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Re: I love Jeff Minter but I am not feeling this. by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/08/2011, 5:23pm PST
My girlfriend has an iPad, so I tried out the "Gift an App" feature. I was able to play it for a little bit this morning. Since I very stupidly demanded a spinner for his last game, I am hesitant to beat the same drum, but this is why the absolutely fucking horrible minimalist design of the iTouch/iPhone/iPad and fact that Jobs despises games as beneath him sickens me. This game needs a spinner and a "thrust" button. I love the graphics, sound and stream of shots that are influenced by gravity. It's unplayable on the iPad, to me, because you're tracing around on the screen.

I accept that no mobile tablet will come with a spinner, that's fine. It's indefensible that the iPad doesn't have a d-pad, though, especially when Jobs talks about how he's got the biggest platform in the world for games. His platform is shit.

I hope Minter ports Minotaur Rescue to Windows.


ICJ
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Minotaur Rescue by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/07/2011, 7:50pm PST NEW
    I love Jeff Minter but I am not feeling this. by mark 01/08/2011, 2:26pm PST NEW
        Can you rebind your FUCKING key mappings!?!?!? NT by Fullofkittens 01/08/2011, 2:54pm PST NEW
        Re: I love Jeff Minter but I am not feeling this. by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/08/2011, 5:23pm PST NEW
            If you're going to relase a game for the ipad maybe you should get touch down NT by Entropy Stew 01/17/2011, 8:53pm PST NEW
                If you're going to relase a game for the ipad maybe you should get touch down by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/17/2011, 9:24pm PST NEW
                    It's better than I first thought by mark 01/18/2011, 9:33am PST NEW
 
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