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From Brief to Beat – Cali Lewis now hosting GeekBeat.TV

Scott Mahan — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:41:51 +0000

Fans of GeekBrief.TV can now find Cali Lewis on GeekBeat.TV. GeakBeat.TV is hosted by Revision3. While I could go on and on about both Cali and the show, I’ll let you check it out for yourself.

Be sure to subscribe to the new show and let Cali know that we love her (in a purely technical, platonic way).

Nintendo officially announces the Nintendo 3DS

Scott Mahan — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:51:13 +0000

March 23, 2010

To Whom It May Concern:

Re: Launch of New Portable Game Machine

Nintendo Co., Ltd.(Minami-ward of Kyoto-city, President Satoru Iwata) will launch “N intendo 3D S”(temp) during the fiscal year ending March 2011, on which games can be enjoyed with 3D effects without the need for any special glasses.

“Nintendo 3DS”(temp) is going to be the new portable game machine to succeed “Nintendo DS series”, whose cumulative consolidated sales from Nintendo amounted to 125million units as of the end of December 2009, and will include backward compatibility so that the software for Nintendo DS series, including the ones for Nintendo DSi, can also be enjoyed.

We are planning to announce additional details at E3 show, which is scheduled to be held from June 15, 2010 at Los Angeles in the U.S.

Source: Nintendo of Japan

News: iTunes sales top 3 billion songs

Scott Mahan — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:55:31 +0000

The iTunes Store, which debuted on April 28, 2003, has sold its 3 billionth song. Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of iTunes, is quoted as saying “we’d like to thank all of our customers who have contributed to this incredible milestone.” It took Apple almost 3 years to sell the 1st billion, less than 1 year to sell the 2nd billion, and less than 6 months for the 3rd billion. At this rate, I predict that iTunes will sell its 4 billionth song by years end.

News: iPhone now ships within 24 hours

Scott Mahan — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:19:00 +0000

Yesterday, The Apple Store went down for a short while. What was the big news? Apple is now shipping the iPhone within 24 hours. So if you haven’t gotten yours already, the wait will be even shorter.

News: Bejeweled for the iPhone

Scott Mahan — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:49:44 +0000

Yesterday, PopCap Games released a free iPhone version of Bejeweled. How does it play? Depending on your access (Edge vs WiFi), it takes about a minute to download. Once you start playing, it flows well. Is it as good as a local version of Bejeweled on a Treo, no. The animation isn’t as smooth and you can’t choose your next move while the jewels are falling. And unless I was doing something wrong, it is missing the addictive sound and music.

Overall, props to PopCap Games. They’ve shown that it is possible to make a decent iPhone game on the web. I’m looking forward to what other software developers are able to deliver.