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Aussie mum hopes iPhone game will save lives
A Brisbane mum has launched an iPhone application she hopes will save kids' lives.
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Apple to turn your gaming exploits into comic books
Apple may take on a new role in video gaming if its latest patent application, published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office earlier this week, ever makes it into a product. The patent is for a system that would document your roles in certain video games, and create a comic book chronicling the entire history of your character in a video game.
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Rules that games journalism needs
Today at QuakeCon, developers speaking on a "Building Blockbusters" panel took issue with "stone-faced" games journalists at product demos, as if the absence of emotional displays in a journalist is somehow a bad thing. Sports journalists never cheer during ballgames -- so why should we?
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iPad copter fun to fly, steep learning curve
The AR.Drone from France-based Parrot is an exciting, fun-to-fly, four-rotor helicopter that can be piloted over Wi-Fi by an iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone. But flying indoors proves tricky and may frustrate inexperienced pilots. The helicopter goes on sale in the U.S. at Brookstone stores on Sept. 3, 2010, for US$299 and is available for pre-order now.
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Manga Browser
Manga Browser is exactly what its name implies: a manga browser. While this app is a fan favorite of those who love their manga, this application's Achilles' heel is its reliance on online databases that have an unfortunate habit of being taken down because of copyright laws. In its previous iteration, Manga Browser's collection included Onemanga.com and 1000manga.com; both of those sites were taken down. Currently, Manga Browser links to the collections of Mangafox.com, MangaStream, and MangaReader. While many fans are happy with the recent additions, abrupt closures of these sites can make this application unreliable and frustrating.
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Top Ten video game ninjas
In the hallowed words of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni: “Ninjas kick butt! Cowabunga!” We couldn’t have put it better ourselves.
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Star Wars: Trench Run coming to iPhone
Though no firm date has been set, THQ Wireless has confirmed that it is bringing the classic trench run sequence from Star Wars to the iPhone. Utilizing tilt based controls and some fairly startling looking graphics the game looks to be (yet another) faithful recreation of the scene. Here's an extract from the press release:
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EA Sports 2010 FIFA World Cup for iPhone
Excitement about the World Cup is running high, with football's premier event hitting the globe this June. To help stoke the fires of football fever, EA Sports has released the official 2010 FIFA World Cup game for the iPhone.
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Football Manager Handheld 2010 for iPhone
Football lovers have hit the jackpot in 2010, with the FIFA World Cup rolling around yet again. Fanatics of the world game will undoubtedly be familiar with Sports Interactive's Football Manager game, which lets you lead your team to glory as the manager, buying and selling players, attending media conferences, scouting new signings and coming up with your own tactics, formations and training.
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Football Soccer Worldcup Penalties for iPhone
The FIFA World Cup is less than 100 days away from kick-off and there are a number of iPhone apps to help pass the time as anticipation mounts.
