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Lol this one was great, guys.
I've only just started downloading some decent games on my iPhone and I can really see potential for a great gaming future... but an awful lot of crap, too.

Loved the random dog, Matt downloading Sim City, and it's great to see Nate back! I remember seeing him in some LRR and Phailhaus videos a while ago but then he disappeared? Either way, it was a happy suprise to see him here!
 
nosole

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Digikid said:
LOL!!!! Graham is playing Bejeweled and whatshername is playing Peggle.
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No, I think Kathleen was playing Bejeweled, she has a well documented addiction to it.

/Wasn't paying close enough attention to know for sure, but I have a hunch.
 
David_G

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Heh, I loved the "cinematic" and "compelling" reference. Overall, a great episode, but I still want to know what grossed out Graham.
 
WarHamster40K

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RebellionXXI said:
Man, I'm way too broke to own an iphone. Or a Droid, rather; I'd never buy an iphone because AT&T's service sucks the big one.

I do own a DS though. Good times.

Oh, and Graham needs to comb his cowlick.
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It stood out at the :24 mark, but I don't think it's a cowlick. It's probably a cellphone antenna to help get 3G reception from AT&T. ... Sorry, had to!
 
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Xersues said:
You know what was the biggest name is gaming before IPhones? TI-84 calculators. Man everyone had one and played tetris or breakout. I still don't see how i-phones are the bext big anything in portable gaming. Most phones play games of some kind and have for years. My droid plays them just like the iphone. I don't get why the iPhone is everything. Like we forget anything else exists or is rather popular.

Objective-C needs to die in a fire anyway. What a load of dreck.
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lol, Exactly! that's how I got into coding! programming on the interpreted basic like programming language on the graphics calculator! (A different model tho...)

sure the screen was only like 13x8 characters, and there was no white space, or line numbers, or scroll bar, so you'd find yourself scrolling through 10,000 character apps to edit stuff, and there was no debugger, all you got was if it crashed, you could go to the point in code where it crashed, no variable names, just the letters A through Z, and while the device was fairly fast, interpreting every command was painfully slow, so you would use scatter plot graphs to draw "sprites" rather than drawing the pixels manually.

still, IT WAS A LOT EASIER THAN DEVELOPING FOR THE IPHONE!

Objective C CAN GO AND DIE IN HELL, and it can take crappy Xcode and its buggy Debugger, and STUPID OSX with its STUPID MOUSE ACCELERATION, and PROVISIONING AND KEYCHAINS!!1@3!
The ONLY good thing about objective c is that you can DITCH it and fall back to C/C++ instead!
 
Kanjidude

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Great and funny episode as always!

I can totally see myself getting an iPhone or something like it. Gaming isn't all about supreme graphics after all - I usually play simple card games on my laptop. =D
 
mjc0961

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Hahaha, I love it! Screw the iPhone and Steve Jobs: It's not a real gaming platform, it's a fad. When it dies, I can't wait to see the egg on Steve's face.

Anyway, very funny. You guys could just do an entire series about putting the iPhone in its place and I'd watch them all and love it.
 
inpachi

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Screw you the Oregon Trail was a good game! Wheel of fortune i dunno about but Oregon Trail was bad ass! I however dont think that the Iphone is a serious gaming device.. It at best is good for some poggle.. THATS IT! I am not under the Apple hypnotise power.. Hell i don't even own a Ipod.. I do however use Itunes to store all my music.. I use old school CD player because 1 i see no need to upgrade... and 2 i am pretty poor.. Hell i just bought a 360 last week.. I waited quite a while before buying one.. And as for the GAMING MUSIC i disagree completely! Some of the best music i have ever heard was Gaming Music! With game music you have to be more creative and also opens up a entirely knew world than most other genres! Its kinda like techno but not!
 
MimsySnark

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This is only the second enn video I've watched and I'm left cold both times. I thought that the jokes and concepts were funny, and were they presented differently I would have laughed, but everything comes across as very weak and amateur-ish. Basically, they're portraying the characters of news anchors/reporters and need to approach what they do as acting, but everyone involved seems to lack the energy required for good performance.
 
azurawolf

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I can't say anything. I love playing on my Ipod.
Great episode guys!
Missed the random conversation at the end. They always make me LOL.
 
Chasmodius

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Peggle vs. Bejeweled: who will win in the annoying yet comfortingly familiar sound effects war?!
 
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