review: Excalibur

Excalibur is a table that is probably a perfect example of Zen’s problem with table design: it’s a colourful contrasty miasma of fancy artwork, and trying to figure out where the hell your ball has gone is an exercise in frustration. The fun comes after long hours learning the playfield and you can intuit its […]

[ Dec 26 2012 ]

Zen Pinball Review: Tesla

OK, so this review will be very short, ’cause I’ve got half an hour’s play time on this table, and I still have yet to start a lit round. It’s been 100% random ball flipping so far, without any special rounds being activated. What do I have to do, you guys? First impressions are solid. […]

[ Jun 3 2006 ]

Vodafone useless, pulls out of Japan

The newest vodafone unit, the Sharp 904-SH, is like a mini deity. Check out this feature list: VGA screen, Bluetooth with a neat new ‘near chat’, letting you talk to people within a ten metre radius, 3.2 megapixel camera (featuring an incredible zoom mechanism, with 5 lenses!), optical zoom, motion sensor gaming, Felica e-payment chip, […]

[ Apr 8 2006 ]

Nectaris for Verizon

Forum regular Blaine has posted a review of Verizon’s new cellular title, the amazing Nectaris. If you can’t have Nectaris on the DS you can have it on your cellphone. Read the review!

Games

[ Feb 18 2005 ]

Cellular gaming update!

There’s a lot of fun stuff coming out for Japanese cellular phones. It’s a lot of what you’d expect, but some surprises as well. Here’s the editorial and, as if you even cared about anything else, here’s the gallery.

Games

[ Sep 8 2004 ]

New DariusDX for Vodafone

Taito‘s finally put up some screenshots of their newest DariusDX for Vodafone in Japan. One of their deluxe 256k Applis, costs four hundred Yen to download and looks as good as the PC Engine version, I’d say.