Leaving Japan: What strategies should Nintendo adopt for the Wii U

There is trouble brewing for the Old Gods. On April 10th, Sony has released some very interesting numbers, announcing a ¥520 billion loss and an operating loss of ¥95 billion. It is the operating loss that matters, for it relates

Tiny Tower dev posts passive aggressive response to Dream Heights

Tiny Tower, a hit from tiny three-man developer Nimblebit, was Apple’s iPhone game of the year in 2011. Large mobile and social games developer Zynga apparently took notice of this and according to Nimblebit’s Ian Marsh tried to aquire the small developer. Failing at that, Zynga has created Dream Heights, a game that is totally nothing like Tiny Tower. Naturally outraged, Marsh posted an infographic wishing Zynga the best of luck with their stolen idea.

Phone Story is a Scathing Critique of Apple and Labor Abuse, If Only for a Day

Earlier today, serious game developer Molleindustria’s latest title Phone Story arrived on the App Store, but within a few hours it was gone. That might have something to do with the fact that the game is a scathing critique of the

Thoughts on the iPad From an Apple Newbie

I’m not one of those Apple people, who only ever buys Apple products, and sheepishly follows the company, buy everything they ever make, travel the globe for Mac World, or camp in front of Apple stores the day before the

Apple Gets Thaaaat Much Better…

See Matt’s Blog post regarding his new job. Have you been a fan of IGN’s Matt Casamassina? I have. For a long long time, I must admit. When Matt took over as the cheif Nintendo editor it was the best