30
May
2011

Super Stickman Golf

Loving this game on iPad. Tried online multiplayer for the first time on iOS and the experience was great; matchmaking occured quickly, connection seemed steady and most importantly I won! :)

26
May
2011

Red Fight District trailer

Great homage to Super Street Fighter II Turbo with this trailer for a Dutch fighting game tournament.

Original trailer: Super Street Fighter II Turbo intro

Red Fight District trailer: Red Fight District

25
May
2011

iCade SDK

When I first saw the iCade I immediately wanted one but then wondered what games might be compatible with the setup. Apple haven’t made it easy so far to link in external controls to the iPad and despite the way the games industry has fallen over themselves to offer touchscreen offering over the past few years I’ll always prefer using a traditional joystick/joypad. So imagine my delight when I read that the makers of iCade are offering to share their SDK, for free, with interested developers!

The second a major retro game is released with iCade support I’m likely to order one. Games like WWF Wrestlefest, Double Dragon, Street Fighter II, R-Type (to name a few) are all crying out for a good port with decent controls, so I’m praying the Capcom’s/Namco’s/Irem’s of this world are watching and listening.

25
May
2011

Amazon Kindle

Ok, so I really like the iPad 2. It’s fantastic for a whole range of reasons but I still didn’t find it ideal as an e-reader. It’s a little heavy and large for that purpose and taking it out on a busy London Underground tube attracts too much attention for my liking.

So I got a Kindle.

And I love it as an e-reader.

It’s pretty much the perfect size, weight, doesn’t attract too many stares on the underground and my initial concern at it not being able to render tech books properly wasn’t nearly as problematic as I’d feared. It’s still not perfect when displaying code snippets but it’s workable. It’s pro’s far outweight any negatives; I’m nearly through my first Kindle book on JavaScript design patterns and I doubt I could’ve said the same had I bought the paperback and faced lugging around the physical book in amongst everything else in my daily bag.