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Monday, August 22, 2011

Rdio Just Got Better With Discounted Family Plans

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Rdio Unlimited Family, announced today, is a new discounted way to have more than one account for your family and friends. Calling it “the industry’s first digital music family plan,” Rdio hopes to allow folks who know each other group their accounts in bundles of up to three at a time. Each account acts as it’s own individual account, with the ability to listen to an individual mix of the over 10 million songs on the Rdio service. Users can also follow other Rdio listeners, and share songs and playlists with other users, Facebook, and Twitter. The accounts are fully functional Rdio accounts, able to access their unique settings on a variety of devices and platforms, including the iPad, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile 7, as well as home devices like Sonos and Roku.

“When we first introduced Rdio, everyone in the industry offered the same rates and service plans for on-demand music: five dollars per month for Web-only access and ten dollars per month for Web and mobile,” said Drew Larner, CEO of Rdio. “Now with whole families using Rdio, we’ve had a tremendous number of requests from our users for a family plan. We’re really proud to be the first digital music service to bring this type of plan to market.”

The new Rdio Unlimited Family Plan, users can save 10% with a two-account plan, at $17.99/month. If there are three accounts purchased in the bundle, there is a 23% savings, coming in at $22.99/month, while additional accounts above and beyond the three are charged at the standard $.9.99 per month. So, while a family of six will save some on the first three accounts, it might behoove them to purchase two family accounts, with up to three accounts each.

We hope to see more services adopt this “buy more, save more” approach with time, and Rdio is leading the way. I look forward to the time when the discounted savings includes more than three at a time, but this is definitely a step in the right direction.

Apps mentioned in this post: Rdio


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Rob LeFebvre 23 Aug, 2011


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A Knights Dawn Review

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A Knights Dawn Review

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on August 22nd, 2011
Our Rating: ★★★☆☆ :: PERPLEXING
Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad

This tower defense game pits the player against a constant flow of relentless enemies and it doesn’t pull any punches.

 

Developer: VisionaryX GmbH

Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.204
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 3GS

Graphics / Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Overall Rating: 3.13 out of 5 stars

A Knights Dawn is a simple, fantasy themed tower defense game. The game unfolds much as one would expect, having the player progress from level to level by strategically placing defenses in order to protect a certain position from a constant flow of enemies.

In A Knights Dawn the levels are in a 2D perspective and they generally consist of several different levels connected by ramps and stairs. The flow of enemies starts at one end of this path and the enemies make their way up or down the ramps and stairs to each level and finally to the end of the path, which the player is trying to protect. Along this path, there are flags positioned periodically. At these positions, the player can use gold to station one of six different types of defenders including warriors with rapiers, daggers, or rifles. Each different type of unit does a different amount of damage and has a different range of attack and cool-down period. More gold is awarded as enemies are defeated and this gold can be used to buy more units or to upgrade the strength and damage dealt out by existing units.

A Knights Dawn has all the elements of an enjoyable tower defense game; however, it has some serious difficulty balance issues. Even the first few levels of the game on the easiest settings can be extremely difficult. Early enemies in the game seem out of balance when compared to the power of early units with no upgrades. Upon the completion of each level, honor points are awarded which can then be used to boost the global stats of all defense units in the game. Still, the amount of time a player would have to spend to buff their units to a balanced level would probably be more time than the game really merits.

This game looks great, but it suffers from some fundamentally broken gameplay as well as a very enigmatic navigation scheme. Tower defense fans looking for an unforgiving challenge may find this is just what they are looking for, but others will probably want to try another title.


A Knights Dawn


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Released: 2011-05-24 :: Category: Games

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Rob Rich 22 Aug, 2011


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Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim Review

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Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim Review

By
Rob Rich on August 22nd, 2011
Our Rating: ★★★★½ :: HANDS-OFF FUN
Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad

Majesty might be a little confusing for armchair generals who are used to a more hands-on approach, but that shouldn’t discourage the rest of us.

 

Developer: Herocraft Ukraine
Price: $2.99
Version: 1.0.0
App Reviewed on: iPhone 3GS

Graphics / Sound Rating: 4.75 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Overall Rating: 4.44 out of 5 stars

I must admit, as a fan (not fanatic, just fan) of real-time strategy games, I found Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim utterly perplexing when I first started it up. I figured out how to build things easy enough, and upgrading existing structures was simple, but when it came time to actually do anything I was completely lost. Fortunately I was able to finally “get it” after a second attempt. I couldn’t be happier that it finally clicked with me, because Majesty is one heck of an awesome iOS game.

Okay, so it’s not really an iOS game so much as an iOS port of a PC game, but that doesn’t make Majesty any less fun to play. Players take on the role of a sort of “absentee strategist,” never having any direct control over their heroes but instead creating helpful structures and placing bounties to give them a nudge in the right direction. See, heroes (knights, rangers, wizards, etc.) can all be trained from their specific buildings, but once they’re available they just kind of do their own thing. This includes wandering around killing monsters, hunting for treasures and even buying better gear at the marketplace. As the ruler of the kingdom, it’s the player’s job to make sure they have all they need to survive whatever activity they decide to partake in.

