Appy Entertainment is proud to announce our second App and our first game! FaceFighter is available now on Apple’s iTunes. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLSlnMGEWK4] Fight ANYONE … ANY PLACE … at ANY TIME with FaceFighter! FaceFighter is the fighting game where YOUR FRIENDS are your foes! FaceFighter bouts are as simple as a three-punch boxing combo: 1) Get [...]

Regular readers of this crazy blog may remember my last business-oriented post speculating on the future of Apple TV and how it is primed to morph into a game console. Since that time, the pieces have started to fall into place. Consider these recent developments and rumors: Apple Snags Xbox Exec (PC World) Apple Hires [...]

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 [...]

(Note: First-time visitors to Appy Place click here for more game culture, startup stories, development tales, movie and book reviews, news of Appy Entertainment’s iPhone Apps, and more …) Our post last year about Militant Optimism has proven one of the most popular and enduring here at Appy Place, and our first Militant Optimism Award, [...]

Buried on the second page of AppleInsider’s Kindle 2 review was this insight about what makes Apple so Appley: “When Apple pounced upon the emerging MP3 player market earlier this decade, it didn’t set out to fill the needs of audiophiles who sit in specially built rooms designed to ideally reproduce sound. Instead, Apple targeted [...]

Another month, and another snapshot of the Apps that are getting played here at the Secret World Headquarters of Appy Entertainment. And what better way to convey a snapshot than with a literal snapshot of the most coveted real estate in the iPhone universe — my main home screen! There are a few new entries [...]

(Note: First-time visitors click here for more game culture, startup stories, development tales, movie and book reviews, and more …) Sometimes I like to take things slow. I love extra innings with Vin Scully, I indulge in long-winded blog posts, and I’m the kind of guy that takes a Russian novel to the men’s room. [...]

It’s the beginning of a new month so we thought we’d take a snapshot of what new games are capturing our attention here at Appy Entertainment’s Secret Worldwide Headquarters. We download a lot of Apps at Appy, but only a precious few get under our skin and elbow their way onto the front pages of [...]

In the last week or so I’ve been delving deeper into Twitter. I’ve been on the site for several months, but it wasn’t until joining a list of iPhone developers on Twitter that the service hit any kind of critical mass for me. Now I’ve got my ear tuned to an interesting channel and suddenly [...]

Pulse-pounding news for an anonymous Thursday! First up, Appy Entertainment is delighted to participate in the Great Indie Bake Off. Sponsored by our friends at Antair Games, the Bake Off is an attempt to do a little grassroots viral marketing to support the many fine independent game studios currently creating games for Apple’s iPhone. Gavin [...]