December 2010
3 posts
You Spoiled Little Brats
So Secret of Mana is rolling out in the App Store across the planet, and I’m trying to read people’s impressions of it to find out whether or not I should buy it. Instead, what I am finding is a bunch of whiny posts about how expensive it is at $8.99 and how it’ll “never sell”. (It’s currently #26 in the Top Paid charts in Japan, and #5 Top Grossing. But nice try.)
I could go into a long rant...
The Three-Game Strategy
I keep talking about how people should have as little apps on their phones as possible, keeping only the apps they use on a regular basis on their home screen and apps they use occasionally stashed away, either hidden on a second page or hidden entirely [through the magic of libhide]. One thing is making it incredibly hard to do: the insane amount of awesome iOS games coming out these days. So...
“The restaurant stayed full all evening. The average tab was beer-heavy and came...”
– The surprising ending to Tokyo Hooters Girls, a Slate article on the first Hooters restaurant to open in Tokyo.