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| iPhone to Bring More Games to Mac? |  | Over at Macworld they're asking "will iPhone games lead to more on the Mac?" Some developers think so. Others don't quite see it happening without a distribution service like the iPhone's App Store.
Glenda Adams, director of development for Aspyr Media, agrees that developing for the iPhone may lead to an interest to develop for Mac as well, since the iPhone requires both a Mac and a working knowledge of Cocoa, ... [read more >>] | | 16 June 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Teen Told to Stop Playing, Attacks Family with Sword |  | And, once again, "evil video games" should be blamed for everything! This time, for a strange and sudden sword-attack that happened in Switzerland: on a Sunday morning, a 19-year-old teen was playing his favorite video games and, after a few hours, his mother told him ... [read more >>] | | 04 June 2008, 12:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Weekend Reading: Seven Movies that Should Be Games |  | The game industry keeps growing, making us, the real gamers, some of the happiest people in the world. Analysts predict that this growing process will never stop, that soon the game industry will be bigger than music or movies – the biggest form of entertainment, actually. Still, there might be a long way before our games become the biggest thing in the world and we are more than happy to wait, while playing some quality titles.
We all ... [read more >>] | | 17 May 2008, 03:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Game Agent Online Store to Open in Summer 2008 |  | Digital River, provider of global e-commerce solutions, has announced signing an e-commerce deal with Aspyr Media regarding the launch of an online store to support the sale and digital delivery of select Macintosh and PC Aspyr titles in North America. The service will be dubbed "Game Agent", just like ... [read more >>] | | 12 May 2008, 16:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Weekend Reading: Games Will Follow Smoking, Cigarettes |  | A few days ago I decided to put an end to my most disgusting habit: smoking and, as expected, most of my friends have rushed in to congratulate me. But the idea for this weekend's reading came after one of my oldest friends (and, at the same time, a guy that never played a video game in his life) told me something like: "Well done, bro! Now, you only have to stop wasting your life in front of flat screens and you'l ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2008, 19:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Cocoa Touch Games Website Launched |  | In light of Apple's iPhone SDK release, the co-founder of Widget Monkeys and founder of Widget Monkey Games, David Janik-Jones has announced the launch of the Cocoa Touch Games web site. ... [read more >>] | | 13 March 2008, 10:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Heavyweight Devs Picking up on the iPhone SDK |  | Earlier this week, news broke out about the 100,000 SDK downloads, garnered in no more than four days since the kit's official release on March 6. It has recently been confirmed that big names such as THQ, PopCap, Namco NetSuite and more, are ... [read more >>] | | 13 March 2008, 07:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Blame Video Games for Your Poor Grades! |  | To say it short and begin as no news should, here is the conclusion: video games make you dumb. Loud and clear, that is what some German scientists from Kriminologischen Forschungsinstituts Niedersachsen (KFN) have found out. And, yes, I will always be fascinated by the resul ... [read more >>] | | 18 February 2008, 08:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Is Definitely Thinking of Games |  | Following news of Apple prepping to release an SDK for programmers, enabling them to develop better apps for the iPhone, an interview with Roger Ehrenberg of Information Arbitrage sheds more light on the possibility of seeing an Apple gaming ... [read more >>] | | 14 February 2008, 04:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Porn Stars Dig Video Games! That's a First... |  | Not that this isn't another unnecessary piece of news standing as a reminder that porn mixes with just about everything and it so happens that it goes great with video games, but here's a question for you: Aren't ... [read more >>] | | 15 January 2008, 06:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 2007: The Video Game |  | It's been a full year for everyone involved with video games, from developers to publishers, to peripheral manufacturers and, ultimately, to gamers. Now we can finally look back and remember the many events that have further shaped a continuously expanding industry, which touches entire generations using a concept that allows you to become a hero every time you pop in a disc and grab a controller.
... [read more >>] | | 31 December 2007, 09:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Games Cause Brain Damage! |  | We know this is not the kind of news you'd like to hear, especially now, during the holidays, but that is what Doctor Chou Yuan-hua, from the department of Psychiatry of Taipei Veterans General Hospital claims to happen if you play ... [read more >>] | | 27 December 2007, 04:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| What Are YOU Thankful For in Gaming? |  | Don't you just love video games? Of course you do, that's why you read gaming news, but isn't it that sometimes you're so proud of your gaming system and the titles you play on it that you just want the whole world to know? Everyone's thankful for something in gaming, but someone in particular has 5 things he's thankful for and that someone shared them with the rest of the world recently.
Dr. Boa ... [read more >>] | | 17 December 2007, 03:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| European Developers Demand Government Support |  | Six members of the European Game Developers Federation, founded just one year ago, have signed a "Video Game Manifesto". With this, they are hoping that the government ministers all over the European Union will understand the cultural impact ... [read more >>] | | 10 December 2007, 02:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Ban the Violent Games, Say Psychotherapists |  | Do you love to grab a rocket launcher and blow some monster's head off? Do you like Manhunt's gameplay? Or maybe you are thrilled when you sneak behind somebody and cut their throat open with a knife? Well... psychotherapists in Germany say that ... [read more >>] | | 04 December 2007, 04:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 'Why Do Video Games Still Have Levels?' |  | There's a burning question up on Slashdot that desperately needs an answer: "Why do games still have levels?" Well, when simply asking this question, not adding arguments, it may sound a little silly. But, a.d.venturer has a lot more to say abut this burning issue and so I invite you to read the following lines, and then try to answer the question.
Posted by a.d.venturer (via slashdot.org) "Elite, the Metro ... [read more >>] | | 22 November 2007, 08:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Give the Piss-Screen a Chance and It Might Save Your Life |  | Drinking and driving is one of the most important causes of car accidents around the world, the consequences of this type of reckless behavior being often quite tragic. However, even if a real solution to this problem is nowhere in sight, a team from the Frankfurt division of SAATCHI & SAATCHI has come up with a very innovative and interesting way of trying to convince people to take a cab home rather than drive while intoxic ... [read more >>] | | 09 August 2007, 12:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The ConnecTV Skateboarder |  | Before you head out for the skateboarding professional “slopes”, you might want to try this. The Connectv Skateboarder is probably a good choice if you intend to learn what skateboarding is about.
The snappily named ConnecTV Skateboarder is a game, skateboard and games console all-in-one. Here's how it works.
All you have to do is plug the mini skateboard into the audio and video jacks of your TV or VCRTV and start pr ... [read more >>] | | 25 April 2007, 05:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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