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Touch Arcade: iPhone Game Reviews and News

Touch Arcade: iPhone Game Reviews and News
Arena battle games have really come into their own in recent years. Mobile platforms in particular have enjoyed a great crop, including Super Crate Box [$1.99], Muffin Knight [$0.99], Spell Sword [$0.99], and many others. It's a great way for a small developer to make a great action game without busting the bank, while providing a nice bite-sized bit of fun that suits mobiles well. Of course, for the gamer looking for something more than just a slice of game now and then, the better examples in this sub-genre have included some sort of progression system that persists beyond individual plays. Typically, this is done by putting in some sort of collectible or experience system that will unlock new weapons or abilities, which not only gives you something to shoot for over the long term, but also refreshes the game experience over time to keep it from getting dull...

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Forumite gets Dragon Age 2 ban after asking Bioware if they had “sold their souls to the EA devil” A Dragon Age 2 player who was banned from the Bioware forums is unable to activate his copy of the acclaimed RPG until his ban is lifted. He is very angry about it. As reported by Edge, Forum user v-ware says that he was banned for 72 hours for asking Bioware "have you sold your souls to the EA devil?" He made a new account to post about his predicament on the Bioware forums, saying that while he accepts the terms of the ban, he's found that it's unexpectedly stopped him from playing Dragon Age 2.

How to take incredible photos with your phone We recently discovered that the iPhone has become the most commonly used camera among Flickr users. Of course, there are photography purists who will say that taking a photo with your phone isn’t the same as using a sophisticated SLR camera, but the results speak for themselves. An improvement in the quality of camera phones, coupled with some great apps that really let you get creative, and you’d be amazed what kinds of photos you can take with your phone. As the saying goes, the best camera is the one you have with you. We’ve put together a short list of guidelines to keep in mind when using your phone, along with some examples of great phone photography and iPhoneography. Know your phone

Why Do Startups Fail? An Analysis of 3,200 High-growth Technology Startups I read a very interesting article on TechCrunch today about why startups fail. They shared data from research that Blackbox conducted for their Startup Genome project, which is trying to uncover what makes Silicon Valley startups succeed vs. fail. You can gain access to the free full report here. I highly recommend that you take the time to read through it. PS3 Randomly shut off.. Okay i was playing Fight Night Champion, Online, and out of no where, my PS3 shuts off. Now it wasn't a normal shut off. It shut off completely, not even the red standby light was on. I tried to turn it on with the controller, didn't work. So i went up to it, hit the power button, than the "red standby" light came on. and than i had to hit the power button once again to turn it on.

Expert Q&A: Video Games May Ease Pain An interview with Jeffrey I. Gold, PhD. Why do I need to register or sign in for WebMD to save? Get Started It only takes a few minutes to get started. You can upload your existing app to the Pieceable Viewer service right from the command line - no code changes needed. 1. Build for the simulator. You're already doing this during normal development - we just need to make note of where Xcode is placing your compiled binary (the .app folder). You can build for Debug or Release mode - it doesn't matter. The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss “Everyone’s looking for rules to follow, and the sooner you realize there aren’t any, the better art can be.”– Jerrod Carmichael Jerrod Carmichael is pushing the boundaries of comedy with his groundbreaking work in stand-up, television, and film. Now just 29 years old, what this driven North Carolina native has accomplished is mind-boggling, and 2017 is going to be his biggest year yet. Jerrod stars in the hit NBC series The Carmichael Show, which he also writes and executive produces. The third season of the show premieres in 2017.

11 Incredible Skyrim-Inspired Minecraft Builds Building Skyrim one block at a time. By Justin DavisHappy Minecraft Monday! This week we bring you some of the most-impressive Skyrim-inspired builds around. iTunes Movie Trailers iTunes Movie Trailers Poster ViewText View Previous The Evolution of RPG Archetypes Seems like every game is an RPG these days. At this point we fully expect the next chapter of Tetris to tout "RPG elements!" on the box. It's the cliché of our times. But saying something has been inspired by RPGs usually means more than "it has numbers and a skill tree." Just about anything with even a whiff of RPG about it can trace its roots back to Dungeons & Dragons, the tabletop adventure that debuted back in the '70s.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 Review: 1. Introduction Camera based on a production LX3 with V1.0 firmware (White balance section updated to reflect V1.1 performance) Panasonic's LX series has always been home to the company's most ambitious compacts, offering a range of photographer-friendly features in a small, stylish and solid body festooned with external controls. It's been two years since the launch of the LX2 and the market has changed a lot in that time - the level of features offered even on inexpensive models has grown and the cost of all cameras, particularly DSLRs, has fallen drastically.

Marriage and Children - Fire Emblem Awakening Wiki Guide Hold up, buddy. To edit this page, you'll need a username. (It's free and only takes a sec.) There are 13 children in Fire Emblem Awakening, all of which can be unlocked as playable Characters via marriage. The children can be acquired in Paralogues, or Side Missions, appearing after the corresponding mother (or your main character, aka My Unit) gets married and you complete Chapter 13. List of webcomics This list of notable webcomics includes comics which are (or were) primarily published on the Internet. It is organized chronologically by the comics' start dates. The dates shown after a name relate to the period during which the comic began appearing and, in the case of defunct comics, finished appearing. There is usually a fair degree of accuracy about the starting date, particularly in the case of comics whose archives are organized by date, but because of sporadic updates or the gradual loss of appeal of a particular strip the termination date is often uncertain.

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