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Games you should be playing: geoDefense

THANK YOU, WE HAVE OUR WINNERS. CONGRATS TO FAITHFUL MACENSTEIN READERS JONRO AND HUGO. The “tower defense” genre just got a whole lot harder. Behold geoDefense, easily the hardest, yet one of the coolest, tower defense games on the iPhone/iPod touch I have played, and we have two FREE CODES to give away (details below). The super-cool explosions and “warps” are extremely cool, and stills don’t do them justice. geoDefense is a somewhat unique take... Read More

I’m voting for that shirt Woz, not you

I know I said I wasn’t going to watch Steve Wozniak on Dancing with the Stars – I feared I might somehow lose respect for the Apple co-founder – but that’s only because I didn’t realize he’d be wearing pink satin shirts (grudgingly) tucked into form fitting pants! This changes everything! Above: Steve Wozniak, begging for Mac users’ votes As we all know, I am a fan of exquisite fabrics and theatrical costumes, especially when worn... Read More

Might be time for a costume re-design

I’ve always been more of a fan of Superheroes who wore masks, like Spider-Man and Batman, over those who used the “comb my hair the other way” trick to protect their secret identity – it just makes more sense. Now granted, Superman was created in the 30′s, so the idea computers, let alone facial recognition, might have been a bit hard for its creators to imagine, but it looks like technology may have finally caught up with the Man of Steel. Thanks... Read More

iJiggly•Bikini finally brings Interactive, 3D Jiggly Boobs to the iPhone, where they belong

When iBoobs was banned from the iTunes app store, we all feared we would never have an accelerometer-based 3D breast Jiggling app for the iPhone. Sure, iJiggles and Wobble stepped up to the plate with their 2D offerings, but let’s be honest, after that 3D episode of Chuck following the Super Bowl, 2D just ain’t gonna cut it anymore. Well, the crafty folks at Shroomies LLC managed to sneak one past the iTunes sentinels, and have successfully brought iJiggly•Bikini... Read More

A&E violates Apple’s EULA

Move over Psystar, looks like Apple has bigger fish to fry! Check out this little bit of DMCA-circumventing that A&E thought they could slip by us simply because they figured no one would be watching their new Patrick Swayze vehicle, The Beast. Well, apparently they didn’t count on eagle-eyed faithful Macenstein reader (and Swayze fan) Kerry! “I was watching the A&E show The Beast (Patrick Swayze Lives) and as you can clearing see the character is working... Read More

Like shooting ducks in a barrel

Just because a joke is easy doesn’t mean it isn’t funny. Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Justin for the tip! [via 9to5Mac]  Read More

Games you should be playing: Tower Bloxx Deluxe 3D

Tower Bloxx Deluxe 3D is a game made by Digital Chocolate (Chocolate Shop Frenzy and Crazy Penguin Catapult) somewhat reminiscent of Topple, although with more depth and replayability. The game has 4 game modes: Quick Game, Multi-player, Time Challenge, and City Building Mode. The basics of all 4 games are you want to build the tallest, straightest building possible, in hopes of attracting the largest population (people seems to enjoy living in straight, non wobbly, non-collapsing... Read More

A “Category 5 Engrish Storm” hits iTunes

We’ve seen a lot of ENGRISH on the iTunes App store, but we’ve never hit a Category 5 Engrish Storm until now. Behold Japanese OMiKuJi. I’m not even sure after reading this that its developers chose “English” as the “to” language when they ran Google Translate. Although I will admit, it could just be a clever marketing tactic, as Lord knows I am dying to “meet the pigging”, whatever the hell that is. Read More  Read More

Free MIMOBOT of the Week: Pink Meletta by tokidoki

We’ve teamed up with Mimoco to bring you a feature we think everyone will love - The Free MIMOBOT of the week contest! Each week we’ll be offering you a chance to win a different 2 GB MIMOBOT. This week in celebration of Valentine’s Day, we are giving away the super cool Pink Meletta by tokidoki. Odds are you totally dropped the ball this Valentine’s Day and got the special lady in your life something lame like diamonds or trip to Aruba or something.... Read More

Microsoft’s anal-sounding retail announcement illustrates why its stores will fail

Remember back in 2001 when Apple first announced it would be opening 25 retail stores? Well, just in case you don’t re-read old Apple Press releases to your kids at bedtime each night, here’s a quick refresher on how Steve Jobs described Apple’s motives in opening their stores: “The Apple stores offer an amazing new way to buy a computer. Rather than just hear about megahertz and megabytes, customers can now learn and experience the things they can actually... Read More