Let’s Golf 3 – not what I was hoping for

I jumped at the chance to get Let’s Golf 3 since I’ve played and enjoyed the previous two titles. But, I should have been wary since it’s a freemium title. To me, freemium is another word for ripoff and Let’s Golf seems to live up to that. The graphics looks great and there is plenty of new content to play. But, the game mechanics suffer and this new "energy" feature is just plain stupid. On my iPad the game crashes repeatedly, the display gets "jerky" quite often and having to pay to play, or alternatively sit idle, is just moronic. The new currency is "energy", and after you play, you need to let your character "recharge" by letting him or her sit idle for an hour or pay to recharge. Come on, that’s just annoying. Do you really think someone who’s either enjoying the game or struggling is going to sit for an hour and then come back for more? […]

Defender of the Crown – iOS Universal – $2.99

  If you don’t remember Defender of the Crown then you don’t know gaming. Not only is this an Amiga classic, but a gaming classic overall. The graphics and gameplay were ahead of their time and gave the game a look you didn’t see anywhere else. Sadly, the Amiga didn’t last, not in the States anyway, but the game does live on and you grab it for the extremely low price of $2.99. I think this is going to be one hell of a game! And considering this is running in an emulator, I can’t wait to see where this takes us! Description Defender of the Crown – Emulated Amiga Version Brought to you by Cinemaware® in association with Manomio The Age of Chivalry! A time of lusty wenches and black hearted villains. King Richard has been murdered and England is thrown into civil war! Amidst the ringing clash of steel and the thunder of charging steeds the bold Saxon […]

19TB and still growing

Oh yes I did! There was a sale and I bought another 3TB of space. Now you may ask yourself, Don Pedro, just what in the hell do you need that kind of space for? To which I must answer, why not? However, I really do have a reason for this outrageous amount of hard drive space. Over the weekend, I plan to sync my machine with the Internet.

Speak to me iPad!

I just had one hell of a scare, I thought the iPad had died on me. I’m so used to having it turn on when I click the button that when nothing happened I nearly ruined a perfectly good pair of pants. The screen stayed dark and there was no "slide to unlock" action. Egad! This never happens, what the hell do I do? I thought the battery might have died, but it had 75% this morning when I check my feeds. It couldn’t have died that quick. Oh my lord, what do you do when the iPad won’t turn on? Well, you turn it off. You hold the buttons, wait 10 seconds and the device will shut off. Give it a few seconds and it will start back up. It worked! The iPad is back up and running and all seems well. How funny that such a small glitch causes such terror. I just expect the iPad to work. […]

Speak to me iPad!

I just had one hell of a scare, I thought the iPad had died on me. I’m so used to having it turn on when I click the button that when nothing happened I nearly ruined a perfectly good pair of pants. The screen stayed dark and there was no "slide to unlock" action. Egad! This never happens, what the hell do I do? I thought the battery might have died, but it had 75% this morning when I check my feeds. It couldn’t have died that quick. Oh my lord, what do you do when the iPad won’t turn on? Well, you turn it off. You hold the buttons, wait 10 seconds and the device will shut off. Give it a few seconds and it will start back up. It worked! The iPad is back up and running and all seems well. How funny that such a small glitch causes such terror. I just expect the iPad to work. […]