Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Lawn Darts

Lawn Darts by Concrete Software is very entertaining game. The graphics are not breathtaking; however, the game play is great.
You can pass away those idle moments of boredom. You can play to types of games: Lawn Darts and Clown Darts.

In Lawn Darts, one or two players toss darts into a ring, scoring points for being within the circled areas.

In Clown Darts, one or two players tosses a leading dart to set the target for their darts, instead of into a ring. Points are scored for being close to the targeted dart.

Download on your iPod Touch today.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

TapDefence

TapDefence is a great game with a single objective: Keep the things of hell from crossing the threshold of the Pearly Gates.

Sounds simple on paper, it is a much hard thing to do in practice. It is a lot of fun building up towers to try and kill the hellish creature.

Download on your iPod Touch today.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Raging Thunder - A peek into the Future of iPod Touch Gaming


Polarbit's award winning racing game, Raging Thunder makes its way to the iPod Touch and iPhone platform in the form of a Demo. Raging Thunder is a racing game that looks as good as any racer game you would find at an arcade shop. It offers multiple modes like timed, arcade and championship modes. Currently demo works without limitation; however, there is no sound.




Raging Thunder is a gut-churning, tire burning racer developed for a broad range of mobile platforms and handheld devices. Race against time, CPU controlled opponents or up to three other speed addicts in this fast paced and exhilarating coin-op style racing game. Raging Thunder allows players control over some of the most extreme muscle cars in the world, on a variety of tracks set in different beautifully realized environments. The crisp graphics, responsive controls and polished details of Raging Thunder are sure to impress both casual gamers and the hard-core alike.

Not a realistic racing simulator, Raging Thunder is a game based on tried and true arcade values. Speed, accessibility and fun, in other words, trump the limitations imposed by so called ‘real world physics’. In the world of Raging Thunder there are no such things as ‘too narrow turns’ or ‘impossible overtakes’ (and luckily, definitely no such things as ‘traffic control officers’).

"The primary strengths of Raging Thunder, and the aspects we ourselves are most proud of, is its immersive gameplay mechanics, its responsive, precise controls and its rich, beautiful graphics. It is a game for everyone to ‘pick up and play’, for ten minutes or for two hours, but one that evolves as players progress. We want Raging Thunder to create an itch in players that only ‘finishing that next race’ can scratch. Increasing difficulty, unlockable features and a dynamic game world offers replayability and guarantees that the game stays fresh. "


The thing that separates this version from the other platforms is that it uses Apple's Accelerometer feature to stear the car; just tilt the device to the left or right to steer around corners and other cars. The Apple version uses Polarbit's 3D version that overlooks the racing exerience from a third-person perspective. I would guess that the game will be made available in or after June 2008 via the Apple's Application store.


The game's demo is available after installing the "BigBoss's Apps and Thing" source on your iPod Touch or iPhone.


Polarbit is a game and middleware development company offering products and services to manufacturers, operators and publishers in the high-end mobile and handheld sectors worldwide. Their development processes, technical solutions and tools enable them to provide first-rate content to a wide selection of hardware and software platforms.




Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Installer.app 3.1 Adds Ability to Filter Application List

Installer.app now includes a filter bar that allows you to type text and have the list of applications filter to only include those applications that have the text that you type in the filter field.





It looks like it is a search bar; however, your do not have to click a search or "go" button. The list automatically filters the current list as you type text into the field. The Filter bar only appears once you select a category of application or only when a list of applications are listed.


Sunday, May 4, 2008

Custom Wallpaper for iPod Touch

If you want to to use a custom wallpaper on your Jail Broken iPod Touch, there are a few ways to do it. I will show you what tools I used to make a custom wallpaper made from my own photos. This is the end result, below I will give you the steps.




The tools that you will need are:
  • PhotoBoard - A multitouch photo browser available for install through the installer.app as a part of the Ste Packaging Source.
  • Capture - A screenshot capture utility available for install through the installer.app only after you install the Big Boss's Apps and Things Source - http://sleepers.net/iphonerepo
  • TouchRoll - Adds a camera roll link within your photos application; available for install through the installer.app only after you add the iSpazio Official Source - http://repo.ispazio.net/
Steps:
  1. Add all three applications.
  2. Open the Capture application and click the "Launch Capture" button. The program will exit but keep a movable pad available with two choices "Snap" and "Exit".
  3. Navigate to and open the PhotoBoard application. Arrange the photos the way you want and click the "Snap" button. I recommend rearranging the photos a couple of ways and snapping shots of these before you exit the PhotoBoard application. Once you exit PhotoBoard, all of your work will be erased. Also, you can not remove a picture once you add it to the board, so be careful before selecting a picture.
  4. Press the "Exit" button to exit the Capture program.
  5. Launch the Photo application and select the "Camera Roll" link.
  6. Select the picture you created with PhotoBoard. Click on the picture to bring up the links on the bottom of the screen. Click the curved arrow on the bottom left and then select "Use As Wallpaper".

There you go.


Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Working with the iPod Touch on the Go

My trusty Treo 755p is still with me at all times; however, I have been trying to minimize it use in favor of using my month old iPod Touch.

The iPod Touch is diffidently a much better media player than the Treo is. The bigger and beautiful screen makes it the best for viewing movies burned from my DVD library or Netflix.com.

The touch interface is something that just did not exist prior to the iPhone and iPod Touch debut. Now there have been devices with touch screen prior to these both; however, no other device does it quite the same as this. It makes everything that I do with the iPod Touch much more enjoyable.

Managing and listening to music and podcasts are better on the iPod. The Treo is better for getting recently released podcast because of it's always connected to the cloud ability.
It is much easier to type with the Treo than with the iPod Touch because it offers a QWERTY keyboard. I have gotten much better typing with the Touch however it is not as fast as with the Treo. It does help that the touch can autocorrect words when typing long amounts of text.
The email looks much better on the iPod because of its ability to view and render HTML; however, it can only handle my personal email while the Treo does do that plus it handles my corporate mail (Exchange).

The biggest issue I have with the iPod is that it does not have the ability to back up the entire device's content. Since the iPod Touch only become a contender as a PDA with the addition of 3rd party apps, that are only available after Jail Breaking the device, this is a big issue.

Just as with the Palm OS community, there will be developers that have buggy software that may cause the device is become unstable. I have been forced to restore the device and lose data and settings. Hopefully Apple will address the issue of buggy software and the lack of ability to back up the entire device.

Sent from my iPod Touch.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Say Hello to the Newest Apple Fanboy

Hello, my name Carl W. Brooks and I am finally an Apple fanboy (again). You see I was a fan of Apple way back, well before most of its diehards were even born. Way back in the 1980's when I was the computer room assistant at Frank Cody High school in Detroit, MI. The product then was the Apple IIc and IIe (I believe). I enjoyed games such as Aztec, Pitfall and Fahrenheit 461. It had been many years since the "business world" stole me away from Apple.

The iPod Touch is the one product that finally turned my head back in the direction of Apple Computers. It is a great media player, and so-so gaming device and a handicapped Personal Information Manager. The interface and look is the nicest thing about the device.

I am even considering a Macmini to get my feet wet in the Apple desktop waters.