In the continuing search for more content, I bring you one of the widely accepted copouts amongst bloggers… A post providing links to other posts! This is based off Google Analytics data, and not favoritism, I swear! These are the posts that received the most views this past week, listed in order.
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Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII. DMW Explained.
Crisis Core has garnered much criticism for the largely unexplained and thoroughly random Digital Mind Wave (DMW) system that drives all of the character progression in the game. Final Fantasy VII certainly had its shortcomings when it came to combat and the materia system, but replacing experience points with a slot machine probably wasn’t the most intuitive approach. Anyway, the purpose of this post is to explain it to the best of my understanding and hopefully make things a little clearer for those who are curious.
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Hijinks Reviews: Feeds
Pros: Fresh approach to RSS. Clean interface. Finally makes Google Reader relevant and useful.
Cons: The lack of a Mark All Feeds as Read option.Platform: iPod Touch and iPhone
Developed by: Boris Bluntschli (424f.com/feeds)
Version Reviewed: 0.2
Feeds is the third RSS app I’ve ever used for the iPhone, and easily the best so far. It may not have the fancy effects that smartRSS has, but it makes up for it with a much better cleaner layout. Perhaps one of it’s greatest advantages is also a sizable drawback, it’s based on the Google Reader API, meaning if you don’t use Google Reader you’re out of luck.
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This Week in Updates: iDope tries, fails, and fails some more.
Yay, another weekly feature! Since the dev scene on the iPhone and Touch is constantly updating their projects (that is to say, evolving), we’d be remiss if we didn’t continue to cover the games and applications we review. Since we only have a few reviews up right now, this week is going to be pretty short (but memorable!).
iDope (v0.3.3)
In an obvious response to our less then stellar review, a new version of iDope was released this week. Offering at least two new features, this update is sure to make the game last at least 5 minutes longer.
All uncalled for harshness aside, here’s the changes we noticed:
Limit on carrying capacity.
Where as before you could carry any number of drugs in your jacket (737928 units of LSD? That’s a freakin’ huge jacket!), 0.3.3 imposes a 100 unit limit on the drugs you can carry. This is a great idea, but there’s one small problem. It doesn’t work. Sure, when you press the “Buy All” button the dialog box tells you you’re buying 100 units, but when you go back to your Jacket you will have bought the maximum amount that your money could buy. One has to wonder if any of these things are actually tested before they’re put up for download.Jacket Store.
With the attempted limit on carrying capacity, you can now buy expanded bag space at the Jacket Shop. Choose from Pockets (+50), Minimal (+100), Bulk (+250), and Professional (+500). Once you start buying more slots the prices of the additions scale up. Of course, none of that matters since you can still buy unlimited units of drugs. Nice try.Subways are dangerous!
To add to the authentic atmosphere of New York, you can now be mugged in the subway. I’m not sure why I’m in the subway when I’m traveling everywhere via airport, but that obviously doesn’t matter. Mugging amounts to a small amount of cash and a medium to large amount of health being taken away from you.Hospital and health regen.
The local hospital as taken lessons from the new jacket store, and healing yourself scales up every time you buy their services. To offset the rising healthcare prices, you’ll now automatically regain 5 health every time you travel to a new location.That’s all for this Week in Updates. Stayed tuned for more (and hopefully better) updates next week!
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Deep Thoughts about Pac-Man.
I don’t condone the language, but this IM conversation is hi-LAIR-ious. Owen Good is a weekend editor on Kotaku, and as it turns out, he and his brother have some interesting views on the subject of the bowel movements of Pac-Man. No, I’m not kidding.
That picture is a small representation of the profound thoughts contained in this article. If you can stomach some detailed bathroom humor and a little profanity, click the link.