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February 26, 2009
Strange Flavour gives it to the whales!
Our friends at Strange Flavour, the creators of some of our very favorite iPhone games, are taking a stand against illegal whaling by donating all of their proceeds from their games (including the best selling SlotZ Racer and Flick Sports Fishing) from the Japanese iPhone app store, to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
"With Japanese government sponsoring illegal whaling in the Antarctic whale sanctuary, Strange Flavour no longer feel that they can trade in a country where tax money from sales of their games is sponsoring the illegal extermination of endangered species."
“While donating our proceeds from the Japanese App Store is very minor in the scheme of things, we’d like the Japanese government to see that the antics of its illegal whaling industry are both embarrassing Japan and its people and causing it to lose face in a world where modern nations are realising the need to protect the environment and work together to avoid the extinction of critical species."
"We hold our Japanese gamers in the highest respect, so we decided to do this rather than penalise them by removing our games from sale in Japan.” says Aaron Fothergill, Managing Director of Strange Flavour Ltd.
In case you didn't know, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organisation. Their mission is to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world’s oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species.
Magnificent Valour guys!
Posted by Snaggy at 10:20 PM | Comments (0)
February 24, 2009
Spacey Forum Tidbits!
TheMoMan issues a Comet Alert, Comet Alert, ... skylar wonders if you are Twitterific?, ... geekygoddess starts of the Happy Birthday Grumpy!!!, ... Snaggy asks you to Help name NASA's new node! , ... fs explains This explains the diapers. .. and with the help of the geeks, Rhonwyyn cured her HD Bloat!
Posted by Snaggy at 08:50 AM
February 23, 2009
Best cell phone ad ever.
I'm sorry to say, but this beats iPhone ads, hands down, or should I say paws down? :-P
Posted by Nitrozac at 08:46 AM
February 17, 2009
Tuesday's Tidbits!
Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Famous Druid on 25 years, ... geekygoddess asks Are you addicted to the net?, ... Colonel Panic likes Lois Lane and wonders what ring tone is playing on your cell phone, ... Snaggy says Look into my eyes... deep into my eyes!, ... meanwhile Ashitika tests us with Blue eyes (and The Famous Druid starts the Blue Eyes - spoiler thread for those who know the solution.)
Posted by Snaggy at 12:05 AM
February 13, 2009
Valentine-y Tidbits!
Wow, Xanthine is getting married, ... Tom- geeking around is in a New relationship, ... Snaggy sees Rob wants to give you a high five, ... Cap'n Vic nearly pissed himself... and The Famous Druid wishes a Happy birthday to Darwin!
Posted by Snaggy at 12:23 AM
February 08, 2009
Geek Culture goes to the races!
Our favorite game creators over at Strange Flavour have a new version of SlotZ Racer for iPhone out. There's a ton of new features including new camera angles (helicopter view, driver view, moving views), the ability to add scenery to your track, and sharing tracks with friends. But best of all are the new cars. :-) Behold the Tubes Rock car, based on our much beloved Tubes Rock t-shirt!
and even cooler, they let me design my own CitruZ car, and I came up with the SkullZ! Don't mess with Driver Death!
SlotZ Racer lets players race against the computer or friends; a unique control system allows up to 4 people to race on a single iPhone! Features an intuitive track editor to give the player the ultimate freedom to design their very own courses, and offers a wide selection of cars to race. Compete for laps or against the clock in Time Trials, drive an endurance race, (with simulated days and nights), or play a ‘Quick Race’ to jump straight into the action. The game also includes unlockable new circuits, cars, track locations and championship challenges to keep the action exciting and fresh! Players have the option to play with lane changing, or fixed lanes for the racing purists.
This is all really cool stuff, and it's amazing that they can fit all this into an iPhone game. You can find out more on StrangeFlavour's SlotZ page, ... the SlotZ Racer page over at the mighty Freeverse, or you can just go buy it right now over on the iTunes Store.
Posted by Snaggy at 07:19 PM | Comments (1)
Forum tidbits to fire up your week...
The Famous Druid is experiencing a Severe Ember Attack, ... Sxeptomaniac saw Gran Torino but Didn't see that coming, ... GMX is raging over Christian Bale's Raging, ... Callipygous loves 3 very expensive, useless, heart stoppingly beautiful machines. and Snaggy throws out Obama is kind of a dick.
Posted by Snaggy at 11:40 AM
February 04, 2009
Forum Tidbits! Sweet!
Ashitaka dishes the superbowl commercials, ... littlefish tries to figure out Network bridging and is Searching for things, ... Sxeptomaniac liked Gran Torino, ... TheMoMan groans about Web Pages, and lifeinhd says Actually, the Google screwup wasn't quite that bad.
Posted by Snaggy at 09:31 AM
February 01, 2009
Start off February with some Forum Tidbits!
Congrats to bull3t on 5 years clean... The Famous Druid sweats out 43 44 45 , fs is On the Oregon Trail, ... maximile alerts us to Adobe UI Gripes, ... and the big question was Should Sprocket Keep His Beard?
Posted by Snaggy at 09:32 PM