Topic: iPhone gaming- actually viable

[Morari]

Hey for some people blending in with what's popular and fashionable is easy and natural and is part of who they really are.

I don't know if I'd say that's who they really are, so much as they are just naturals at throwing up such facades.

Oh, and coffee does taste like crap. I can tolerate (tolerate!) it with ice cream, but that's about it.

[NWR_insanolord]

Coffee tastes like crap, but I drink it (with a rather large amount of sweetener) because when you make it yourself it's the cheapest source of caffeine. And Morari, your hatred of Apple has confirmed to me that you are my exact opposite.

[Mashiro]

I have a hard time not thinking lowly of anyone that would buy an iPhone, as the price and useless features negates any semblance of necessity that mobiles telephones could have (as stated above). Then again, Apple is good at marketing hype and little else... just look at the iPod. If anything, the iPhone's existence goes even farther in proving my point that mobile telephones are more of a fad than anything. At least I only had yuppies to dislike a decade ago--only lawyers and brokers could afford them. :P

I have an even harder time not thinking lowly of people who are thick headed enough to think that their opinions are the only ones that matter.

So you feel a device has useless features and anyone associated with buying it is pretty much a tool?

Perhaps you should realize that *gasp* the device has features that people actually use and enjoy.

Just as the iPhone might not be for everyone maybe the Wii isn't or maybe a certain TV isn't or maybe a watch isn't or w/e innanimate object fits the bill.

Different people have different needs and wants in life, who are you to really judge a person on a single item they own?

Just a thought.

[Morari]

And Morari, your hatred of Apple has confirmed to me that you are my exact opposite.

Hatred? I think that Apple's fad machines are sleek and spiffy looking.:P Also, I think that occasionally abandoning all backwards compatibility so as to move forward (ala Mac OS) is good. Likewise, having a set specification for your computer hardware certainly makes coding easier, even if the high prices and proprietary nature of said computers sucks.

So now that we're archenemies, we'll just have to decided who is the villain and who is the hero(in)...

I have an even harder time not thinking lowly of people who are thick headed enough to think that their opinions are the only ones that matter.

So you feel a device has useless features and anyone associated with buying it is pretty much a tool?

Perhaps you should realize that *gasp* the device has features that people actually use and enjoy.

Just as the iPhone might not be for everyone maybe the Wii isn't or maybe a certain TV isn't or maybe a watch isn't or w/e innanimate object fits the bill.

Different people have different needs and wants in life, who are you to really judge a person on a single item they own?

Just a thought.

Touchy touchy. Do you own an iPhone, by chance? I don't think "needs" cover anything of the sorts, whether it be cell phones, televisions, or Wiis. Well, maybe wee-wees. Besides, my opinion matters when those of others disrupts the greater good of society and life in general. Duh. :P

[Mashiro]

Yes I do own an iPhone, it's a 1st gen and it fits my business needs.

I'm not touchy I just don't think any sort of generalizing for well anything is really intelligent. It screams ignorance.

[DAaaMan64]

I'm a casual forum poster

[vudu]

Touchy touchy. Do you own an iPhone, by chance?

Even better--Mashiro works at an Apple store.  ;D

[Nick DiMola]

Oh, and coffee does taste like crap. I can tolerate (tolerate!) it with ice cream, but that's about it.

Coffee is amazing and tastes delicious. Any sugar added completely ruins it. Black or with some cream/milk is the only acceptable way of consuming it.

[NWR_pap64]

Oh, and coffee does taste like crap. I can tolerate (tolerate!) it with ice cream, but that's about it.

Coffee is amazing and tastes delicious. Any sugar added completely ruins it. Black or with some cream/milk is the only acceptable way of consuming it.

I recently learned to drink coffee black. While I was teaching computer use my students would make coffee for themselves. One day they offered me some and since I was getting sleepy I drank some. From them on I learned to drink my coffee black.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

awful.

I drink V8 Splash.

[Stogi]

Oh, and coffee does taste like crap. I can tolerate (tolerate!) it with crack, but that's about it.

I completely agree.

[Smash_Brother]

But hopefully a hot peice of jackass, right?

I'ma tappin' that jackass! :D

But seriously, I BOUGHT her the iPhone so technically I'M the jackass (was it ever in question?).

I never bought myself one because I don't have enough need for it and any time I'm on the road for a while she's generally there with me and she'll look stuff up on the internet for me. The 3G model sounds interesting...until you realize that 3G is only available in major cities right now.

Once I start traveling on a regular basis, I'll probably get myself a 3G, just to be in constant connection with my email, internet, etc.

As for cellphones being a BAD thing, I heartily disagree. I don't play cellphone games and I likely never will, but the convenience of having a means of contact that travels everywhere with you is just too good to pass up for me.

[EasyCure]

But hopefully a hot peice of jackass, right?

I'ma tappin' that jackass! :D

thread over, thats all i needed to know.

[Morari]

But hopefully a hot peice of jackass, right?

I'ma tappin' that jackass! :D

Photos and/or videos, please!

[Mario]

My phone makes calls

[Smash_Brother]

thread over, thats all i needed to know.

So I can end/mitigate any thread/argument simply by posting that?

Handy...

[EasyCure]

thread over, thats all i needed to know.

So I can end/mitigate any thread/argument simply by posting that?

Handy...

No, everyone can keep arguing about whatever the hell they want, i was uninterested until you mentioned tapping that jackass, but theres no need for further details so the thread is over for me.

[Morari]

No, we cannot continue arguing about whatever we want. Stop being so contradictory!

[redgiemental]

I also generally have a bottom rung phone. It's just a phone and I have other areas more in ned of my money. Also I have an Ipod thats much better for listening to music on and a Canon camera that is many many times better for taking pictures so what extra features do I need on my phone anyway.

The main thing that tempt me about the Iphone was having a decent useable browser in my pocket. It has other nice features but this was the one that mattered to me.

I don't have the cash for an Iphone and certainly not for the Iphone call plans so its a moot point. I'm happy enough tto have a phone that is a phone for the most part anyway.

As for the main topic, yeah some decent games might be made for the iphone but i think the interface will generally hold the platform back from anything too exciting. Only so many tilt and sub-DS quality touch games can do. 

[Smakian]

As for the main topic, yeah some decent games might be made for the iphone but i think the interface will generally hold the platform back from anything too exciting. Only so many tilt and sub-DS quality touch games can do. 

Honestly, having used both, I think the multi-touch interface on the iPhone is more sensitive and analog than the one on the DS. That, and the gesture support really opens up what you can do with it.

I think what's happening now is that the iPhone isn't really being used by big publishers, but it's becoming another outlet for the indie games community, like Wiiware, XBLA and PSN. So the distribution of good games and crappy ones is pretty similar.

[redgiemental]

I meant have to use your big fingers and that getting in the way more than a thin little stylus to be honest.

[EasyCure]

A girl from work let me play a crash bandicoot racing game on her iphone. the tilt controls were decent but tilting the screen you're looking at to play a game like that isn't the way to go IMO.

thats why i dont fully support the idea of waggle in the next nintendo handheld. It will be different though because the next handheld, even if a ds re-design with larger, more sensitive screens, will have more buttons than an iPhone, so control schemes can be better implimented that combine some form of waggle. On the iphone though, a game like that Crash Racing where tilting is your only option, just doesnt work (again, IMO. Some of you might have the game and be fine with it because you played it more than one race)