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Old 07-29-2010, 06:21 AM   #151
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Dola, it was Touch Arcade: 'Risk: The Official Game' Released – Here Are Some Better Unofficial Games | Touch Arcade

Also, TUAW has some "Risternatives": Riskternatives: Conquist and Strategery

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Old 07-29-2010, 06:27 AM   #152
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cool, thanks TK!
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Old 07-29-2010, 06:31 AM   #153
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Lathum, I am partial to the Lux series of games - they are basically Risk clones, and depending on the version you get - there are free version and others, you can play a wide variety of maps. They are also available as PC games - Lux:Ancient Empires is my favorite.
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Old 07-29-2010, 06:32 AM   #154
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Thanks, will check it out
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Old 07-29-2010, 06:36 AM   #155
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cool, thanks TK!

You seem to be up early, BTW...

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Old 07-29-2010, 06:38 AM   #156
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lol, I'm in New Jersey visiting family. Not that it would be out of the question for my son to have my up this early in Seattle.
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Old 07-29-2010, 07:01 AM   #157
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I've started playing this app on the iPad called Shrek Karting or something like that - basically it's MarioKart style play only using the characters from Shrek. It's actually a surprisingly solid game, nice graphics, nice driving, and you have a variety of powerups to shoot at your enemies, and multiple characters and cars to choose from. I especially like how you can either steer by turning the whole device left or right, or use the option where you just tap the left or right side of the screen to turn - nice variety for people who like different control options.
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Old 07-29-2010, 07:06 AM   #158
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Good news, 3G owners: the WSJ reports that Apple is now "looking into" the reports about iOS 4 grinding the 3G to a halt.

Lifehacker (via Gizmodo) had a tip that has apparently helped some iPhone 3G owners: Disable Spotlight Searches to Improve iPhone 3G Performance on iOS 4

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Old 07-29-2010, 06:09 PM   #159
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Also, TUAW has some "Risternatives": Riskternatives: Conquist and Strategery

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I've had Lux Deluxe 2 for a while, and prior to iOS4.0 coming out, it was great. I really like the Texas map. Post-iOS4.0, the computer is so slow it's not worth opening up. They may have fixed it in an update to the game (downloaded an update this week), but I haven't played it.

I've been playing Sudoku 2 a lot lately after beating the Sword & Poker 2 game.
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Old 07-29-2010, 07:51 PM   #160
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Nobody wants to play words with friends with me?

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Old 08-06-2010, 07:35 PM   #161
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Civilization Revolution (not lite) is free, not sure for how long. But looks pretty old as of Nov, 2009.

http://itunes.apple.com/app/civiliza...324563544?mt=8

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Old 08-06-2010, 07:43 PM   #162
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Awesome thanks for the heads-up.
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Old 08-06-2010, 08:08 PM   #163
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Great looking out Edward! Can't beat a free full-featured game.
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Old 08-06-2010, 08:39 PM   #164
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its a pretty solid decent game too.
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Old 08-06-2010, 09:00 PM   #165
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No problem. Glad to support the Civ community here. Eagerly waiting for Sep 21.
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Old 08-07-2010, 06:48 AM   #166
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Have you guys tried the turn based strategy game Highborn? It just came out in iPad edition and I am loving it - fun combat and pretty amusing dialogue to boot. It's out for the iPhone and iPod Touch as well
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Old 08-07-2010, 06:54 AM   #167
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World Series of Poker Hold’em Legend for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store

I downloaded it free about a week ago, think it went back up, but free again. I play at the free table and it's fun and challenging for me.
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Old 08-11-2010, 02:36 PM   #168
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Question about the Championship Manager App. Is it the one that costs 2.99 and is it the full game? I have never player the PC version of the game, is this comparable? I am flying cross country tomorrow and looking for some new apps
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Old 08-11-2010, 03:14 PM   #169
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Question about the Championship Manager App. Is it the one that costs 2.99 and is it the full game? I have never player the PC version of the game, is this comparable? I am flying cross country tomorrow and looking for some new apps

Yes, it's the full game but it isn't as good as FM Handheld for the iPhone.
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Old 09-05-2010, 03:55 PM   #170
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Is there any site that tracks sales on games/apps for the App Store? I almost bought PacMan for the iPad for $5, but the next day it was on sale for .99 cents. So i bought that and a half dozen other namco games that were the same price. Obviously the resolution kind of sucks if you buy an iPhone game, but for classic stuff it's no biggie.

I was also going to get Pages the other day, but noticed it went up from $7 to $10.

