re. portability the touch is a great platform esp. compared to the clunky DS but as a "thing" in gaming...actually from what I know of you forks this is right up your alley since it's like indie gaming city for super cheap, & I get the impression there are lots of gems being missed.
― Euler, Monday, 8 November 2010 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Hey if any of u sons of bitches are playing words with friends and want to remind me how dumb I am, I'm on there.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 01:38 (thirteen years ago) link
User jjjusten iirc, also I play the free version so if it takes me a while to respond I am probably learning about the fantastic features of some new scion automobile.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link
whoa, I'll play you! I got it a few month ago, but I have no iFriends to play it with that I know of.
I'll find you later tonight, or maybe early tomorrow. I'm something stupid like Z25SZ5S2, I think.
― Z S, Tuesday, 9 November 2010 02:04 (thirteen years ago) link
I play constantly and I'm from North Carolina so plz rest assured that me no word make good. my name is trdn89.
― "Anus Landlord": A little rough, but good. (jamescobo), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 02:09 (thirteen years ago) link
grbchv!
is me
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Tuesday, 9 November 2010 02:19 (thirteen years ago) link
are those your game center IDs?
i'm SLOCKI
― irritable bol syndrome (s1ocki), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 01:31 (thirteen years ago) link
so the bonus levels on trainyard are way more challenging than the regular ones (this is a good thing).
― xtc ep, etc (xp) (ledge), Friday, 12 November 2010 09:23 (thirteen years ago) link
can anyone seriously recommend getting a touch as a gaming platform? is it worth the cash in the same way as a ds?
― a pun based on a popular ilx meme (forksclovetofu), Monday, 8 November 2010 15:11 (4 days ago)
I've got some mates who are game developers and one who's a journalist (edits Kill Screen magazine) and nearly all of them rave about the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad as a boundary pushing gaming platform.
There also definitely seems to be more & more larger games arriving on the platform too. Galaxy of Fire 2 for instance provides at least 10 hours of gameplay and much much more if you're happy to just explore the universe in between doing the main story missions
― groovypanda, Friday, 12 November 2010 09:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Do posts about iPad games go here or is there a separate thread for them?
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Friday, 12 November 2010 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
hm. maybe the kind of thing i invest in when my ipod dies.
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 12 November 2010 15:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Jenny I would like to hear about yr iPad games
― swagl (dayo), Friday, 12 November 2010 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
OK! I have been playing Puzzle Quest in the iPad and that is pretty much the perfect platform for that game. Spider is better on the iPad, too, although I find it to be kind of boring. I could be missing something.
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Friday, 12 November 2010 16:36 (thirteen years ago) link
And Galaxy of Fire 2 looks like it will be awesome for the iPad. As soon as they release an HD version, I'm all over it.
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Friday, 12 November 2010 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I refuse to play a game on my iPad unless it's in HD =\
― swagl (dayo), Friday, 12 November 2010 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Definitely. Trying to play non-optimized games on the iPad is depressing. Puzzle Quest looks better on the iPad than it did on the DS. Easier to play, too, but I always has trouble w/ the stylus bc I type all day for a living and am always on the verge of a tendinitis aggravation.
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Friday, 12 November 2010 16:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Chopper 2 is HD on iPad and pretty well put together. You can use a touch or iPhone as a Bluetooth/wifi controller and hook the iPad up to a tv. Osmos is also HD and very relaxing. Though, paraphrasing someone upthread, it plays like you're fertilizing an egg. DoDonPachiR isn't HD but plays better on iPad. Mind, it's full-on Japanese style, seizure inducing awesomeness.
― shaane, Friday, 12 November 2010 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
puzzle quest on iphone is ass
― irritable bol syndrome (s1ocki), Friday, 12 November 2010 22:40 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^ massive ultra uber-ass. it really is awesome on iPad though.
― "Anus Landlord": A little rough, but good. (jamescobo), Saturday, 13 November 2010 00:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I keep trying to decide if it is worth it for me to get a Touch (or an iPad?) so I can play iPhone games. I really don't want the phone part of the iPhone, but I'm jealous of all the games I know I would love to be playing.
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 23:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Puzzle Quest/IPhone gets insanely boring somewhere around the halfway mark.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 02:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Yo guys, Assassin's Creed for iPhone is 99c right now and seems pretty fun so far!!
