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27 Bluetooth-enabled Multiplayer iPhone Games

Written on July 20, 2009 by Andrew Bednarz and 65 people have commented

The iPhone/iPod 3.0 OS allows third-party applications to utilize the device’s Bluetooth capabilities for two-player games. The first (and only) application I had that supported this in an update was Flight Control, and since then, whenever my wife and I are on a train, we occupy our time playing this.
The huge advantage of multiplayer Bluetooth [...]

App Review — Watchmen: Justice is Coming (As Long as You Don’t Mind Waiting)

Written on March 10, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 7 people have commented

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Watchmen: Justice is Coming

$0.99

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With Watchmen arriving at movie houses around the globe, the iPhone game attempts to brings the grim world of the costumed hero to you.
There’s a whole heap of Marvel in my comic collection but, I’m afraid, not so much DC. I preferred my heroes to [...]

Weekly App Store Roundup: Nov. 15, 2008

Written on November 15, 2008 by Olly Farshi and 1 person has commented

This week we’ve covered a multitude of methods for relaxing and socializing: Apple squeezed a new ultra-cheap “Movies of the Week” section in to iTunes; Google announced an update to Talk, now incorporating video chat; and we reviewed Event Box, a powerful tool that rolls all your social networks in to one neat application.
So in keeping [...]

Weekly App Store Roundup: Nov. 1, 2008

Written on November 01, 2008 by Olly Farshi and 2 people have commented

The time has arrived for us to wave a fond farewell to the week that brought us the joys of seeing Steve Wozniak dressed as a Sith Lord and the subsequent horror of seeing The Woz then attempt to act. As usual, the App Store has been chugging away in the background like a steam engine fueled only [...]