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News: Mix: MotoChaser video, Bose settlement, Dr Awesome, ComiXology
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — Following the discovery of an undocumented iPhone API which allows for the output of video through a Dock Connector-based video cable, Freeverse has created a demo version of its MotoChaser game that runs and displays on a TV. According to Freeverse Producer Bruce Morrison, who found the game ran best on the iPod touch 2G thanks to its faster processor, the game runs at 20 fps (frames per second) through video-out, compared to 26 fps on the device itself, and is “nearly playable,” despite only three hours of development time. A video of the demo in action is available on YouTube . As the API in question is currently unpublished and puts heavy demands on ...

Article: iPhone Gems: Two-Dimensional Touch Games
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — Over the last few weeks, we’ve been testing a ton of new and relatively high profile iPhone games, many of which we plan to briefly review in Gems columns over the next couple of days. Today’s article looks as six 2-D games, while tomorrow’s is focused on 3-D games. [image] For a change, it’s actually worth reading about all of the games this week. Though we wouldn’t necessarily recommend you purchase them all, each one is intriguing enough to merit at least knowing about. [image] Antimatter ...

Dr. Awesome: iPhone Gaming Goes Viral. Literally.
iSmashPhone — Folks, I think we've just found the polar opposite of Amateur Surgeon. Ngmoco's Dr. Awesome turns you into Dr. Osbourne, "the world’s most popular microsurgeon."  (Modesty, I've noticed, is not one of Ngmoco's most notable traits.)  Continues the blurb, "A deadly strain of virus is attacking the population and you are tasked ...

Review: Dr. Awesome Micro Surgeon M.D. for iPhone
Infinite Loop — When I first saw the screenshots of Dr. Awesome - Microsurgeon M.D. I became a bit excited. I thoroughly enjoyed Trauma Center - Under the Knife for the Nintendo DS, and a surgical medical game for the iPhone, with a visual style so similar to the aforementioned DS title that I had to check it wasn't the same developer responsible for both games, I figured I had reason to be. Not only is the visual style of the game remarkably similar to the Trauma Center series, the premiss of the game is as well. You're a fledgling micro-surgeon in a seemingly busy hospital that has been hit by some sort of super virus. Naturally, as a surgeon you are called upon to use ...

What Apple can teach Nintendo and Sony
Macworld — by Darren Gladstone , PC World Editor’s Note: The following is reprinted from the Casual Friday blog at PCWorld.com . Nintendo, Sony: Let’s talk for a sec—just you and me. Look, guys, over the past couple of years, you’ve had a great run. Nintendo, your DS has tons of games, a wide variety of unique stuff that’s a blast to play. Sony, your PSP is a gadget-lover’s gaming tool, with everything from Skype to Internet-radio support (oh, yeah, and you have some cool games, as well). But unless you both do something in 2009, the iPhone and iPod Touch will soon become the top dogs in handheld gaming. Apple, the same folks who have pretty much ...