So, anyways, any good site that tracks movement on prices.
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Old 09-05-2010, 04:42 PM   #171
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Yes, it's the full game but it isn't as good as FM Handheld for the iPhone.

Your checks in the post

(more seriously - FMH iPhone is on sale at the moment reduced in all stores if anyones been procrastinating about getting it ..)
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Old 09-05-2010, 10:01 PM   #172
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My wife is having a good time with an app called iAssociate. You get to associate words alla six degrees of Kevin Bacon. I get to help in some things like when she was linking "Lightning" and "world war 2". It's a ten letter word that starts with a "B".
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Old 09-05-2010, 10:55 PM   #173
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Is there any site that tracks sales on games/apps for the App Store? I almost bought PacMan for the iPad for $5, but the next day it was on sale for .99 cents. So i bought that and a half dozen other namco games that were the same price. Obviously the resolution kind of sucks if you buy an iPhone game, but for classic stuff it's no biggie.

I was also going to get Pages the other day, but noticed it went up from $7 to $10.

So, anyways, any good site that tracks movement on prices.

Appshopper.com does this exact thing
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Old 10-22-2010, 10:05 AM   #174
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So I just got my first iPhone (first ever smart phone actually)... I'll be going through this thread, but any cool apps that people can think of from the start? I'm thinking some of the earlier ones mentioned may not be valid anymore.
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Old 10-22-2010, 10:19 AM   #175
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So I just got my first iPhone (first ever smart phone actually)... I'll be going through this thread, but any cool apps that people can think of from the start? I'm thinking some of the earlier ones mentioned may not be valid anymore.

Yahoo Fantasy Football- If you have any leagues with them
Scrabble
Angry Birds
ESPN Radio App- If you listen to sports talk radio
Epicurious
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Old 10-22-2010, 10:21 AM   #176
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So I just got my first iPhone (first ever smart phone actually)... I'll be going through this thread, but any cool apps that people can think of from the start? I'm thinking some of the earlier ones mentioned may not be valid anymore.

I review iPhone apps. What kind of apps are you looking for? PM me if you'd like.
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Old 10-22-2010, 10:31 AM   #177
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I review iPhone apps. What kind of apps are you looking for? PM me if you'd like.


Where can we read your reviews?

I've been lobbying to my wife to get an iPod Touch for my 40th birthday that's coming up. She's not very tech savvy but I,ve got some money saved up so if she doesn't get me one, I will almost certainly go and splurge and get myself one, so I've been reading on apps and games and such. I think it's even your recommendation of appshopper.com that made me start checking them out.

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Old 10-22-2010, 10:34 AM   #178
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Apps I like:
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Facebook
Twitter
Kindle
Errands (a free to-do list type app, I use it to make grocery lists)
1Password
Epicurious
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Pandora
NPR News
MLB At Bat 2010 (if you like listening to baseball)

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Words With Friends (if you have friends that play Scrabble...I'm terpkristin)
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Old 10-22-2010, 12:34 PM   #179
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Old 10-22-2010, 12:37 PM   #180
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"Game Dev Story" doesn't look like much, but it's a terribly addictive business sim game. Can't recommend it enough...
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Old 10-22-2010, 03:46 PM   #181
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Calengoo (imports google calender from desktop)

You can connect google calendar straight to your calendar on the phone.

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Old 10-22-2010, 04:12 PM   #182
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Have you guys tried the turn based strategy game Highborn? It just came out in iPad edition and I am loving it - fun combat and pretty amusing dialogue to boot. It's out for the iPhone and iPod Touch as well

I got it and its a quite fun little game imho ... fairly 'easy' though.
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Old 10-22-2010, 05:07 PM   #183
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You can connect google calendar straight to your calendar on the phone.

Set Up Your Apple Device for Google Sync : Google Sync - Google Mobile Help

cool, thanks,,,,,
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Old 10-22-2010, 05:40 PM   #184
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Have you guys tried the turn based strategy game Highborn? It just came out in iPad edition and I am loving it - fun combat and pretty amusing dialogue to boot. It's out for the iPhone and iPod Touch as well

Good to know. It's been on my list to get/consider (I ended up doing Coinstar for an iTunes card and had a lot more money in change than I thought I did so ended up with a TON of iTunes credit). Once I'm done with S&P2, maybe it'll be my next game..

