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Mobile Gaming with BREW

Posted by michael on from the don't-brew-and-drive dept.

KeelSpawn writes "For the most of us who are bored with playing that game called "Snake" -- chasing a black dot with a string of lines -- that likely came standard with your cell phone, here's some interesting news. Try a round of golf instead, or a combat game called "Gladiator." Soon, even the ever popular "Dungeons & Dragons". All those will be playable through cellphones, wirelessly."

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  1. Gotta upgrade your phone... by emag · · Score: 3, Informative

    No one's yet pointed out that in order to even play these games, you need a BREW-enabled phone. Verizon's just started coming out with them according to the article, and there's no mention of any other US carrier offering them.

    Not to mention that this usually locks you into another contract with substantial penalties for early withdrawal. I think I'll stick with snake if I feel the need to play a game on my cellphone. Or just stick with my PDA for games, especially when I'm stuck on an airplane.

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  2. Money Making? by Peridriga · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm shocked to hear that no company has stepped up fill the wireless void in gambling...

    With so much money there I'm shocked no one has done it...

    With like 10 cents a bet over the phone you could rake in some money.

    btw... I just patented that idea :-)

  3. Dungeons & Dragons: Good excuse by MavEtJu · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now I'll have a good excuse why I didn't answer my mobile[*]: I was too busy fighting the dragon to get that +5/+5 blessed rustproof platinum longsword.

    [*] I don't have a mobile in real life, but it was too tempting not to post this.

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  4. conspiracy theory by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Some people say that these games appear on your cellphones so you will wear out the buttons and have to buy new phones.

  5. 3d gaming on cell-phones by YeeHaW_Jelte · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Check these guys, www.fathammer.com, they produce an engine for 3d-gaming on cellphones and pda's.

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  6. Lagging, because we were ahead by AndyChrist · · Score: 3, Insightful

    " America lags partly because only half of its adult population has cell phones, compared to 65 percent in Japan and 70 percent in Taiwan and Hong Kong. "

    Most likely because unlike many countries, the land-line phone system in the US does not suck. AT&T at it's worst was never the pain in the ass that NTT is/was.