Mobile

In This Deer Hunter Game, You Don’t Play Russian Roulette. You Shoot Deer!

I’ve never been deer hunting. The words alone don’t even evoke images of wearing orange vests and shooting animals, but, rather, images of Christopher Walkin playing Russian roulette. Oh yes, there is deer hunting in that movie, but I don’t really remember it. Does anyone?


April 21, 2012
Retro

Old School Data Retrieval: Recovering Prince Of Persia’s Source Code, Two Decades On

Kotaku AU

Last month, the original source code for Jordan Mechner’s Prince of Persia was found in a cupboard, stored on a bunch of old, old Apple II floppy disks — we’re talking over two decades here. While a floppy disk is hardly a difficult piece of media to access, getting the data off the disks wasn’t something Mechner was prepared to leave to chance. Enter the professionals.


April 20, 2012
In Real Life

How China Has Apple (And The World) By The Balls

The iPad and the iPhone must be made in China. Ditto for, well, most everything. And it’s not only because of cheap Chinese labour. Or sprawling factories. Or lax regulations. Those are reasons, but there’s another one. And it’s one you might not expect: mud.


News

Gabe Newell Says Valve-Apple Meeting Didn’t Happen

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Valve head Gabe Newell did not actually meet last week as rumored, according to a new podcast interview with Newell.


April 18, 2012
Mobile

In China, You Can Eat The IPhone 5

The inevitable iPhone 5 might not be out in the West yet, but it’s out in China. And it’s delicious-looking.


April 17, 2012
In Real Life

Australian Artists Create A Perfume That Smells Like Opening Apple Products

Kotaku AU

This is one of those things that’s just so pathologically stupid that you can only hope that it’s satire. MacWorld Australia reports that three Australian artists have created a new perfume designed to replicate the smell of opening a MacBook Pro for the first time…


News

Report: Apple Working On A New Games Console?

A report on website Cult of Mac claims that, in addition to Apple’s widely-expected foray into the world of TV sets later this year, the company will also be trying its hand (again) at the video game console market.


April 16, 2012
Mobile

Rumours Of An iPad Mini Swirl In China

The Chinese rumour mill has hit full blast today claiming to have details about the imminent release of an iPad mini. Chinese net portal, NetEase, has a story on a rumoured new mini Apple tablet.


April 14, 2012
News

Did Tim Cook And Gabe Newell Meet Today?

Apple’s arguably the most important company in mobile gaming. Valve not only makes great games like Portal 2 but they also run Steam, the heavyweight champion of video game digital distribution. What would happen if they teamed up? We don’t know.


April 13, 2012
In Real Life

Korean People Cutting Vegetables On IPads, Smashing Nuts

While the iPad is roughly the same size as a cutting board, that doesn’t mean it is a cutting board.

South Korea’s BuffLab shows off its series of “shock absorption” screen covers by cutting cabbage and smashing walnuts. As one would.

If you need more stabby-stabby, the other videos feature a nail, a screwdriver, a hammer, and a scraper going at an iPhone. There’s also a mug.