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Finally, a game I like on the Kindle – Flip It!

February 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Amazon, apps & games

Flip It! is a simple game that just became available in the Kindle Store today. It’s a close relative of Othello, and the goal of the game is to flip all the tiles from black to white.  There’s a total of 40 levels and you can play both timed and untimed. You can also go [...]

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Next Puzzle Game now available on the Kindle

November 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · kindle app

The next great addition to the Kindle Store is a new matching game from Mobigoo. It’s selling for $2.99. The objective of the game is to clear all the pieces off the game board. Game pieces disappear when they are matched with, and touch, other game pieces with the same symbol. Your job is to [...]

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Game guides publisher KillerGuides now use social DRM for ebooks

September 15th, 2010 · No Comments · press release

From the press release: Video game strategy guide publisher KillerGuides has announced using a social digital rights management (DRM) solution as alternative to digital copy protection measures. Game guide downloads from their website now have personal details of customers added on the fly, but come without any further digital restrictions.

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The Bookavore ebook drinking game

August 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · humor

I noticed from the source that this is a couple weeks old, but I think it’s worth a repost. The Bookavore blog have put together an ebook drinking game. Some of the rules are hilarious (I LOLed): “Will e-books wipe out/kill/decimate/pulverize/HULKSMASH/angry verb real books?” — one drink Above question is lede — one drink Every [...]

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Game apps now available in the Kindle Store

July 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Amazon, apps & games, kindle app

Guess what? Some of the apps have been there for over a year. If you’re wondering WTH I’m talking about then I suppose I should tell you that these aren’t technically apps. A number of enterprising developers have designed simple games like sudoku, card match, and Jumble that can be used from the Kindle. For [...]

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Amazon as a game changer

May 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · opinion

Sarah Weiman just posted an article over on Daily Finance, in which she argues that Amazon could be a game changer in publishing. Here’s the important part: With only 3% of the American book market devoted to translated fiction, that gambit seems likely to succeed, considering the international edition of the Kindle is now available [...]

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Reader’s Digest announces their first game

May 12th, 2010 · No Comments · software news

They just release PC, iPhone, and online versions of Word Power. If you’re familiar with the magazine, then you’ll know that Word Power was a word matching quiz they ran each month. Spinning this one section of the magazine out into its own app was a clever idea. From the press release: Reader’s Digest, the [...]

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