Interview with Christina K, the brains and beauty behind Fuzzle

September 26th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

When I think of the words “computer programmer” normally I think of a dorky, pasty male who lives on snack foods and emerges from his basement only to replenish said snacks and occasionally attend a World Wide Developer Conference. So I was understandably intrigued when the stereotype-shattering video below surfaced of the lovely Christina, the […]

PhoneSaber finally re-released as Lightsaber Unleashed – Oh, and yeah, THQ ruined it

September 24th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

[Note, as of this writing, Lightsaber has not yet hit the iTunes store, but it DOES show up in your updates if you previously bought PhoneSaber]

There was much speculation a few months back when THQ asked TheMacBox to remove their popular free PhoneSaber Star Wars app from the iTunes store citing copyright issues (apparently you […]

First “accelerometer-based” iPhone game cheat discovered!

September 23rd | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Looks like the days of “Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, B, A, Select, Start” may be over!

One of the best things about game cheats is the usually unlikely series of tasks that must be performed in order to discover them. The iPhone, lacking physical buttons, offers game developers a […]

FEIST beta is spooky, bizare, FREE, and cool as hell

September 17th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Above: No, it’s not the 1,2,3,4 Feist, it’s a weird furry ball guy.
FEIST, a beautiful new 2D side scrolling platformer for the Mac created by Florian Faller and Adrian Stutz using the Unity engine has entered beta testing, and is available as a free download (Mac OSX only). The game has a definite spooky vibe […]

This video just saved me $10

September 15th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Thank god for YouTube.

Someone tell Namco you don’t HAVE to charge $9.99 for everything

September 14th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

With the dusting off off of the Arcade classic Pole Position, Namco now has 4 iPhone games available on the iTunes store, all 4 of which are listed at the “imaginary glass ceiling” price of $9.99 (so far the highest price the masses seem to accept for game pricing on iTunes).

These are not 5 star […]