Opinion: How did an iPhone smoking game get a 12+ rating?
On May 29th, publisher TTr Games released Smoke Rings to the iPhone App Store. The object of the game is to use the microphone on your iPhone to blow smoke rings with virtual cigarettes. The better your smoke rings, the better your points. It’s essentially a smoking simulator with a scoring system.
While the idea comes across as pretty tasteless, something of this nature aimed at those in the legal age range to purchase tobacco is something that I really have no valid reason to get uptight about. But it’s not. The game has officially been rated 12+ for, and I quote, “infrequent/mild alcohol, tobacco or drug use or references”.
Eucalyptus Review: A Library in Your Hand
There is by no means a shortage of book readers in the App Store. Some are single books, and some contain many books. There is even a Kindle app, for reading paid-for books. Well only very recently, after being denied (because of its wide selection of titles), Eucalyptus was accepted into the App Store.
MusicBox Review: Music from Anywhere
Sites like YouTube provide tons of video for watching on the Internet. There are also many songs there too, with no real video attached. Sometimes you do want the whole video, but sometimes you just want the audio: Like for a song. One tool that was just recently released for that exact purpose is MusicBox.
Opinion: Does Apple have something up its sleeve for E3?
The Electronics Entertainment Expo, colliquially known as E3, is the video game industry’s annual press-based extravaganza. Many a companys fortunes are won and lost at E3. Everyone brings their best to the table, making myriad of new announcements and unveiling yet unheard of plans and strategies to guide the future on the industry. The gaming press, in turn, filters through all of this and spends the next year focussing on the upcoming titles that they’ve placed the most faith in.
Until recently the event isn’t something that most would have expected Apple to be associated with. Now, with the iPhone and iPod Touch taking the premiere spot in the handheld marketplace, it almost seems inevitable that they’d be making an appearance. So why aren’t they? And what do they have planned in lieu of attending?
TwitterFon Review: Another Twitter App
There are a number of good free iPhone twitter applications to choose from. TwitterFon is a free application that has every feature an average user would need. Recently the app rating on iTunes took a hit when a banner ad was added. Many people voiced their opinions by rating the application with one star and their only complaint was the addition of the banner ad. The developer released/pointed out a pro version which includes a couple additional features but the real benefit is no banner ad. Some twitter applications mix the add in with the tweets. TwitterFon has a fairly small banner across the top that is only visible when you have scrolled through all the tweets and are at the top position.
