by Mike Beauchamp on April 5, 2013 in Apps, News, iPad, iPhone
90′s kids (and video game nerds) will love this: the original Sonic the Hedgehog is available in the iOS App Store for a mere $2.99. You can play Seven Zones and Special Stages just like you did on your Sega Genesis years ago. From the App Store: Experience Sonic the Hedgehog on the iPhone® and [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on April 2, 2013 in How To
I was talking to one of my coworkers today about the old game Oregon Trail from the mid-80s. I remember spending hours playing it on an Apple IIe growing up. I posted about it on Facebook and one of our great ZAGGblog readers, Frank, pointed me in the direction of this web-based emulator where I [...]
by Tyler Riggs on March 20, 2013 in Apps, Rumors
I somehow convinced them to give me #DrawSomething2 first…this may be the best Mariah & Randy have ever looked twitter.com/RyanSeacrest/s… — Ryan Seacrest (@RyanSeacrest) March 18, 2013 When it was released last year, OMGPOP’s “Draw Something” game for mobile devices was as popular as any mobile game we’ve seen in the smartphone era. Everywhere you [...]
by Morgan Williams on February 11, 2013 in News
After a lifetime of collecting games, a gamer in Italy has decided to put the massive collection up on ebay with a starting bid of $550,000. $550,000 – an insane amount of games The 137-page long inventory includes 6850 games, 330 consoles, and 220 controllers. …I realized that if I want to play at least half [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on January 7, 2013 in Android, Apps
Ingress is an Android-only, Augmented Reality Massive Multi-Player Online Game from Google. It’s currently in closed beta, with access as invite-only. If you’re interested in joining, request your invite at www.Ingress.com. It’s highly addicting, and that’s saying something considering I’m not much of a gamer. What’s different? Ingress is a game entirely built on augmented [...]
by Joshua H. on November 16, 2012 in Apps, iPad, iPhone
A couple weeks ago my friend came to me with an app idea: A Letterpress Cheat App. I agreed that we could do it, but that we’d need to do it quickly before the market was flooded. We made the app free, and it’s available in the store today. Design and Launch We spent more [...]
by Joshua H. on November 15, 2012 in Gadgets, Product Reviews
I’ve been shopping for a new office desk lamp for quite some time now. I found this one, and thought I’d share it with you: The Tetris Stackable LED Desk Lamp As you stack the pieces of the lamp, the bulbs inside the pieces are lit. You can stack them in any combination and it [...]
by Joshua H. on October 26, 2012 in Gadgets, New Technology
My family loves Pac-Man. Everyone. A good retro game deserves a good retro design. The young kids think it’s a new toy, and for the adults it has a bit of a nostalgia feeling to it. Most of us would have been exposed to video games at an early age via classics such as Galaga, [...]
by Mike Beauchamp on October 8, 2012 in Apps, News
And the Angry Birds saga continues. I’m probably the most excited for this installment over any other. Yes, that’s the nerd in me talking. Exactly one month from today, we’ll see if these are, in fact, the pigs we’re looking for. —– You should follow Mike on Twitter for more great tech insights and good conversation. [...]
by Morgan Williams on July 9, 2012 in News
Tiny Wings, a beautifully simple iOS game designed by Andreas Illiger, is getting a sequel. Like Tiny Wings, the teaser is light-hearted and cheerful. Tiny Wings Tiny Wings is easily one of my favorite games. Scott Forstall even referenced to it in last year’s WWDC as one of the “incredibly addictive games” available for iOS. The game [...]