Its recent dashboard revamp transformed the Xbox 360 from a video game console into an entertainment hub. Now, that hub is growing again. Xbox's Major Nelson announced today two new apps for the Xbox environment: Crackle and CinemaNow (the latter of which is only available to US residents).
Would you like to see Brian Blessed in a point and click adventure game? How about the next best thing; a Brian Blessed analogue with red hair? Well folks, it just so happens that you're in luck. Kaptain Brawe has all the bombastic grandeur of the thespian man-mountain, and he has the same habit of SPEAKING IN ALL CAPS for EXTRA DRAMATIC EFFECT. Joy!
Talk about overstuffing the pudding. One Epic Game features zombies, aliens, medieval knights, time travel, the apocalypse, evil masterminds, nazis, and the President of the United States of America. In fact, all of the cliches and tropes of every app you've ever played, thrown together into one classy package.
Automating your tasks on the iPhone seems like a wonderful dream that'll never come true. Well wake up dream warrior, because it's a reality. Also, follow through with your commitments, sing to the world, and take amazing photos.
It's time to move away from the usual Rock Band/Guitar Hero single-band spinoffs. Let's start looking to the masters. Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin. We've already got the Chopin game ready to go. While rocking to the true classics, you can flip a ship and stream your favorite symphonies.
In today's android apps of the week we uncover a Minecraft/Minesweeper crossover game and make quality recordings of birds. Hey, birds sound nice.
They might tell you something different at the job centre, but origami is an incredibly valuable skill. Making an accordion out of a P45 is a great way to stick it to the man. And bank managers love it when you fold a five pound note into a shirt, right before their very eyes. Consequently, we approached Paper Monsters with trepidation. Surely this platform adventure wouldn't dare cast aspersions against our favourite pastime? Would it?
As someone who spends lots of time thinking about the future of music as an app phenomenon, it might surprise you that I do a lot of my listening on vinyl records.
We all sing-a-long to our favorite songs. Maybe it's in the car. Maybe it's in the shower. Maybe it's at your company's karaoke party and you're trying your best to sing Once Bitten, Twice Shy even though you don't really like the song. Wherever you're singing, there's a good chance you're singing it wrong. Here's an app that'll fix that and save you from the occasional "Hold me closer, Tony Danza."
The original Home Sheep Home was good enough to earn a BAFTA nomination, a clever puzzle game with a quirky sense of humour, and the sequel has been kicking around on the App Store for a while now. Does it recapture the same madcap magic of the original? Or is it no more satisfying than a luke-warm doner kebab?
You're probably wondering just how many social networks we need. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Path are already on my iPhone. You know what, let's add another. The latest to jump into the social pool is Highlight and it wants you to find your friends—at least potential friends—nearby. Maybe the guy down the street also loves pastrami as much you do.
People of Earth. You are DOOOOOOOOOMED. How's that for a cheery sentiment on a Tuesday afternoon? No seriously, you're doomed. There's no hope, not unless you boot up Unstoppable Gorg on your iPad and fight the good fight against an army of bug-eyed aliens. Actually, that sounds like it might be quite fun.
The best part about Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace was Darth Maul. He was scary looking and he had a wicked double-bladed lightsaber. Why did Darth Maul have to die? Why? As a tribute, LucasArts just released an app that'll let you sith yourself up. Darth Maul will live on in all of us, just as Darth Sidious intended.
There's a good reason why TV shows like Police Camera Action are so popular. It's not because viewers want to see justice being done. It's because most criminals are alarmingly stupid, especially behind of the wheel of a car, and it makes great entertainment. Smash Cops is built around the same principle, and it valiantly lives up to its name.
There are laws, PSAs, and nagging family members out there trying to keep us from using our phones while driving. Scosche's cellCONTROL is a clever device that'll actually block the use of distracting apps and the phone whenever a car is moti
Unlike getting hold of iOS apps, it's always been possible to trawl the web for software that doesn't appear in the Android Market. But that process is about to get even easier, because soon there will be an unofficial store for banned Android apps.