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Old 10-23-2010, 02:01 PM   #185
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"Game Dev Story" doesn't look like much, but it's a terribly addictive business sim game. Can't recommend it enough...

bah. you got me. I picked this up, and while pretty simplistic its addictive like crack. been playing this one for hours over the last few days.
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Old 10-23-2010, 03:20 PM   #186
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Thanks, I've picked up some of the free apps listed. Unfortunately, Pandora is not available in Canada, but it does seem cool.
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Old 10-23-2010, 03:53 PM   #187
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"Game Dev Story" doesn't look like much, but it's a terribly addictive business sim game. Can't recommend it enough...

Wow, what an awesome little game. I bought it last night and I bet I have close to 6 hours on it already. Thanks for recommending a great little game. I have been working on the front office baseball series.
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Old 10-23-2010, 05:02 PM   #188
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okay I'm hooked
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Old 10-23-2010, 09:48 PM   #189
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"Game Dev Story" doesn't look like much, but it's a terribly addictive business sim game. Can't recommend it enough...
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Old 10-24-2010, 04:22 PM   #190
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bah. you got me. I picked this up, and while pretty simplistic its addictive like crack. been playing this one for hours over the last few days.

me too....

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Old 10-27-2010, 06:02 PM   #191
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"Game Dev Story" doesn't look like much, but it's a terribly addictive business sim game. Can't recommend it enough...

This game is up there with Sword and Poker as the best game I've played on the iPhone/iTouch.

Poker Smash is good too.
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Old 10-27-2010, 07:28 PM   #192
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Old 10-28-2010, 09:58 PM   #193
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You guys sucked me into Game Dev Story. Not sure I understand what I'm doing yet, but it sure does suck the time away.

BTW: Football Manager is currently on sale for $2.99 - that's a lot of game for that price.
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Old 10-28-2010, 10:01 PM   #194
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BTW: Football Manager is currently on sale for $2.99 - that's a lot of game for that price.

yeah, saw that. Might be because FMHi 2011 is coming up? speaking of, maybe Marc can say, is 2011 coming out at the same time as the PC version?

Other notable app on sale is Plants vs Zombies, in what is apparently its first price drop ever, to $0.99.

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Old 10-29-2010, 10:27 AM   #195
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anybody ever heard about or tried Zombie Outbreak? I'm intrigued by it as it looks more like a simulation of how you manage a zombie infection than a simple zombie shooter. Could probably be something that the crowd of FOFC might like too...

It came to the app store only two weeks ago and is now on sale for $0.99.

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Old 10-30-2010, 01:51 PM   #196
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Now I'm addicted to Game Dev Story... almost done my first 20-year game. Seems like it was hard at the beginning, but now I can make money like crazy and always have the #1 selling game.
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Old 10-30-2010, 05:17 PM   #197
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anybody ever heard about or tried Zombie Outbreak? I'm intrigued by it as it looks more like a simulation of how you manage a zombie infection than a simple zombie shooter. Could probably be something that the crowd of FOFC might like too...

It came to the app store only two weeks ago and is now on sale for $0.99.

FM

Downloaded and played for about 3 minutes. Maybe it's better than I initially think, but I'm not sure I'll play it again.
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Old 10-30-2010, 05:27 PM   #198
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Okay, so the only way to get a hardware engineer is to get someone at level 5 in all categories? Has anyone here done this yet?

Also, here are my tips for matching genres:

The first category is Genre and the second is Type.
Shooter+War=Not Bad
Life+Dating=Amazing!
Puzzle+Reversi=Amazing!
Simulation+Historical=Not Bad
Simulation+Train=Amazing!
Adventure+Detective=Amazing!
Adventure+Mystery=Amazing!
Racing+Motorsport=Amazing!
Audio Novel+Romance=Amazing!

I would've thought the Simulation+Historical would be amazing (Civ) and the Shooter+War would be as well (Call of Duty, Medal of Honor).
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Old 10-31-2010, 11:03 AM   #199
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I did get a hardware engineer.

I had a hacker who had hardware engineer listed as a career. I then levelled up all his available careers to level 5 and that unlocked it. I'm not sure if the person needs to have hardware engineer listed in his career list though.

I'm not sure it's totally worth it. I spent a ton developing a game system but it just didn't really take off. Maybe I missed something along the way.
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Old 10-31-2010, 01:19 PM   #200
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I noticed that Pandora was listed on one of the first posts in this thread. I'm not sure how it took me so long to download it. I dock it to our stereo at the winery while working for music. I put MC Hammer in yesterday. The 19 year old kids working with me were laughing when 2 Legit 2 Quit came on.
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