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The State Of Cellphone Gaming

Posted by simoniker on from the helloooo-i'm-playing-games-they're-rubbish? dept.

Thanks to IGN Wireless for their new column discussing the current state of U.S. cellphone gaming. The article starts by saying: "Post-E3, several magazines and sites have taken to dismissing the cellphone gaming scene - saying the Game Boy Advance has nothing to worry about... But we're talking apples and oranges here, fellas. The markets cannot be compared, nor should they be." It goes on to highlight titles like GameLoft's Splinter Cell and JAMDAT's Pitfall!, and further comments that: "It's pretty pointless to buy a phone that cannot play the kind of games you like, and then complain that cellphone gaming sucks."

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  1. And another note... by Sevn · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've been noticing that the same type of people that
    make sure to talk as loudly as possible when they
    are on their phones at the supermarket, or the
    movie theater are the same people that play games
    on their phones and say things like:

    "COME ON! COME ON! COME ON! YES! SCORE!!!!!"

    or

    "JUST ONE MORE POINT! JUST ONE MORE POINT!"

    Even more loudly then they normally talk on their
    phones in a bid for attention.

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  2. Re:Admit it: cellphones are toys! by jpsst34 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Word up, yo.

    My fiancee and I are both software engineers. I think that would make us fairly techno-savvy people and we like gadgets. We don't have a mobile phone, though. (See, I even use the proper term 'mobile' because cellphones are a subset of mobile phones.) We don't need one. We have a phones at our homes. Sure, I can see their true, valued use in emergency situations. But why do I need some turkey next to me on the bus yelling, "Yo! You gonna be at Luther's crib tonight? What? What?" And why did I almost get hit head on last night on Silver Lane by a woman in a minivan who was (1) on the cellphone, (2) eating, and (3) digging in her purse as she drove straight towards me on my side of the road?

    Bollocks to mobile phones! If you play games on your phone, take pictures with your phone, or shoot video with your phone, then come see me and I'll show you where to put that phone.

    HELLO!? WHAT!? NO, I'M AT THE LIBRARY. NO, IT'S RUBBISH. YEAH, LIKE A PRISON. CIAO!

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