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Apple Bans Game After Developer Publicly Trashes App Store

6:00AM Stephen Totilo | Last week, game developer Tommy Refenes publicly called Apple’s app store “awful” and “horrible”. This week, Apple yanked his game from their store. More »
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Gravity Hook HD, From The Makers Of Canabalt

10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Before they made the excellent Canabalt, Adam Saltsman and Danny Baranowsky made a game called Gravity Hook. It was like Bionic Commando vs Peggle. Anyway, they’re remaking the game in “HD”, and you can play it right now. More »
Culture

The Sun Is Shining, The Birds Are Singing…

5:30PM Luke Plunkett | What could possibly go wrong on a day like this? Oh, rightMore »
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G-Switch Runs And Flips

2:00AM Brian Crecente | We need more mash-ups in video games. More »
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Canabalt Gets Mini-Soundtracked, Ringtoned

7:40AM Michael McWhertor | Stylish indie platformer Canabalt, which we loved as a Flash game and as an iPhone app, is now lovable in another form – a mini soundtrack. More »
Hands On

Canabalt Micro-Review: Up On The Rooftop, Tap, Tap, Tap

4:20PM Michael McWhertor | It’s not often that we play a video game designed, coded and scored in just five days. Canabalt, conceived and created for the Experimental Gameplay Project, uncomplicated as it is, somehow doesn’t feel like the typical output of two weekends. More »
Regulars

LunchTimeWaster: Be The Running Man

12:00PM David Wildgoose | Not quite sure how I managed to not mention Canabalt on a previous LunchTimeWaster. But here it is, the greatest ever one-button game about running very fast. More »
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Awesome Daring Escape Platformer Canabalt Comes To iPhone

10:20AM Michael McWhertor | Previously featured Hot Flashes candidate Canabalt can now be played on the go, thanks to the newly launched iPhone/iPod Touch version. It’s brilliant one-finger fun. It’ll cost you $4 more than the free version, but you can afford it. [iTunes]
Culture

Canabalt: The Best One Button Game You’ll Play Today

10:40AM Michael McWhertor | Flash platformer Canabalt may be simple in concept, but what it lacks in gameplay variety, it more than makes up for in being awesome. This “daring escape” platformer is simply beautiful and beautifully simple. More »