Siri-ous Stuff

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

Appy CEO Chris Ulm is quoted in an article from Business News Daily about the impact of voice recognition technology on development. Unfortunately, you still need to read Chris’ comments, rather than having them read to you … fortunately, they’re just a click away. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet [...]

Cowboys & Aliens

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Normally we wouldn’t need a lot of encouragement to go see James Bond, Indiana Jones, flying saucers, and cowboys all blended up together in a frothy popcorn-flavored summer movie cocktail … after all, we’re the guys that made Darkwatch! But this week’s pending release of Cowboys & Aliens has a special connection to Appy Entertainment. [...]

Christmas On The Death Star

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

We had a little holiday gathering last night for some Appy folk, friends, and family. That shadowy figure at the head of the table and in front of the window is The Ulm, by the way. Hey, wait a second … that window … that palpable aura of evil … Could it be? Hmm. Bookmark [...]

Appy Halloween (Again!)

Sunday, October 31st, 2010

We don’t have any fancy art like we did last year — we’re too busy finishing up Trucks & Skulls to be making greeting cards right now — but as Halloween is our birthday here at Appy Entertainment, we did want to pause and wish everyone a happy holiday and a prosperous year. This spooky [...]

Crisis On Infinite Platforms — Part 2 of 2!

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Earlier this week our intrepid roundtable took a look at the changing landscape of the print publishing industry, with an emphasis on examining the perils and possibilities of our favorite form — comic books. Today, we freely spend other peoples’ money by suggesting risky and unproven ways to adopt to the new digtial paradigm! can [...]

Crisis On Infinite Platforms — Comic Book Publishing In The Digital Age

Monday, September 27th, 2010

The digital revolution has savagely torpedoed the old print establishment. Newspapers are struggling, magazine circulation is in a downward spiral, and book publishing is trying to figure out digital distribution. Bobbing about the wreckage in these oil-stained waters is the comic book industry. Long past the heyday when a popular comic book could sell in [...]

Ahead Of The Pack

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Appy Entertainment CEO Chris Ulm is running with the big dogs in an article over at Entrepreneur today. “How Gaming’s Upstarts Stay Ahead In A Changing Market” looks at ways game not named Halo: Reach are trying to carve out a piece of the gaming pie. The article cites industry luminaries such as Digital Chocolate’s [...]

Don’t Worry, Folks, We’re Just Stopping For Ice!

Friday, August 27th, 2010

All right, enough laughing! It’s time to get back to business. Last week, Appy Entertainment CEO Chris Ulm threw a grenade in the punchbowl with the first of a two-part article about the war for your living room published by our friends as Gaming Business Review. This week, Ulm is back with the concluding chapter, [...]

The Battle For Your Living Room Begins Here!

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Did you hear the rumble of distant artillery this morning? The living room right now is a no-man’s land of standards and cables, universally poor and inconsistent user interfaces, huge numbers of channels, multiple boxes of hardware, hated cable companies, and multiple video game systems, each with its own proprietary hardware and expensive software. TV [...]

Four Is A Magic Number

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Four must be a magic number indeed to have iPhone fans lined up coast-to-coast to purchase Apple’s newest wonder device. Our favorite local newsblog, Carlsbadistan, published photos of folks lining up last night to get iPhone 4 (and a brief video of them being let into the store this morning). Our own intrepid Ulm and [...]