Damn. I was half-way through making this!

Just goes to show, that idea you’ve just had? Someone else has already had it.

Lovely though, and reassuring to see this guy has had as much trouble with the ‘M’ as I was having.

I guess I’ll abandon mine now then.

I’m quite excited about the upcoming Apple Tablet, or iPad, even though I’m not likely to be buying one.

Not as excited as I was about the iPhone though…

Those images above are genuine Apple prototypes from 1983, the image below however is real, ladies and gentlemen, the first ever Apple Computer from 1976…

Whatever is announced in a couple of hours, it’s sure to be impressive. Steve Jobs has been allegedly quoted as saying it’s the “most important thing I’ve ever done” With rumours ranging from the reinvention of newspapers, to fingerprint identification and impressive gaming capabilities, the idea is that you really DO need another shiny Apple product in your life.

We’ll see.

Please forgive me while I indulge my geek and nostalgia genes simultaneously – it is Friday after all.

Monkey Island has made it to the iPhone ::iTunes Link:: and not just any old Monkey Island, the new Special Edition which landed on PC and xBox360(shudder) last weekend. The game contains the original VGA-tastic version as well as a new improved graphic incarnation (HD on the other formats, slightly less impressive on the iPhone). The new version has a new voiceover track and you can flip between past and present with a swipe gesture at any time. Here’s to many more LucasArts titles on the App Store and to a graphic adventure renaissance!

If you haven’t ever played Monkey Island, it’s an offbeat adventure of piratey proportions. A genuine classic game from the early 90′s with excellent writing and atmospheric gameplay. They really don’t make them like this anymore and now it’s had a new lick of pixelly paint…

If you don’t have an iPhone, you can get the new Special Edition on your dirty PC via Steam or your filthy xBox through XBLA. If you don’t have an iPhone, PC or xBox, check out ScummVM, which lets you play all the old LucasArts adventures on almost any platform. And don’t forget Telltale Games’ new episodic Monkey Island series Tales of Monkey Island…

The iPhone is really starting to come into its own as a bona fide gaming platform, notable recent additions to the App Store with a retro flavour also include Peggle, Worms and Wolfenstein 3D. Doom can’t be far away.

All highly recommended to take the edge of travel on the London Underground network…

Clever advert for the iPod on Yahoo’s website…

I’m happy arrogantly assuming that people reading this might like to know what my 10 favourite iPhone apps are. So if you do, read on. If not, then feel free to leave a comment and tell me what I’m missing out on. Perhaps you’re just curious as to why the title of this post is ‘My 10 favourite iPhone apps’ and there are 11 icons here…

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Just saw this over at FormFiftyFive very nice. Could form the basis of some great gaming ideas maybe, I’m thinking something along the lines of the excellent Echocrome:

At the least it’s a very cool demo. Come to think of it, there isn’t really a kosher demo scene for the iPhone, would be great to see an experimental visuals section to the App Store full of free goodness, instead of 50 versions of Solitaire…

Thanks to Sean for the link…