The Telegraph:
Eager to get their hands on some Pokémon, iPhone users in the UK and other countries have resorted to altering the region settings on their devices and setting up new Apple ID accounts.
But an unexpected consequence of the workaround has left users angry: all of the data in Apple Music disappeared.
Yeah, probably not a good idea to change your region settings. If you did, read the article to learn how to get your music back.
The Pokemon Go usage numbers are astonishing.
The perfect counterpoint to Pokemon Go. Nicely done, Joy of Tech.
Looks like the game is currently available in New Zealand and Australia, not yet rolled out in Japan and the US. Sounds like it’s just a matter of hours or days, though.
Into Mac games? Enjoy the list, bookmark the site.
Wall Street Journal:
Three months ago, Steven Howse struggled to pay rent. Now, the 32-year-old developer is trying to keep his hit videogame running smoothly as it pulls in more than $100,000 in revenue daily.
This is a pretty impressive story. The game is as simple as can be, and is free.
From the folks who created the beautiful behind the scenes poster showing a cutaway of the original Mac, this litho is a gamer-themed street map made from the titles of over 500 video games and other references from the history of gaming.
I am a big fan of Monument Valley. When I came across Luke Dormehl’s review of Mekorama, I had high hopes. I downloaded the game, gave it a whirl, was not disappointed.
More than one thousand MFi controller compatible games. Nice resource.
Nintendo sent out a press release jam packed with anticipation-causing tidbits.
With the potential release of a second generation of Apple Watch and the requirement that Apple Watch apps be able to run independent of their paired iPhone overlords, this is an interesting time for Apple Watch game developers. New opportunities are definitely on the horizon.
There’s a free game that will run in Notification Center on your iPhone. Read the post for the link and install instructions.
Roughly 80% of that money comes from the iPhone version of the app. Fascinating numbers.
Pretty impressive list. My favorites are all on here (including FireWatch and Braid), but there are many that are new to me.
This site is a fan tribute to the original Zelda game. You can use arrow keys, AWSD keys to move around. Space bar is A. At first blush, a pretty fun experience, sound and all. If only I could figure out the sword part.
To me, this feels (and sounds) like a genuine Nintendo DS experience, on a much better screen, but without the built-in control pad.
So far, so good. Looking forward to more.
Craig Grannell writes about long standing issues with Game Center. Is it an orphaned product?
Have a Nintendo 3DS? Love classic games with Zelda, Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Pokemon? Now you can play them using Virtual Console.
From Sony’s PlayStation blog:
We’re bringing PS4 Remote Play to Windows PC and Mac. This feature won’t be available to test in the beta, but you can look forward to it soon.
Tuck this one away, pass it along.
Downloaded Firewatch yesterday, the new game from Campo Santo and Panic. I’ve long been a fan of Panic, thought I’d check it out, just take a quick look. Finished the whole thing in one sitting. Here’s my no-spoilers review.
The puzzle is a fun little distraction and worth a few minutes of your time. You’ll step through a few of Beethoven’s more well known compositions, putting them in the right order so they sound right musically.
Chris Plante, writing for The Verge:
In theory, the Xbox One was an improvement on everything fans loved about the Xbox 360: a more powerful Kinect, new hardware that merged the console with your cable box, and lots of talk about the cloud. Microsoft only forgot one thing: the games.
This is a great read.
The folks at AfterPad pulled together a solid list of their favorite Apple TV games, along with reviews of each one.
Very helpful.
Andrew Hayward, writing for MacWorld, digs into the gaming experience on the Apple TV. Worth reading.
AfterPad takes a look at game controllers for your brand new Apple TV.
A suggestion for better game play on the Apple TV.
Yesterday, news broke that Activision bought King Digital Entertainment, creator of Candy Crush Saga, for $5.9 billion. Why did they do this deal?
From the Wall Street Journal live blog:
Nintendo has introduced its long-awaited and highly anticipated first smartphone app, called Miitomo, but pushed back the release date to the spring of next year. The title is a new franchise for the company– first of five smartphone apps Nintendo plans to release by March 2017.
Read on for more details.
If you are at all interested in Mac gaming, this is a fascinating read.