Archive for April, 2009

Touched By A Podcast

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Kind words for Appy Newz from Lloyd Hannesson and Rob LeFebvre over at the Touch of Gaming podcast. Favorite quotes: “Man, it’s fun!” “I sat down, and played for about two hours.” “I’ve sent wacky pictures to at least four or five people.” “It’s kind of addictive in it’s own little way.” “Hours of goofy [...]

Appy Newz 1.1 Released

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

The version 1.1 free update to Appy Newz has been approved by Apple and should be in an App Store near you right now! This first update cleans up a minor bug or two, and adds new content — Emoticons! Now you can swap in stress lines, exclamation marks, and more on the Objects layer [...]

Headwounds, Facebook, & Sarge

Monday, April 27th, 2009

We love Sarge. I want to make that clear. Past blog entries have already shined a light on his more eccentric behaviors. Many of his unique peculiarities may be down to the fact that Sarge has suffered eleven concussions. Those are just the ones he can remember. Concussions are no laughing matter — if your [...]

APPera Accolades

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Another day, and another positive review for Appy Newz. Check out these very kind comments about Appy Entertainment’s first App from The APPera. We’re also pleased to see that The APPera understands the soul of Appy Newz, as shown in this cover they created for their review, springboarding off of the big “Baby Shaker” story [...]

BREAKING: APPY NEWZ IS ONE BILLIONTH APP!

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

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Happy St. George's Day!

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

We celebrate St. George’s Day with coverage of Appy Newz at PocketGamer UK! Head on over there to read an interview with the usual suspects, and to see the viewpoint of Appy Newz from across the pond. I don’t think it’s revealing too much to say that Sarge is no longer alone among Appy’s favorite [...]

Appy Newz Cover Contest!

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Our friends at KRAPPS are running an Appy Newz cover contest! Head on over there for details. The Grand Prize winner will have their likeness installed in a future update of Appy Newz. Yes, anyone can put their own face into our amazing little App … what we’re talking about is putting YOU in the [...]

Listen To The Pod People!

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Appy Newz received some very kind and favorable comments in the most recent podcast from the gang over at the iPhone Games Network. The guys run a fine site and the podcast is always entertaining; doubtless you’re already subscribed to the podcast through iTunes, but in case you’re not, you can link directly to episode [...]

What We're Playing: April

Monday, April 20th, 2009

A busy month here at the Secret Worldwide Headquarters of Appy Entertainment — April has nearly slipped out the door, and we haven’t done a fresh edition of “What We’re Playing.” Well, praise for the other guys sounds just the tonic for an uncertain Monday. And so … What We’re Playing! First up, there is [...]

Appy Newz — Not Krappy!

Friday, April 17th, 2009

There’s a very favorable review of Appy Newz over at KRAPPS this morning: Thanks, guys. We appreciate that you appreciate us. Let’s do lunch! KRAPPS also has a few Appy Newz contests on the boil … details to be announced in a couple days! Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet [...]