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TouchArcade.com Highlights iPhone and iPod Touch Gaming

Suggestion:

Could there be some type of rating system for the games(stars, fingers, thumbs , etc..) that way it could give the readers an idea as to the gameplay value/price ratio.

Thanks.
 
Wow

Arn,

While I certainly respect your decision as your life, is well, your life... I can't help but wonder why you would spend years in school doing something that has real impact on people's lives, as being a Doctor would, and transitioning to macrumors.com and other sites as a career.

It is evident by this site, and your new one, that you are gifted, and I will tell you for one that I am sad to see your gifts being used on something people want, rather than something we need.

I hope you will reconsider and go back to giving your self to people who need the gifts you offer as a Doctor. Many others can fulfill our wants, but few, as yourself, can really save our lives through your mind, and heart.

My two cents...
 
MacRumors said:
Aurora Feint: The Beginning (iTunes link) - 23 year old developers Danielle Cassley and Jason Citron have been slaving away at this game for only 10 weeks, but have already won the praise of early App Store commenters who are amazed that the game is free.

Some have compared the game to Pokemon Puzzle League where the basic gameplay is to arrange three blocks in a row, either vertical or horizontal. But what’s unique is the Role Playing component to the game along with level-ups which provide you with useful skills such as “Time Stopper” and “Strategist”. These level-ups can aid in gameplay and increase your multipliers. The graphics and music are also of impressive quality.
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Question (for those who may know): What's the difference between this and Puzzle Quest from the XBox 360 Arcade?
 
I don't know, playing the games on my Touch hasn't been all that exciting. The only game i purchased was Pac-Man and that was because i'm old school.

I personally won't be paying for any more games, but if they are free I might give them a whirl.

The news, music and utilities apps are more valuable to me. Maybe i'm just getting old lol. Either way, good luck with your site Arn. I'll keep an eye on it.
 
Gunga Din said:
I don't know, playing the games on my Touch hasn't been all that exciting. The only game i purchased was Pac-Man and that was because i'm old school.

I personally won't be paying for any more games, but if they are free I might give them a whirl.

The news, music and utilities apps are more valuable to me. Maybe i'm just getting old lol. Either way, good luck with your site Arn. I'll keep an eye on it.
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I agree. There is room on the iTouch/Phone for some neat little time wasting games, but it's not going to be a replacement for a DS or PSP. The overall utility of the iTouch/Phone is growing my leaps and bounds with the opening of the app store though :)
 
Aurora...

I just discovered the game yesterday...WOW what a nice free game. The graphics are really nice and you can play for hours. It did not even crash on me.
 
kjs862 said:
As a medical student, all I can say is wow. All that hard work to become a doctor and your quitting to become a full time webmaster. I'd take the being a doctor. Think about it helping people with their health and potentially saving lives opposed to helping people get their Apple/iPhone fix. But anyways, whatever makes you most happy.
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iPastor said:
While I certainly respect your decision as your life, is well, your life... I can't help but wonder why you would spend years in school doing something that has real impact on people's lives, as being a Doctor would, and transitioning to macrumors.com and other sites as a career.

It is evident by this site, and your new one, that you are gifted, and I will tell you for one that I am sad to see your gifts being used on something people want, rather than something we need.

I hope you will reconsider and go back to giving your self to people who need the gifts you offer as a Doctor. Many others can fulfill our wants, but few, as yourself, can really save our lives through your mind, and heart.

My two cents...
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Ha ha, you people make me laugh with your god-like worship of doctors. The last thing this country needs is more of them. Better doctors, maybe...
But anyway, it takes all different types of people and professions to make the world go around and Arn is able to help a lot of people in an entirely different way with MR. I applaud his courage to leave a cushy highly paid profession and head out into the somewhat unknown to follow his dreams.

Thanks for the toucharcade link. I found a few games on there that I hadn't seen while browsing the app store.
 
iPastor said:
Arn,

While I certainly respect your decision as your life, is well, your life... I can't help but wonder why you would spend years in school doing something that has real impact on people's lives, as being a Doctor would, and transitioning to macrumors.com and other sites as a career.

It is evident by this site, and your new one, that you are gifted, and I will tell you for one that I am sad to see your gifts being used on something people want, rather than something we need.

I hope you will reconsider and go back to giving your self to people who need the gifts you offer as a Doctor. Many others can fulfill our wants, but few, as yourself, can really save our lives through your mind, and heart.

My two cents...
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Where does he say he's leaving his position as a nephrologist?
 
good luck with new site, arn and blakespot (and with the new full time job, arn).
 
