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Apple's PDA

Sunday, 18 November 2007.

Update:

This post was written prior to the January Software Upgrade 2008.

When Steve Jobs introduced the iPod Touch to the world on September 5th, he claimed it was one of the seven wonders of the world. He might have been exaggerating a little, but in response to Blake Brannon's question 'Did Apple Just Release a PDA?', I think he might be onto something....

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Simon The Sorcerer

Saturday, 03 November 2007.

Part of my 'Classic Computer Games' series.

Simon The Sorcerer was a series of point-and-click adventure games created by Adventure Soft. The series follows the adventures of an unwilling hero of the same name. A modern day teenager by the name of Simon, is plucked from dull suburban life, by the evil wizard Sordid, into a fantasy world filled with goblins, giants, witches and sorcerers. The game consists of a jumbled collection of mini-quests that can be solved by patient searching and talking to other characters, with the ultimate goal of defeating Sordid and returning to the human world. Read the rest of this entry »