that's how I do it, except for a few good quick time-passers as documented upthread
― Euler, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 23:23 (eleven years ago) link
I bought a gphoneEnormous sadface
― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
selllllllout
― Nhex, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 05:43 (eleven years ago) link
i'm finding it difficult to avoiding succumbing to the urge to buy an ipad
:(
but if i did it would basically be games/ipad, music/iphone for me
― Z S, Tuesday, January 29, 2013 3:16 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hold out 6-18 months for a retina iPad mini, it will be the best iPad to buy.
― Instagram Llewyn Davis (silby), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 09:22 (eleven years ago) link
Fairway Solitaire is hella addictive.
― s.clover, Monday, 4 February 2013 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
^ otm
also, if youre into MAME, grab the game Gridlee before apple yanks it: it has a fully functional MAME system hidden away
― ☕ (diamonddave85), Monday, 4 February 2013 22:24 (eleven years ago) link
I got an ipad last week.. anything essential I should know about? I have swords and sorcery and thats about it..
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 00:26 (eleven years ago) link
If you are a nerd, Prompt is essential for remote shells to your servers.
Oh this is the games thread.
― Women, Fire, and Dangerous Zings (silby), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 00:29 (eleven years ago) link
lots of essentials! i loaded up my phone based on last years coint and plick among other things.
― s.clover, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 00:30 (eleven years ago) link
if you don't mind a bit of gore, the walking dead is the best game I've played on the ipad (and I'm not even a fan of the comic/series tbh)
infinity blade is another that takes advantage of the real estate
― unprepared guitar (Edward III), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
I don't care about zombies, don't mind gore but don't seek it out, have never seen the comic or the tv show & can't imagine that I ever will
for a jerk like me, then, what's so good about the walking dead game?
(I want to be sold on it!)
― Euler, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
very well written, consequences feel significant + permanent
― Mordy, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
ok, recycling this tl;dr from one of my posts on the dedicated WD thread, but suffice it to say it is the most moving video game I've ever played:
not a fan of the show at all but fell in love with this game. rented it for xbox on a whim, expected some FPS zombie hunt cheap jollies. then when this point-and-click style adventure game started up I was like wtf? but the characters and story and ethical choices became really engaging. having a limited amount of time to choose how your character will respond verbally causes the thrills to come from decision-making rather than from battle. first person heated argument! the conflicting loyalties, moral dilemmas, self-worth issues, caretaking focus, and self-preservation cruxes are emotionally involving. good uses of ambient quiet moments, and real suspense.
got halfway through eps 2, then bought the rest of the series for the ipad. it's the best ipad video game I've played. since the controls are so limited the gameplay actually works better on a tablet. you don't have to scan the environment looking for objects - they're highlighted whether you're looking at them or not, which is good since half of them are usually garbage ("hmm what an interesting EMPTY BOX"). the puzzle-solving stuff was the most frustrating aspect on xbox, I scanned every inch of that goddamned drugstore twice before noticing the brick laying just outside the gate.
― unprepared guitar (Edward III), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
oops shoulda deleted that spoiler in the middle para
sorry dudes
― unprepared guitar (Edward III), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
also you can play the first eps for free (there are 5) so if you dl it and play it and can then restrain yrself from buying the rest I dare ya
― unprepared guitar (Edward III), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
I just played half-life 2 for the first time yesterday, and after hearing for years how great the plot on that is, it was like playing space invaders compared to the walking dead
― unprepared guitar (Edward III), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
going to be a lot of great recs in the new coint and plick results too. but my essential games right now would be Punch Quest, Subway Surfers, 1000000, any one kairosoft game, jetpack joyride, eyelord, wargames, tiny wings. lots of people rep for ticket to ride, and monsters ate my condo too, even though i don't really tend to play them. for deeper gameplay, waking mars is awesome.
this list is way tilted to 5 minute puzzler/matcher/runner stuff though. for ipad you can also get remakes of lots of videogame classics, plus things like all the gtas. depends what you're into.
― s.clover, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
new star soccerstickman golfking cashing
― do you even frogbs? (cozen), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
Drop 7Dungeon RaidSpellTowerYanivTrainyard
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
¡ASSAF!
