Greetings! My name is Brandon McCartin, latest and greatest most recent editor here at Ye Olde TIGSource.
Not to bump down the more exciting news, but I’ve got to break the ice with something. So, um… bump?
At its big media event yesterday, Apple revealed, in addition to increasingly microscopic iterations of its various products, some exciting news for prospective owners of the fifth-generation iPod and indie game developers alike. Videogames! On your iPod!
The games may be downloaded through iTunes 7 for a reasonable (in this case, $5) fee, just like MP3s in the days of yore. The “intuitive Click Wheel” is used as a controller.
The games featured in Apple’s announcement include gaming classics Tetris and Pac-Man, casual hits Bejeweled and Zuma, and real world favorites Texas Hold ’Em and Mahjong.
Now if Apple would only make an open SDK available…