Ace Attorney: The iPhone Edition Review
The Ace Attorney series is back once again, except this time it's going to take a bite out of the big Apple.
Wait a second, hold it, what's this? An Ace Attorney game released on something other than Nintendo? Yup, the Ace Attorney series, with its cast of zany characters, loud outbursts of “Objection!”, finger wagging, and its outrageous flair for dramatic character reactions is hitting the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.
Ace Attorney: In need of a jolt of animation
Miles Edgeworth is not pleased to know he's not animated... yet
It has always struck me as a little odd that Capcom hasn't capitalized on the popularity of their Ace Attorney franchise as they should have. For a series that has sold just shy under 3 million copies across 5 games for the Nintendo DS (2.96 million) around the world it's really surprising that Capcom, known for having a plethora of Street Fighter animated works produced, hasn't gone down the obvious route and hired an animation studio, such as Studio 4°C which produced the Street Fighter IV: Ties that Bind short film, to animate an Ace Attorney series. There is easily enough material, from the 5 games, to create at least a 26 episode series and even more should they decide to create new cases and content, such as the stories covered in the official Ace Attorney comic, yet Capcom hasn't made the most of this opportunity.
Steve Jobs and the D: All Things Digital Conference
Steve Jobs, the Apple CEO and co-founder, kicking back at the D: All Things Digital Conference
Last night, at the eighth annual D: All Things Digital, hosted by The Wall Street Journal, Steve Jobs came out to be interview by the renowned journalist, Walt Mossberg, of The Wall Street Journal, and another colleague, Kara Swisher, a technologist for the Wall Street Journal. The interview last just slightly over an hour and a half and had Steve Jobs fielding questions regarding the on-going saga over the lost iPhone prototype which was sold to Gizmodo, Apple's stance on Flash and the on-going "feud" Adobe has perpetuated against Apple, Google, the App Store and about the future and present of Apple's latest gadget, the iPad.
Ubuntu: From Humanity to Unity
The all new, Unity interface, only for Ubuntu!
It wasn’t long ago when I wrote up an article discussing my impressions of the various Operating Systems (OS) that were available for the line of ultra portable computers known as netbooks. I had mentioned my disappointment in the limited number of different desktop experiences available as I find myself using my netbook more and more over my Macbook. Besides the choice between Linux or Windows there seemed to be a handful of user interfaces (UI) available. There were a few custom interfaces tailored for the small screens on netbooks and a full desktop experience. Amongst the custom interfaces the most popular has been the one produced by Canonical (the main financial sponsor for Ubuntu Linux) for their netbook edition of popular Linux distribution, Ubuntu.
Ace Attorney: A Brief, Initial Review
It’s funny how even in this modern age of gaming, in which we have highly polished and detailed 3D graphics mimicking real life, that there are still several great games out there that are still using 2D graphics that not only can entrap a gamer into playing it over and over again but launch a successful franchise. There are some games, such as the Disgaea series, where the gamer replays the game due to the immense epilogue content in the form of dungeon crawling and extra bosses to battle or additional, multiple endings, and then there are story-driven games like the Ace Attorney franchise.
Netbook Interfaces: A Respite…
The Asus eeePC netbook
The netbook, a miniature notebook ranging in size from 5" to 10.1" in screen size, has seen its popularity explode over the past few years since the original release of the Asus eeePC (700 series). Initially the eeePC was offered with a small 7" (diagonal) screen, compressed keyboard, wireless and wired network cards, 512 MB of RAM, and a small 4 GB hard drive, however it, and competing netbooks, have evolved to include a full size keyboard, larger screens and hard drives, Bluetooth, better wireless network hardware, webcams, multi-touch trackpads and even video cards capable of playing high definition video. Although some might consider the lack of an optical drive, such as a CD-ROM, to be a detraction, I consider to be a wise design choice as this device's intent is to be ultra-portable and have greater battery life than conventional, full-sized notebook computers.
Ubunchu: Challanging Web Forums
It has been a while since I last mentioned Ubuntu fan-written comic Ubunchu. Since then there has been 2 additional releases focusing on 2 different topics that are relevant to the Ubuntu creed of community, sharing and generosity.
The Return of I’m a Mac and I’m a PC
Originally posted: 08/25/2009
I was starting to wonder when, not if, Apple would respond to those silly Microsoft Laptop Hunter ads and lo and behold, 2 more have come out, via 9to5mac.com and Youtube, both of which counter the Laptop Hunter ads. The first one, called Top of the Line features our 2 regulars and a lady looking to buy a laptop when PC suggests the top of the line PC played by Seinfield veteran actor David Putty whereas the second is titled Surprise. It's funny they have an actor who has worked on Seinfield previously as the ads featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfield kicked off the whole advertising campaign that Microsoft has launched. The funniest bit about the Microsoft ads is that, well, for the most part Microsoft is a software company, much like EA Sports or Square Enix, and they do not make computers, whereas Apple does, funny no? Hit the jump for the first ad from the new set from Apple.
…and the latest Ubunchu chapter is in English now!
Originally posted: 06/08/2009, previously posted as...and the Ubunchu is in English now!
It's been a little over a week since I stumbled upon chapter 2 of the Ubuntu Linux Japanese comic Ubunchu and now I can proudly share the English version as available on Doctor Mo's Blog. Please be sure to take a look at it. 
Source: Doctor Mo's Blog
New Ubunchu Whoooa!
Originally posted: 05/27/2009
Last month I shared a link to a Japanese comic that was focused on Ubuntu Linux being used in a high school computer club of sorts. The comic, Ubunchu, written by Hiroshi Seo, has since seen a second chapter released. There hasn't been a translated version yet however the original Japanese version and a so-called Japanese Source Edition are available at Seo's blog website.
Source: Hiroshi Seo's Blog
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