Filed under: Gaming, Freeware, Developer, iPhone, App Store
This one might require a little patience to watch, but those interested will be rewarded well, I think. The footage above is from an Apple Store in Toyko’s Ginza shopping district, where none other than Keita Takahashi showed up to demo his latest iPhone game. Who’s Keito Takahashi? He’s the gaming auteur behind Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy, two of the weirdest yet most fascinating games of the last decade or so, and he’s bringing Noby Noby Boy to the iPhone.
Unfortunately, the above demo is in Japanese, but you can see what kinds of thinking is going into the game. It looks like he’s completely revamping the game as a top-down physics-based version of the already very strange PS3 version. We would provide you with some more explanation, but it probably won’t make things any clearer: the object of the game is to stretch out a little creature named BOY, and at the end of the level, your stretched length adds up with all the other players of the game online to another creature called GIRL, who is currently reaching out into the solar system. Told you it wouldn’t help.
Nevertheless, it’s pretty fascinating just to watch the four videos (start here) and see what weirdness transpires in the video — there are some interesting touchscreen controls, and lots of quick physics on the items bouncing around the iPhone’s screen. It’s not that great as an actual game preview, but that might not matter much anyway: Takahashi said a while back that whenever this weird monstrosity does release on Apple’s handheld, “price-wise might be like free.” We can’t wait to see it.
[via Panic]
TUAWNoby Noby Boy demoed at Apple Store in Japan originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Back in July, Barnes & Noble made it clear that it, too, had designs on the developing e-book market, as it launched an e-book store and released reading software for a variety of platforms, from traditional PCs to the iPhone. Today, the company is releasing its dedicated e-book reader, called the Nook, at an event in New York City. The device has many features that distinguish it from its competitors, including a small color touchscreen for control, the use of the Android operating system, all at a $259 price.
Information about the device has been appearing on and off at the Barnes & Noble eBook site for the last hour or so, so it’s possible that it will be accessible if you visit. At its most basic, the device evokes the Kindle, with a rounded white plastic frame sporting navigation buttons on either side of an E-Ink screen. The similarities end there, however.
Go to Barnes & Noble puts Android on an e-reader with the Nook
Cube already caught us off guard last month with a 1080i-capable PMP, and this month it’s outdoing itself once more. The H200D has yet to be fully detailed, but we do know that it’ll rock an expansive touchscreen, an HDMI output, RMVB support and arrive in red, blue or grey. Too bad it’ll take a flight to China to ever find one, but here’s hoping someone over on US soil takes a hint.
[Via iTechNews]
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Cube H200D PMP adds an HDMI output, a few color options originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 May 2009 12:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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In addition to the earlier reports regarding a potential alliance between Apple and Verizon, BusinessWeek has released a story where Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam reveals that he has been in discussion with Steve Jobs in the past six months.
The result, the magazine claims, could be two iPhone-like devices using Verizon’s CDMA network. One would be a lite version of the iPhone, the other a 7″ screen “media pad” — which would let users listen to music, view photos and high-def videos and place calls over WiFi. The media pad, according to BusinessWeek, is supposed to be smaller than Amazon’s Kindle, but with a bigger touchscreen. The so-called iPhone lite would be smaller and thinner than the existing handset. One of these devices could be introduced as early as this summer.
It’s not clear if either or both of these hypothetical devices would get around the AT&T exclusivity for the iPhone by being ‘different enough’ from the existing model. Still, the media pad concept aligns nicely with reports from manufacturers that a new portable product is in the works.
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TUAWMore rumors: Verizon + Apple frenzy grows with BW story originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It was a recipe for success: one of the biggest franchises in gaming, on the most popular gaming platform available, riding a crest of positive reviews. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars was set to burn the world down, but instead the game fizzled, selling only 88,704 copies. What the hell happened?
It’s possible that gamers simply weren’t interested in what they saw as a hacked-down version of the game, or that the demographic of the Nintendo DS really is as young as the haters would have you believe, no matter how many anecdotes you hear about adults buying the system.
It’s an absolute shame, as the game itself is amazing. The title uses the DS hardware in interesting ways, includes the touchscreen for a few novel mini-games without being annoying, and is the perfect way to get through a long plane ride or a boring car trip. The long-term damage? Developers may be much less likely to create games for older audiences on Nintendo’s portable device.
No matter what happens with the sales, the game is more than worth your time. Go get a copy!