Tag: iPhone
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Of Shields and Spears
Lately I’ve been playing a highly accessible puzzle-rogue-like game called Hoplite. Simple graphics and ever-increasing difficulty make this a quick and easy game to learn, but a very difficult one to master. You play the role of an adventurous Hoplite — a citizen warrior of ancient Greece city-states. You’re questing in ever-deeper dungeons looking for…
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I’m quite enjoying Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol!
Yep, I’m having fun with Ace Patrol, as you may have seen in my previous post, it’s a light single/multiplayer, World War I strategic combat game. Airfights consist of up to 8 combatants, four per side, and vary depending on aircraft, pilot skill, and game difficulty level. Ace Patrol is currently only available for iPad, iPod…
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Immelmann your way to victory in Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol for iOS
After checking out PocketTactic’s piece on the limited (to Canada) release of a new Sid Meier game, I thought I’d take a little time tonight and check out Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol for iOS, especially there’s not a lot of game info either on 2K’s page (they’re the publisher) nor on FireAxis’s page (they’re the…
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Silent Film Director now less silent
Just a quick update, the cool old-timey movie making app for iPhone (and yes, it does run on the iPad too) just received an update that brings the number of available soundtracks up to 8. And yeah, it’s a pretty cool app, especially if you’ve been wanting to play around with movie making on your iOS…
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A great couple of weeks to be an iOS gamer
Three exciting games were released for iOS devices in the last week and a bit. One was from a well-established computer and console development juggernaut. One was from a (now) blockbuster company that made their name on the iPhone and iPod Touch. And the final one from a small but respected Canadian design house, is…
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How-To: Streaming stuff around your house
In this increasingly wireless world, it seems odd that it’s actually kinda difficult to get music or other media from one device to another. In my case, I have photos, movies and music all stored on a central storage device on my network — a Network Attached Storage device, or NAS. Getting to that media easily…
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The Craft of iPad Music-making [Video]
Wondering what all the fuss is about with Apple announcing the iPad version of Garage Band? This video will help demonstrate. From The Future of Music V: The Craft of iPad Music-making” event, February 3rd, 2011. At this special evening event, attendees heard and saw the musical and visual results as leading electronic artists performed live.…
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Three essential PDF readers for iPad
A while ago I wrote about ways to read PDF files on your iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad. Well that post is showing it’s age, so rather than completely redo it, I thought I’d discuss my current three top PDF readers, and why. GoodReader GoodReader is my first choice, go-to PDF reader on my iPad. First off,…
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How to make Stairway to Heaven on iOS devices
Very cool video showing multitrack audio software and instrument apps recording Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven in multiple passes.