Filed under: Gaming, Software, iPhone

“Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn…” but not for long. A company called Digital Jokers, in conjunction with a subsidary called Mayhem Studios, is bringing HP Lovecraft’s cuddly, horrible, insanity-inspiring Great Old One to the iPhone in the form of a graphical adventure game called Call of Cthulhu: The Darkness Within. It looks like fun, although if the laughable trailer is any indication, they’ll need to do some spell checking and additional translation before the game actually goes live.

Still, Cthulhu fans will slog through some pretty bad software if it means there’s a good Lovecraftian story in the mix. We’ll keep an eye on this one — graphical horror-based adventure on the iPhone done well could make for a good (or should we say evil?) time.

[via Macworld]

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, iPhone

I thought Line Rider kind of “jumped” the shark (so to speak) when they sold out to McDonald’s, but apparently the little sandbox physics game is still kicking around. InXile, the company that makes it, is working on a version for the iPhone. There was a version available for jailbreakers, but apparently the company put the kibosh on it when they found out.

Not much else to say about this — Line Rider is currently available for free online, and if you like it there, you’ll probably like it on the iPhone, too. Personally, it’s more fun to watch than to play — whenever I try to make a run, my little guy always dies on the first curve. But maybe with a little more iPhone-based practice, I can finally get him to do that loop-de-loop I’ve been wanting.

[via Touch Arcade]

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Filed under: Gaming, Software, iPhone

The folks at Fullpower kindly sent us a note about their new iPhone app, MotionX Dice, and after giving it a try, I can say it works as promised — if you want a good-looking and fun way to roll dice on your iPhone, this is it.

There are several types of well-rendered 3D dice and tables to choose from. The actual “rolling” is done by shaking the iPhone, which is a good time. The app will eventually be raised in price, but right now it can be found for free on the App Store. Frankly, this kind of pricing change smacks of top apps list scamming to us, but we’ll give Fullpower the benefit of the doubt, as they say it’s a promotion.

However, we do have a bone to pick with Fullpower about this app. As fun as Yahtzee is (though there is one set of Poker dice, so you can play that, too), most of the dice that TUAW nerds — or former TUAW nerds — roll are of the d8, d10, and d20 variety. Any chance we can get a few of those added into the dice-rolling mix? d6s are all right for some damage types, but we can’t roll a Nat 20 or break out the d4 Magic Missile with the program as it is.

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