― do you even frogbs? (cozen), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
Rayman Run is pretty great too, kicking myself for forgetting to include it in my C&P list.
― JimD, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 21:02 (eleven years ago) link
momonga pinball is really good, btw.
― s.clover, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
jet set radio is like 99c at the moment -- just grabbed it.
― s.clover, Monday, 11 February 2013 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
Is it playable at all on iPhone? I LOVED that on my Dreamcast.
― schwantz, Monday, 11 February 2013 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
it's touchscreen-fiddly but not terrible
― walloreinhart (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 11 February 2013 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
mutherfuck I am playing a lot of Cook, Serve, Delicious! why because it is fun to make food. cut the fish! grill the steak! pound the chicken! lol. nachos! & you can get improvements to your restaurant! it is fun fun fun
― Euler, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
Seems apple have let a game into the App Store which I guess is essentially malware, it's sending out game centre challenges without user permission and propagating itself that way. So if you're on my friend list and get a request from something called Hold 50 Sec then a) sorry and b) ignore it.
― JimD, Sunday, 17 February 2013 10:08 (eleven years ago) link
Ha that woke me up last night! All sound alerts now disabled.
― ledge, Sunday, 17 February 2013 10:13 (eleven years ago) link
^^^i got one from you!
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Sunday, 17 February 2013 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
fucking hell, cook serve delicious is stupid addictivei know the 5 buck price is gonna make people scared off but it's basically touch screen cooking mama with heavy RPG elements based on this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wF2RQaBMGs
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 February 2013 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
Here. Are any peeps on that Simpsons thing?
― hyggeligt, Sunday, 17 February 2013 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
I'm hygilx on that Origin thing.
― hyggeligt, Sunday, 17 February 2013 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks thread for New Star Soccer. Missed two subways stops in the past week thanks to this.
Also I'm sofatruck in the Simpsons thing.
― sofatruck, Monday, 18 February 2013 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
almost have a five star restaurant in Cook, Serve, Delicious!
pro tip: level up your wine as fast as you can, because it pays the truly big bucks
― Euler, Monday, 18 February 2013 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
Err, meant the coint and plick thread.
― sofatruck, Monday, 18 February 2013 00:10 (eleven years ago) link
polyphonique in the simpsons timewaster
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Monday, 18 February 2013 02:01 (eleven years ago) link
Have contacted you both for BFF adventures.
― hyggeligt, Monday, 18 February 2013 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
Lords of Midnight on sale now, Speccy typeshttps://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-lords-of-midnight/id583644181?mt=8
― stet, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
Infinity Blade is free right now, it seems, for anyone who somehow has 624MB free on their phones!
― Z S, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
btw, the new iOS 5/6 formatting of the app store is reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally stupid. somehow they decided it was a good idea to make the icons 3x as large, and truncate all the text to 8 characters. let's see what the top selling games are today!
1. Clear Visi... 2. WhatsApp... 3. Minecraft ... 4. Angry Bird... 5. Haze 6. Fionna Fig... 7. Fruit Ninja 8. Need for S... 9. Arms Cart... 10. Clear Visi... 11. The Ama...
― Z S, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry, I meant "Infinity Bla..."
― Z S, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
top grossing:
1. Clash of C...
― : ; : (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
3. Candy Cru...
good lord where is kenneth williams
― : ; : (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
Totally addicted to Beastie Bay this past week.
― Millsner, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 03:36 (eleven years ago) link
This looks like it's going to suck, but still.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zEuxR7ICcs
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
man i love usagi but i don't need him in a hack n slash gameat least the art is reasonably true to sakai
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
The art made me watch the trailer twice. Gameplay looks asstastic.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
Spooky 2D/3D adventure game Year Walk, based on Swedish folklore, came out this week. I'm liking the Contre Jour aesthetics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbaZFBHd_qg
― Sanpaku, Thursday, 21 February 2013 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
Oops. Wrong trailer. Not many games come out with a free companion app.
http://www.youtube.com/watch&v=tBRinjOlugk
― Sanpaku, Thursday, 21 February 2013 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
Wasteland Kings looks good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBveo6Zni10
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Monday, 25 February 2013 18:17 (eleven years ago) link