As I understand it, Majesty has been tweaked a little bit during the transition from PC to iOS. It’s pretty much just some visual and interface adjustments, but I think Herocraft deserves at least some credit for the delightful graphics on display here. As for the gameplay itself, it’s more-or-less unchanged from its PC counterpart, a fact that makes me want to track down aid counterpart because it’s a heck of a lot of fun, and a nice change of pace from a typical RTS.

While I completely understand and even applaud the unorthodox approach to strategy, being unable to directly command units can still make the game frustrating. I’ve had buildings destroyed because all of my heroes were off exploring the wilderness (the town guards are practically useless), watched a bunch of them attack an enemy spawn point and then have all but one wander off once it’s destroyed (leaving the lone sap to face all those pissed-off and homeless goblins) and more. Again, I get it, but I can’t help but wish I had just a bit more control.

I feel like Majesty came out of nowhere. I suppose as someone who was never able to sample most of the PC’s classics it kind of did. I’m glad I finally had the chance to play it this time around, and I hope that it gets all the attention it so rightly deserves.



Apps mentioned in this post: Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim


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Rob Rich 23 Aug, 2011


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Darwinian Style Social Networking With Igobubble

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Casting an evolutionary spin on the world of social networking comes igobubble. It’s a social networking app all about bubbles. Well, not exactly bubbles, more like the person using the app, but it does so by providing everything in a series of bubbles.

Users can put thoughts, messages, photos, videos and everything else they can imagine and put it into a bubble. Much more interactive elements than in other social networking apps are then offered. Anybody can change such bubbles, move them, clone them or spread them around the app’s world of sorts. The bubbles even have lives of their own with the ability to grow, shrink, divide or even pop if they’re not popular enough. Plus users can keep track of how they travel, according to how popular they become.

It’s an intriguing idea and feels much more interactive and fluid than the potentially staid interface of the likes of Facebook and Twitter. This is a social network that concentrates more on growth and viral spreading with a Darwinian style twist. Whether it takes off is anybody’s guess but it’s certainly worth a look, if nothing else but to see the ingenuity behind it.

Igobubble app is out now.



Apps mentioned in this post: igobubble app


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Jennifer Allen 23 Aug, 2011


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Highlights Review

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Highlights Review

By
Phillip Levin on August 22nd, 2011
Our Rating: ★★★½☆ :: PRETTY BUT MORE OF THE SAME
Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad

Another app promising to help find users something to do nearby — but is it any good?

 

Developer: Ben Dodson
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: iPhone

iPhone Integration Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Overall Rating: 3.67 out of 5 stars

There are more than enough apps devoted to finding things to do nearby at this point. Nonetheless, we have Highlights, an app that does just that – and it might actually be worth taking a look at for many users.

Indeed, the App Store is overflowing with these kinds of apps, but Highlights does stand out right away in at least one regard. The app features a truly slick, clean interface. Many of the apps I’ve reviewed that offer a similar service often sport somewhat clunky and even ugly interfaces. Thankfully, Highlights sets itself apart immediately with its interface – one that’s both eye-pleasing and easy to use.

Beneath its looks, Highlights is essentially another app that locates nearby restaurants, entertainment, hotels, nightlife, services, shopping and things to do. But it does handle the process in its own unique way, at least somewhat distinguishing itself from the competition. The app pulls data from popular check-in sources, such as Foursquare and Gowalla, to create its database of suggestions. Further, the app does more than just list nearby local spots. Instead, it takes this data and measures the popularity of these locations by analyzing user activity, comments, photographs and more pertaining to each place. The end result is a compilation of suggested places to go and things to do, including the option to read many of those user comments and view user photographs as well.

Highlights doesn’t offer a lot of extras. It’s a somewhat minimalist experience, which is fine by me, as many of these apps are somewhat bloated. However, one nice extra that the app does feature is the Travel Planner. With this feature, users can put together a list of where they want to go – something I can see being useful when traveling to unfamiliar cities and towns.

All around, Highlights is a mostly unoriginal but well-executed app. It doesn’t do anything particularly different than any of the other apps out there that do the same thing. But it does do a good job at what it promises, and it’s an intuitive app that anyone can learn to use.


Highlights


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Our Rating: ★★★½☆ :: PRETTY BUT MORE OF THE SAME
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Released: 2011-07-24 :: Category: Travel

Apps mentioned in this post: Highlights


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Phillip Levin 23 Aug, 2011


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Surviving High School HD Gives Us a Second Chance at Popularity

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EA Mobile's Surviving High School has been released on a quite a few platforms. However, only the recently-released iPad version, Surviving High School HD, lets players experience this interactive adventure game's tawdry tales of adolescence in glorious high-definition. While walking through the halls of Centerscore High, taking quizzes and talking to fellow students, the choices players make will shape their social lives. Depending on what they decide, they might end up a jock, a nerd, a popular kid or an outsider.

This free app also allows players to download free, weekly extra episodes extending the plot even further. When switching from Portrait to Landscape mode, players gain access to a decision tree which helps them plot their course throughout the story lines. Additionally, all episodes players download are archived in an illustrated visual timeline and this is all managed through the new Multi-Touch interface.

Completing the illusion is the ability for Surviving High School HD players to keep tabs on their virtual friends, like any good teenager would, through Faceplace Alerts. Whether their actual high school years are behind them or not, now iPad owners can survive or thrive in this high school for as long as they want.




Apps mentioned in this post: Surviving High School FREE, Surviving High School Paid


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Phillip Levin 23 Aug, 2011


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