Nice job Arn! Nice to know you're doing something you want to do rather than something everyone else thinks you should want to do. Good Luck!
 
iPastor said:
Arn,

While I certainly respect your decision as your life, is well, your life... I can't help but wonder why you would spend years in school doing something that has real impact on people's lives, as being a Doctor would, and transitioning to macrumors.com and other sites as a career.

It is evident by this site, and your new one, that you are gifted, and I will tell you for one that I am sad to see your gifts being used on something people want, rather than something we need.

I hope you will reconsider and go back to giving your self to people who need the gifts you offer as a Doctor. Many others can fulfill our wants, but few, as yourself, can really save our lives through your mind, and heart.

My two cents...
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It's a free country. We all get only one life to live. I wasn't aware of a shortage of doctors anyway. Better a happy webmaster than a disenchanted doctor.
 
I don't think any of us can second guess arn's career choices. Of course, this is a website for second guessing everything businesses do, so MacRumors is subject to that too.

Webmaster (like Game Tester) is a job that may sound easy or fun, but can be tough. That's why so many webmasters (and game testers) give it up and become nephrologists!
 
What does Arn being or not being (to be Shakespearesque) a doctor have to do with iPhone/Touch gaming?

Are we only talking free games here? Because Trism is the best $5 I've spent on a game in a long while.
 
iPastor said:
Arn,

While I certainly respect your decision as your life, is well, your life... I can't help but wonder why you would spend years in school doing something that has real impact on people's lives, as being a Doctor would, and transitioning to macrumors.com and other sites as a career.

It is evident by this site, and your new one, that you are gifted, and I will tell you for one that I am sad to see your gifts being used on something people want, rather than something we need.

I hope you will reconsider and go back to giving your self to people who need the gifts you offer as a Doctor. Many others can fulfill our wants, but few, as yourself, can really save our lives through your mind, and heart.

My two cents...
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Congrats Arn !!! With health care currently being directed by the insurance providers and with universal health care almost guaranteed after the next election, I would not be surprised if many health providers left the industry.

- The amount of money and the time needed to become a doctor.

- Insurance company or government telling you when and how to treat a patient and then telling you how much you can charge for the treatment.

- Paying unbelievable sums of money for malpractice insurance.
 
Good luck Arn. I applaud your decision to be happy with your career! I changed mine 8 years ago from a high paying marketing job to a low paying teaching position and never looked back! (well, maybe a few times as I would now probably be living in a big city and have access to an iPhone 3G network and have that new macBook and iPhone I so desperately want! But for now I will stay living in the middle of nowhere with little cell phone access and an old iMac.) :rolleyes:

Anyway, you have to enjoy your career AND have the skills necessary or else it becomes a job. Keep up the great work!
 
congratulations!

congratulations to apple - while people THINK the iphone is now open, it is in the cage made by apple. has anyone looked beyond monkey-ball? isn't it strange that there is NO iphone skype, ICQ or google earth? i am curious how many people got rejections from apple, it is incredible that apple can prevent people from developing for the iphone - if apple doesn't want them. what is this, dictatorship? ps: the main feature of the ipod touch update is the app store and security improvements for safari. why does apple charge 9,90 $ for this? this is as if mc donalds would start charging an entry fee - doesn't apple want touch users to buy in the app store??? obviously NOT.
 
Wow.

iPastor said:
Arn,

While I certainly respect your decision as your life, is well, your life... I can't help but wonder why you would spend years in school doing something that has real impact on people's lives, as being a Doctor would, and transitioning to macrumors.com and other sites as a career.

It is evident by this site, and your new one, that you are gifted, and I will tell you for one that I am sad to see your gifts being used on something people want, rather than something we need.

I hope you will reconsider and go back to giving your self to people who need the gifts you offer as a Doctor. Many others can fulfill our wants, but few, as yourself, can really save our lives through your mind, and heart.

My two cents...
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I enjoy that you manage to state that he has a gift and also that he should shirk it in favor of a skill in the same breath. Wow.

If his ability to write and edit these sites is something he does well (it obviously is) and something he enjoys (he's made that apparent too) than who is to say he shouldn't? Certainly not you. Some other person coming out of med school will take his place in the all-healing world of benefactors that call themselves doctors and Arn will be able to put to daily use his skills to do something he finds enjoyable.

Is it wrong for somebody to become a businessman when they could have gone to med school? So by Arn's attending med school he is automatically unable to make another decision?

If there is one thing I doubt I can take much more of it is judgmental pastors. What happened to the unconditional love of the church? Certainly has changed since I worked in the church.
 
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