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Free Pyramid 13 Game for iPad 30 Jun 2013 | 03:19 am
Patience game (solitaire) addicts may be interested in a new Pyramid 13 Game for iPad that I released the other day. The app features two variants of the game (1 redeal and 2 redeals) allowing you to ...
Update to LetterMeister beta to improve animation/transition speed 5 Jun 2013 | 03:37 am
Various App Store reviews of LetterMeister, while on the whole very positive, complain about slow menu animation speeds. LetterMeister for desktop now contains an additional startup option to use fas...
2D game physics with Blosics 3 Jun 2013 | 07:25 pm
I recently reviewed a fun game for iPhone, Blosics, based heavily around "2D game physics", and a good example for developers thinking of devising such a game. As you'll see if you try it, the results...
Oracle on security fixes to Java 3 Jun 2013 | 06:59 pm
At the end last month, Oracle's lead Java platform developer left a blog post giving an overview of previous and upcoming security fixes to Java. While this focus on security is promising (and necessa...
Three vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime 3 Jun 2013 | 06:37 pm
I don't know how many companies are using the IBM Java Runtime nowadays (it was once a popular option on Linux). However, if you are, note the three vulnerabilities reported here. Unfortunately, it se...
A case study in the modernisation of an old gaming classic: Tetris 2 Jun 2013 | 07:08 am
The game of Tetris represents an interesting example of how a classic can survive into contemporary gaming. As I mention in my recent review of Tetris Blitz, there are a few key gameplay tweaks that m...
BBC on the difficulty of targeting the Android platform 2 Jun 2013 | 12:39 am
The BBC trust recently responded to a complaint that "the BBC had favoured iOS (Apple) over other mobile platforms with greater market share". The response essentially exonerates the BBC, concluding t...
Solitaire Whizz free of charge this weekend 1 Jun 2013 | 11:16 pm
Card game lovers may like to know that Solitaire Whizz, my compendium of 16 patience games for iPad, is complete free this weekend. Take advantage to download your copy now while the offer is still o...
Solitaire Whizz 1.1 released 10 May 2013 | 08:19 pm
An update to Solitaire Whizz for iPad has been released to the App Store. This update features a few small changes and fixes to some of the solitaire games included in the compendium. In particular: ...
The history of Freecell: a solitaire game made for computer implementation 18 Apr 2013 | 09:38 pm
Freecell, as implemented in Solitaire Whizz for iPad I'm currently adding some on-line documentation for my recently released Solitaire Whizz compendium for iPad. Solitaire games (or Patience games, ...