― twisted sister hazel dickens (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 18 November 2010 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
anyone played Rage HD yet?
― stet, Thursday, 18 November 2010 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
u kno what's pretty fun playing yr entire rack on the first move of a words w/friends game
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Thursday, 18 November 2010 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link
see gbx, whenever god closes a door, he opens a window
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 18 November 2010 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
oh no, you have fallen to words with friends as well
it is like crack
― ali-baba-boob-job-bomb.jpg (DJP), Thursday, 18 November 2010 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
oh yes, yes it is.
there are points where k and i end up angrily playing each other while sitting on the same couch. it is a sickness.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 18 November 2010 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
J and I have done the same thing
― ali-baba-boob-job-bomb.jpg (DJP), Thursday, 18 November 2010 18:22 (thirteen years ago) link
btw: deXness1973
― ali-baba-boob-job-bomb.jpg (DJP), Thursday, 18 November 2010 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I got an iPad and Game Dev Story and that baseball game.
I looked up and whoops, there went my evening!
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Friday, 19 November 2010 08:36 (thirteen years ago) link
if iPad were NES, 9 Innings, GameDevStory and maybe Drop7(still haven't played it) would be the Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt pack-in
― T-Rex's erotic imagination (Z S), Friday, 19 November 2010 13:06 (thirteen years ago) link
does 9 innings translate to non-american fun?
― hoy orbison (a hoy hoy), Friday, 19 November 2010 13:21 (thirteen years ago) link
and what if you don't give two shits about baseball? still fun?
― forksclovetofu, Friday, 19 November 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
^my question also
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 19 November 2010 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link
bought Zen Bound after reading a lot about it but so far I'm struggling to see the attraction (I guess I'm not really looking for Zen wisdom when playing on my iphone in the metro)
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 19 November 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost... no its not.
― sofatruck, Friday, 19 November 2010 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
It's definitely a baseball game, but with a very fun presentation style, and good touch controls.
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Friday, 19 November 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i would not advise 9 Innings for non-baseball fans... Angry Birds or Cut The Rope are much better games than 9 Innings but 9 Innings appeals to my awful baseball addiction.
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Friday, 19 November 2010 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Angry Birds has been awfully laggy since the Game Centre integration.
― Friday: vuvuzela club meeting (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 19 November 2010 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link
does everyone have minigore? it's free atm, i don't know how often that is the case. anyway, it's the only action-based game i've played on this thing (my 3g phone) that both controls well and compels me to play regularly
― sleepingbag, Friday, 19 November 2010 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link
aw mini gore!
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Friday, 19 November 2010 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah I just grabbed mini gore a few days ago and i dig it so far!
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Saturday, 20 November 2010 01:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, the Zen Bound games aren't really suited for train environments. They're more for playing alone at home if you need to unwind after a stressful day at work.
― groovypanda, Saturday, 20 November 2010 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
unwind
HIYOOOOOOOOOOOOO
― "Anus Landlord": A little rough, but good. (jamescobo), Saturday, 20 November 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Rage HD is a bit shit really, looks gorgeous but there's no game there. Galaxy On Fire 2 is soaking up increasing amounts of my time, the first few hours are quite annoyingly hard but once you get a bigger ship and a couple of upgrades it all gets a lot more fun.
― JimD, Sunday, 21 November 2010 10:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Preview of Infinity Blade over at IGN
Looks pretty awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDvPIhCd8N4
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 23 November 2010 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
idg mini gore, what else do you do besides shoot domokun?
― _| ̄|○| ̄|○| ̄|○ (dayo), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 16:19 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah its pretty boring
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 16:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyone else playing Words With Friends? It's fun but these ransoms always quit whenever I bingo..
― ╭∩╮⎝⏠⏝⏠⎠╭∩╮ (jeff), Friday, 26 November 2010 08:44 (thirteen years ago) link
The updates for DoodleGods have been cutely amusing fun. latest one was a kind of RPG theme pack, with wizards and dragons and raiding parties saving a princess and whatnot.
― And this one time, on Bandcamp... (Trayce), Saturday, 27 November 2010 00:37 (thirteen years ago) link