November 2011
2 posts
"Dad Testing" is Just As Important as Beta Testing
It’s easy to get insulated in a world of tech savvy individuals, especially in the tight-knit circles of iOS development. I’m going to speak in terms using the word “we” and “us” here because chances are, if you’re reading this, you’re the kind of person who spent their lives at least vaguely dabbling in technology. We grew up with early home...
Homecoming
I’m taking a break from my typical know-it-all soapboxing on the topic of iOS gaming to ramble on about my drive fro Los Angeles to Chicago. We’ll get back to our regular scheduling programming shortly. Anyway, some not-so-fun circumstances lead me to picking up a Prius and driving back to the Chicago area. I did it in two days, and… It was great.
Before I left, I spent quite a...
October 2011
1 post
Fueling The Freemium Fire
Earlier this week I posted my feelings on the overall disappointing nature of this year’s GDC Online over at TouchArcade, which seemed to add a considerable amount of fuel to the already blazing arguments taking place in IM windows, IRC channels, and Twitter timelines. After thinking about all this a little more, and watching on the sidelines of way too many of these discussions, I figured...
July 2011
2 posts
Use iTunes Description Text to Actually Describe...
One of the main questions I get asked by developers (and overhear at conferences) is, “How do I get on TouchArcade?” I’m not entirely sure there’s really any magic recipe for TouchArcade coverage. At the end of the day we’re just on the lookout for cool games that we enjoy and which we think others will enjoy as well. There are a zillion iOS dev blogs out there...
A Messenger Pigeon to the Majic Jungle
I wrote an article on TouchArcade today regarding free to play revenue overtaking paid game revenue on the App Store. Somewhat unsurprisingly, this news has stirred a significant reaction both from the vocal minority of people who despise everything to do with free to play and developers looking to dabble in the payment model for future projects. David Frampton posted some thoughts on his blog...
January 2010
1 post
My 1000 Word Post on the iPad.
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October 2009
1 post
Hi, How Are You
It’s usually not hard to pick the games we write about on Touch Arcade. All it basically comes down to is finding games we like, either from the App Store or from the many prerelease games that get emailed to us. I’d really love to tell a story of some insane selection process, but there really isn’t one. The good games almost always clearly stand out from the pack, and it often...
May 2009
2 posts
In the paper (again) today.
The Naperville Sun ran an article today based on their Twitter feedback earlier in the week from the following tweet:
I responded and got published in the newspaper:
On Twitter, Eli Hodapp (@hodapp) wrote: “I am texting or using Twitter while driving, walking and doing most other things. A phone with QWERTY makes it very easy.”
When I asked if he ever had a close call, he...
How do I make my video vertical like Zen Bound!?
I’ve already gone over the importance of producing a high quality trailer for your iPhone game in my previous post, iPhone Developer PSA. If you’re new here, I’d check that out first just so I can completely hammer in to your brain how important things like this are if you want to have any success at all in advertising your iPhone game.
Anyway, on with the show.
A problem I...
April 2009
4 posts
Great Expectations
Something that I’ve been noticing more and more as I get deeper in to the iPhone “scene” is the increasingly unrealistic expectations in what some gamers come to demand for their money when buying something from the App Store. I realize this could entirely just be the extremely vocal minority, but a shocking number of people all seem to be looking for the same thing: A phenomenal...
iPhone Developer PSA
Not too long ago Ian Marsh made an interesting post on the NimbleBit blog about always being prepared to be contacted by Apple marketing. Ian chooses to take a proactive approach towards the prospect of being featured by Apple and offers fellow developers a list of things required of them should they be lucky enough to get chosen. After thinking about this for a few days I figured I’d offer...
Sync in Progress...
There has been a serious lack of activity around here for the past month, mostly because I’ve been using Twitter a lot more which made re-posting stupid links and images here seem fairly redundant but also because I’ve spent the last month writing for Touch Arcade. (Actually, longer than that. I’m just going off when my first review was published.)
Getting involved in the iPhone...
Rollin' on d20's.
I love how accessible Dungeons & Dragons is. I’ve been playing a 3.5 edition game every Friday from 10 PM to 2 AM at Comic Connections in downtown Oswego. 3.5 is much more complicated than 4th edition but even so, it’s such a welcome change from my days of PC and console gaming.
Don’t get me wrong, I had a blast hosting LANgasm with all my friends back when LAN parties...
March 2009
1 post
Topple 2 - Triangles make for cruel mistresses.
Say hello to my first review published on Touch Arcade.
October 2008
1 post
September 2008
12 posts
THIS is truly remarkable.
So while waiting for the project I’ve been working on to slowly upload I decided I’d send my thoughts regarding the proposed financial bailouts following my discovery of the Marcy Kaptur video and the email I sent to her office. Along the way I stumbled across congress.org, a spinoff of Capitol Advantage and Knowlegis.
OK, so it’s run by lobbyists, I can overlook that since...
I hate you, Covad.
I’ve been having problems with my DSL lately, I keep losing sync randomly, ping times are all over the place, and my transfer speed vary wildly. I called Speakeasy about this, they were extremely helpful in doing everything they could possibly do on their end and recommended dispatching a technician to see if there is any problems with something on site. They were supposed to show up...
August 2008
34 posts
Time travellers from the future 'could be here in... →
Hopefully they’ll bring news of Wyld Stallyns.
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“Do you know how many people who come to these food pantries are welfare children...”
– Some troll on the Naperville Potluck which unfortunately was removed.
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“In her first week at market, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi sold just 2,737...”
– Drudge Report
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Google Street View: Australia! →
WatchMy brain just exploded.
“Jacksonville police say Reginald Peterson needs to learn that 911 is not the...”
– AP
Mr. Rogers is being taken off the air.
According to Paste Magazine, Mr. Rogers is being cut from weekday syndication and instead is only going to be aired once a week or maybe even not at all. As someone who grew up watching Mr. Rogers, and seeing the sheer crap that is labeled as kids’ television programming these days this is pretty amazing to me.
Here are some things you might not know about Mr. Rogers, he wasn’t just...
China readies artillery to avert rain at Olympics,... →
This whole China controlling the weather thing seems a little too much like the Command and Conquer video game series for my tastes.
“Oil prices plunged to a three-month low Monday, briefly tumbling below $120 a...”
– AP
“‘It’s not a request we make lightly. But the American people are...”
– Neither Boehner nor Blunt are expected to be in attendance at Monday’s talkfest, and its unclear if they will show up at any point during the week, according to GOP leadership aides.
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