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iPhone Game ‘Pussy Flip’ Is Being Renamed, So Stop Snickering

Some video game names just aren’t meant to be. Take Puck-Man, the original, susceptible-to-vandalism name for Pac-Man. Or take today’s example, the iPhone game soon-to-be-formerly-known-as Pussy Flip.


The Most Terrifying Skiing Video Game Ever Arrives On iOS

SkiFree is a simple little skiing game that was first released in 1991 as part of the Microsoft Windows Entertainment Pack. I got a copy free with a 10-pack of Verbatim 3.5-inch floppy disks. It was all good fun until the abominable snowmen started showing up.


I’m Addicted To The iTunes Game Store

The moment my iPad or iPad Touch’s screen illuminates, my finger hones in on the blue icon with the pencil, ruler and paintbrush formed into a stylised ‘A’, no matter what my previous plans for the device might have been. I know the shop lurking behind the icon is only updated at certain times, but I have to look anyway.


What Do The 10 Top Grossing iPhone Games Of 2012 Have In Common?

For every overpriced Final Fantasy re-release on iTunes there are dozens of free-to-play social games, refugees from a slowly fading Facebook love affair with microtransaction-driven casual titles finding new sources of revenue in the fertile mobile market. In this year’s list of the top grossing iOS games and apps, the free-to-play game is king.


From Casual To Hardcore Gamer In 10 Easy Steps (Or 40 Years)

While the folks at the iTunes gaming division might have trouble rooting out copycat games, what they excel at is making lists. In creating a list of 10 games that can take a mobile gamer from casual to hardcore, those Apple list-builders have created a mini history of gaming in portable form.


You Don’t Want Either Of The Two Versions Of Halo 4 On iTunes

Loaded with official artwork from the Xbox 360 hit and padded with dozens of glowing reviews, the two Halo 4 games that made it through Apple’s strict app approval process this week are, quite obviously, not what they claim to be.


27 Classic Infocom Text Adventures All At Once, All For iOS

The Lost Treasures of Infocom collection is now available for iPad and iPhone, boasting 27 classic adventure games and more than 350 hours of gameplay for a mere $10.49.


Final Pocket God Update Blames Scientology For The End Of The World

Those poor Mayans. All this time we’ve been pointing to their broken calendar with anxiety and dream, when we really should have been pointing at completely plausible alien-based religion created by a science fiction author. Do you think there’ll be Tom Cruise? Oh yeah, there’ll be Tom Cruise.


Caribbean Adventure The Journey Down Makes Sweet Music On iOS

Skygoblin’s lovingly handcrafted point-and-click adventure The Journey Down hasn’t been ported to the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. No, it just sort of wandered in, bobbing its head to some sexy jazzy reggae, and made itself right at home.


This $220 In-App Purchase Could Save A Baby From HIV

There are medications an HIV-positive expectant mother can take throughout pregnancy and breastfeeding that grant her child a 98 per cent chance of being HIV free. $220 is enough to keep a mother in medication from conception to weaning. The largest in-app purchase in Coca-Cola and (RED)’s new free-to-play iOS game is $219.99 in Australia. That’s no coincidence.


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