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Carmack to Bring "Graphical Tour de Force" to the iPhone
Apparently developer John Carmack loves his iPhone and is still kicking himself for not having something ready to go at launch time. However, he has announced plans to bring a "graphical tour de force" to Apple's popular device. "But as for which one, the company isn't saying just yet, though given that the recently launched id Mobile division already has Doom RPG and the forthcoming Wolfenstein RPG to its credit, we wouldn't be at all surprised if Carmack will bring Quake or some flavor of Rage to the small screen as well. What's more, he's apparently considering the idea of tackling the MMO market on the iPhone down the line, though he admits that he's being 'conservative' and doesn't 'want to be in a bet-the-company situation' just yet."
I gotta say I really like the idea of a game that combines the Star Wars universe with the world's most famous bike race. If they can pull it off, that is, and I have to wonder if the iPhone is really going to be the best target for this... wait...
Doom RPG, Wolfenstein RPG? Okay, since I can't really imagine what that would look like ("you shoot the pinkie demon with the rocket launcher and hit for 100 damage"?), it does sound somewhat creative. Maybe, I guess. Not nearly as cool as "Tour de Force" though... :(
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How about a game where you stand in line for hours in front of the Apple store waiting to buy the new iPhone? You can watch your character sit for hours doing nothing in the hot sun looking at his other Apple gadgets. The more time that goes by, the more chance he has of losing his job because he played hooky from work to sit in line all day. When his "hooky" bar gets depleted, he loses his job.
"Oops. You just got fired!"
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we've all accidentally killed a hostage... "Sorry man I meant to hit the zombie next to you with the crowbar not you"
So is a "graphical tour de force" putting on a big turban and cracking stupid fortunetelling jokes about the iPhone on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson? Well, at least it'll get Ed McMahon off the unemployment line for a while.
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Children at local high schools use iPhone camera features for photorealistic school murder simulations
Is it just me, or did you just divide the entire Earth into two categories:
1. Places where you're likely to get robbed, and
2. in front of your PC?
I have seen the future, and it is inconvenient.
On a related note, where exactly would you play games on an iPhone? I know for a fact I wouldn't feel comfortable having an expensive gizmo like that out in the open for extended periods of time, where some tea leaf could grab it. And if you just end up using it inside, you might as well play games on a PC.
Is it just me, or did you just divide the entire Earth into two categories:
1. Places where you're likely to get robbed, and
2. in front of your PC?
I'm still wondering about what kind of tea leaf jacks your iPhone.
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This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
Damn you once again, Earl Grey.
Here is a Wikipedia article about the joule:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule
tea bagged?
That's what he's really afraid of happening while he's playing a FPS in public.
It's not like anyone else would!