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Tools for Procrastination and Lecture Survival – Part 1
I have decided to write this two-part article as a part protest and part laugh, so sit back, relax and enjoy!
This is a scene that every tertiary student is intimately familiar with… You’re sitting in seats that you could swear were designed by sadistic old men, hell bent on your discomfort. Staring blankly at a lecturer, who is rambling on about something you couldn’t care less about, not because the topic sucks exactly, but because they use words like um & anyway as if they were vowels and it makes your head hurt. You’re drawing pictures, doing assignments or thinking about the pretty girl (or cute guy) a few rows down.
However my fellow students, do not despair! The apple may have got us chucked out of Eden but it is our salvation! You pay $700 for each class that drives you insane, so why not enjoy it? Be it an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, they will save you, the only question is how? With so many apps and also the internet at our fingertips what should we do?…
Read MoreAppView: Mighty Fin
Fin needs a vacation. He’s signed up for Shady Sal’s suspiciously cheap — and possibly deadly — Round the World Tour. Hey, money’s tight when you’re a working fish.
Mighty Fin is an addictive arcade game that’s easy to pick up, hard to master… and impossible to put down. The controls are simple: touch the screen to dive and let go to soar through the air. Grab bubbles for a high score, leap over lighthouses, swim under icebergs, and try not to get eaten by hungry sharks!
Features:
★ Guide Fin through golden isles, arctic ice caves, and vicious storms
★ Replayable levels that are never the same twice
★ Beautiful Retina Display artwork
★ Collect over two dozen souvenir costumes, from sombreros to bunny ears
★ Compete for gold medals and Game Center high scores
Price: $1.29
– Mighty Fin…
Kiwi App Review: RugbyHeaven Super Rugby
The new rugby season has just kicked off with the new ‘Super Rugby 2011′ competition but are you ready? Have you got the teams figured out, read the latest news and worked out when and where your favourite team are playing? Well fear not, RugbyHeaven [Stuff] have just released their latest and greatest iPhone app, ‘RugbyHeaven Super Rugby’. We’ve had the app installed for a few days now so keep reading to see how this app is going to help you keep up throughout the season.…
Read MoreFTW: Is the Apple TV about to take on Xbox Live?
One of TUAW’s tipsters points to an interesting possible development for the Apple TV: an online gaming service beyond what Game Center’s paltry offerings currently provide, expanding gaming in iOS to the “hobby” living room device.
via Is the Apple TV about to take on Xbox Live?.…
Read MoreTop app publishers slash prices for Thanksgiving, discounts extend to NZ Store
We may not celebrate Thanksgiving here in New Zealand, but we’re being invited to join in with the festivities. No, I’m not talking about cold turkey sandwiches but hot, juicy apps from publishers such as EA and Gameloft with prices slashed all the way to practically free. Keep reading for our round-up of the top pickings.…
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Posted in All, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch
Get paid to test games for Sidhe (PikPok)
Here’s one I’ve not seen for iPhone before and something we wouldn’t normaly do… Sidhe, the New Zealand based game development company, are offering to pay for game usability testing and whilst this may not be an entirely new concept, for iPhone game testing it is (although they have said it may not be just iPhone games). Continue reading to see what they are offering…
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Posted in All, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Other News
iPad 101: Essential apps for your new arrival
So, after a tense few days pacing up and down, your beautiful new iPad has arrived! Life will never be the same again, and as a proud parent you’ll want to do the best by your little one, so stop by after the ‘read more’ to find our list of essential iPad apps to help get you through those first few weeks.…
Read MoreiPad thoughts – one month on
Still weighing up an iPad purchase when they are released here? I’ve had mine for just over a month and I thought I’d share my opinion on the device and tell you how I’ve used it so far at home and at work. Read on for my thoughts.…
Read MoreEA Games on sale at $1.29 for 48 hours
If you’re looking to load up your iOS Device with some quality games, now’s the time to grab a bargain with some crazy prices on some of the best titles in the App Store, including the superb Need For Speed series. EA Games have slashed the price of all of their games to just $1.29 for the next 48 hours. Head past the ‘read more’ button for details of the included titles and direct links.…
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Kiwi app mini review and Giveaway: Ducked Up!
New Zealand iPhone developers AlphaSprite have kindly provided me with a key to their latest iPhone game, Ducked Up!.
We all love hearing about successful New Zealand developers, so read on for more info about this game!…
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App Store Essentials: All-in-1 Gamebox is 26 times cheaper than it should be… and counting!
All-in-1 Gamebox is one of those apps that has been hanging around the Top Ten for a while now, and currently it is sat in pride-of-place at number one. It’s an interesting concept: you buy the app for $1.29, and with every update another game is added for free, meaning your initial investment of $1.29 keeps on delivering more-and-more value.
Having started with eight games on-board back in October 2009, the app now boasts an impressive twenty-six games, so the return on investment is very good! But if you’re like me and are sceptical by nature, you’ve probably seen it and thought “26 games for a $1.29? Must be rubbish” and passed on it. Well, a couple of months back I gambled $1.29 (big risk-taker, me) and bought a copy. Read on for my review of this box of delights.…
Read MoreKiwi app review: XcrypTic
App Store Essentials: Star Wars Trench Run
There’s no denying it: with its accelerometer controls, the iPhone was made for a Star Wars X-Wing game, and when Trench Run was announced a month or so again, my attention was well and truly captured. Flying an X-Wing and blowing up the death star. On my iPhone! Ready to play anywhere! Sounds amazing, right? But now that it’s out is it classic Star Wars quality, or Phantom Menace rubbish?…
Read MoreReview: Monkey Island (half price for limited time)
Aye, today, in case ye didn’t know, be Talk Like a Pirate day. So t’ celebrate we thought we would re’iew the finest pirate game o’ them all: The Secret o’ Monkey Island. And just t’ add the rum’ t’ the cake, Lucasarts have decided t’ celebrate this auspicious occassion by droppin’ the price o’ the fabulous point-and-click graphic ad’enture by half t’ a ludicrous $5.29. Read on for our in-depth re’iew, shiver me timbers!…
Read MoreApp Store Essentials: Need for Speed Undercover
It’s our understanding through the discussions we’ve had with you that many of our members are first time iPhone owners. That got us to thinking that for a large number of you, the current batch of post-OS-3.0 apps on the App Store are all you’ve possibly been exposed to. But there is a whole raft of titles that are in our mind essential purchases that, due to the nature of the App Store, have had their time in the charts and then faded from the spotlight. In our new series of App Store Essentials, we’re going to bring you the best of the New Zealand App Store. First up is a game: Need for Speed Undercover.…
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