It’s amazing how quickly things can change. Take Eliminate Pro – formerly Eliminate, and LiveFire before that – as an example. Originally planned as a for-pay game, ngmoco’s online first-person shooter for the iPhone/iPod touch now sports a free-to-play model, offering a gratis download that users can support through microtransactions. The switch followed a mid-October Apple announcement that, going forward, in-app purchases could be incorporated into any application, whether free or premium.
To me, it seemed like a risky move, as ngmoco relies on a steady stream of cash to balance content and maintain global servers. That doesn’t even touch on development costs, or any promotional expenditures. Theoretically, users could play the game without ever paying a cent.
Based on initial results though, the decision appears to be paying dividends for the mobile games company. (more…)
Now I know what it feels like to be a games journalist. Got some additional Eliminate assets to stuff down your gullet, and I need to concoct some meaningful text to accompany them. Since this is my first stab at such a task, I better take it nice and slow. One foot in front of the other. Don’t want to muck up, or Doc will surely slam my fingers in a car door.
So, how should I introduce these photos? Well … there is some armor. No Swedish chefs though. Damn, this is rough. How the hell do other bloggers manage to pulls this off, some multiple times in a single day?
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. A penny saved is a penny earned. Ugh. Screw it. There are some pictures below, molest them with your eyes.
Eliminate is a game with guns and futuristic armor. It is also being developed exclusively for the iPhone and iPod touch. I just wrote a lengthy preview on the game, so I don’t see a need to rehash the fine details. Plus, I have a Riverdance convention to get to in about 20 minutes, and time is of the essence. I prefer a llama to a car, so it takes me a bit longer to get around.
I do, however, have some extra Eliminate assets to share with you.
I recently got the opportunity to fly out to gorgeous San Francisco to check out Eliminate, ngmoco’s online competitive FPS for the iPhone and iPod touch. It was a tremendous experience, and the first time I felt like part of the industry, instead of a blogger who piggybacks off of established writers and press releases. I love my daily duties, but it was invigorating to go out and grab my own story.
Also, I got to fire a shotgun. A real, honest-to-God, smoking-chamber shotgun. Had a bit more kick than Big Buck Hunter.
Eliminate. That’s a pretty generic title for a game. About as exciting as plain oatmeal if you ask me. Of course, if games were judged solely on their titles, Mega Man would have flopped harder than a two-ton walrus, and Dead Space would have sold like Double Stuf Oreos at a fat camp. To twist an adage: Don’t judge a game by its name. Eliminate – courtesy of Rolando and Star Defense publisher ngmoco – is an ambitious online first-person shooter being developed specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch.
NOTE: Lexi handles marketing for Sarcastic Gamer, which given our current level of business, leaves her plenty of time to screw around on her iPhone. Pardon the pun. You’ll get it in a second.
As a woman, it was challenging for me to pick out my first apps on my new iPhone. Just like with shoes, actually all accessories, I could potentially go overboard. There are so many! But, I put one four inch stiletto in front of the other and decided to explore this department store of apps. Little did I know I would find some things that even Frederick’s of Hollywood doesn’t carry.
There simply isn’t enough to say about either of these games to warrant a full post and in-depth review, so I thought I’d slap them up against each other, despite any gameplay similarities, in a battle to the death! Which of these iPhone gems will walk away victorious? Which will end up face down in the gutter of meh? Find out NOW! (more…)
This game is so much better than Batman because it's casual and I like casual games.
I love video games. And when I think about good video games, I think about casual games. I love games like Parachute Panic and Sheep Launcher. They are good fun. I can pick them up and play them again and again.
Seeing as Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor (DS) and its cheating god damn AI was pissing me off to no end (read the review here), I decided to step up when Pillowfort said he had a review copy available for iPhone game Dr. Nano as I needed a break.
Ever wanted a case for your iPhone that would resist the end of the world without the annoying bulk armor plating? Of course you have. Enter this puppy from Otterbox. It’s the Defender and it’s one badass, lightweight mutha. (more…)
In what could end up being the final nail in Microsoft and Sony’s coffin, Apple spokesman Justin Long announced yesterday that Apple will be partnering with Nintendo to release the i-Wii video game console in 2012!
Nintendo spokesman Urino Peecumout also expressed his excitement: “I’ve been holding this in for way too long and I thought I was going to explode! With the announcement of the i-Wii, an immense weight and pressure has been released and I’ll finally be able to sleep through the night without constantly waking up!” (more…)
I snagged this little gem for a cool 80 bucks at Best Buy, after my iPhone battery went from full to empty on an 80-minute flight from Houston to Tulsa. I’d had enough of being a slave to power outlets and USB ports. Up until now, by life as an iPhone owner has felt like a hunter and gatherer existence, constantly on the hunt for my next place to charge it. (more…)
I snagged this little gem for a cool 80 bucks at Best Buy, after my iPhone battery went from full to empty on an 80-minute flight from Houston to Tulsa. I’d had enough of being a slave to power outlets and USB ports. Up until now, by life as an iPhone owner has felt like a hunter and gatherer existence, constantly on the hunt for my next place to charge it.