App Store Weekend Blowout: Saturday January 28, 2012

App Store Weekend Blowout: Saturday January 28, 2012

Here it is! — the only list of on-sale iOS apps you’ll need this weekend. Continually updating Saturday through Monday, our weekly ‘Weekend Blowout’ segment aims to put all the best app sales we think you can’t afford to miss, in one awesome place.

Hit the break for the continually-updating list of sale action! — Plus, be sure to check out this week’s episode of New, Notable and Dropped for a list of the hottest must-have apps to have become available over the past 7-days.

iPhone / iPod touch

Neon Heroes – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Zombie Samurai – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Mini Motor Racing – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Across Age ™ DX – (Was $3.99, Now $0.99)
Ninja Chicken 3: The Runner – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
LANScan – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
iSlash – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
N.O.V.A. 2 – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Yes, Master! – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Aces Bubble Popper Deluxe – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
BannerFlo – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Doodle 2 Go – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)

iPad / Universal

Batman Arkham City Lockdown – (Was $5.99, Now $2.99)
Crystal War Blood Field – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Drop The Chicken – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Bowling Ninja – Tappi Bear – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
BulkSMS – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Exitium: Saviors of Vardonia – (Was $3.99, Now FREE)
Time Ducks – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Mobitee Golf Assistant – (Was $24.99, Now FREE)
SkySafari 3 Pro – (Was $39.99, Now $29.99)
NLogSynth PRO – (Was $14.99, Now $7.99)
Splashtop Remote Desktop – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Mini Motor Racing HD – (Was $3.99, Now $1.99)
Zombie Samurai HD – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
My Download Manager Pro – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Quarrel Deluxe – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Worms Crazy Golf HD – (Was $4.99, Now $1.99)
Across Age ™ HD – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Battleland: Honor of Arena HD – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Puzzlejuice – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
100 Cameras in 1 for iPad – (Was $3.99, Now $0.99)
Unarchiver (+USB Disk Pro) – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Smart-Office – (Was $9.99, Now $1.99)
Mahjong Deluxe – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Aces Bubble Popper Deluxe HD – (Was $2.99, Now FREE)
Eden – World Builder – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Paul & Percy – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Two Towers – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Pro Chords – (Was $8.99, Now $2.99)
NOAA Radar US – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
CineXPlayer – (Was $3.99, Now $2.99)
USB Disk™ – (Was $4.99, Now FREE)
Discovr Movies – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)

Continually Updating: The above post will be updated as sales for this weekend are revealed. Developer with an app on sale this weekend? – tips[at]razorianfly.com.


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Announcing the Winners of the 2011 Best App Ever Awards

Announcing the Winners of the 2011 Best App Ever Awards

It was an amazing year. With over 1.5 million votes cast (over three times the number cast last year) and a record number of nominations, we now have the winners of the 2011 Best App Ever Awards. Thanks to all that voted, nominated, and made these fantastic apps!

Now, the winner of the Best App Ever!


Best App Ever Category

Winner: Jetpack Joyride by Halfbrick Studios

Second Place: Temple Run by Imangi Studios, LLC
Third Place: Tiny Wings by Andreas Illiger

 

Halfbrick made iOS the winner of the Best App Ever by beating the top Android vote getter by nearly 10:1. Here are a few more interesting stats:

1,565,833 total votes cast
1.1 million unique voters
36,431 number of votes the top vote getter, Jetpack Joyride, got across all categories
1,692 unique apps in the awards
53.9% of the votes were for iOS apps
46.1% of the votes for Android apps
1 Best App Ever winner, Jetpack Joyride from Halfbrick Studios!

Thanks again for voting, we’ll be back again next year for our 5th Annual Best App Ever Awards!

Read on for the full list of winners or check out the Best App Ever Awards site for full details on all categories.


Most Innovative App Category

Winner: Codea by Two Lives Left

Second Place: Planetary by Bloom Studio, Inc.
Third Place: Tweetbot — A Twitter Client … by Tapbots

 


Best Visual Design Category

Winner: Tweetbot — A Twitter Client … by Tapbots

Second Place: Planetary by Bloom Studio, Inc.
Third Place: Flipboard by Flipboard Inc.

 


Best Location-Based App Category

Winner: Instagram by Burbn, Inc.

Second Place: Sonar – Mobile Profile for Loc… by Sonar Media, Inc.
Third Place: AroundMe by Attorno A Me S.R.L.

 


Best App Bargain Category

Winner: App Deals: Daily Free Apps and… by appsfire

Second Place: The FreeAppADay.com Official A… by ICS Mobile, Inc
Third Place: AppShopper by AppShopper.com, LLC

 


Best Use of Hardware Category

Winner: Leafsnap by Columbia University, University of Maryland, and Smithsonian Institution

Second Place: Infinity Blade II by Chair Entertainment Group, LLC
Third Place: GarageBand by Apple

 


Most Useful App Category

Winner: Amazon Mobile by AMZN Mobile LLC

Second Place: 1Password Pro by Agile Web Solutions
Third Place: Wake Smarter – The Voice Con… by Crop Duster Media

 


Best Big Brand App Category

Winner: Pizza Hut by imc2, LLC

Second Place: Apple Store by Apple
Third Place: Amazon Mobile by AMZN Mobile LLC

 


Best Time Killer Category

Winner: Tiny Wings by Andreas Illiger

Second Place: Zombie Gunship by Limbic Software
Third Place: Temple Run by Imangi Studios, LLC

 


Best Outdoors App Category

Winner: Peterson Birds of North Americ… by Appweavers Inc.

Second Place: Star Walk – 5 Stars Astronomy … by Vito Technology Inc.
Third Place: 360 Panorama by Occipital

 


Best Doing Good App Category

Winner: Tonic’s DoGood by Tonic Generation

Second Place: 7 Billion by National Geographic Society
Third Place: Project Noah by Networked Organisms

 


Best Social Networking App Category

Winner: Tweetbot — A Twitter Client … by Tapbots

Second Place: Focus for Facebook by Focused Apps LLC
Third Place: TextNow + Voice – Free Texting… by Enflick, Inc.

 


Best Group Sharing App Category

Winner: Path by Path, Inc.

Second Place: GroupMeâ„¢ by Mindless Dribble Inc.
Third Place: Kik Messenger by KIK INTERACTIVE INC.

 


Best Messaging App Category

Winner: IM+ Pro by SHAPE Services

Second Place: GroupMeâ„¢ by Mindless Dribble Inc.
Third Place: Textfree with Voice – free tex… by Pinger, Inc.

 


Best Location Sharing App Category

Winner: Gogobot – Travel Postcards,Thi… by Gogobot

Second Place: Facebook by Facebook, Inc.
Third Place: foursquare by foursquare

 


Best News App Category

Winner: Stitcher Radio by Stitcher, Inc.

Second Place: Flipboard by Flipboard Inc.
Third Place: Zite Personalized Magazine by Zite, Inc.

 


Best Magazine App Category

Winner: TRVL free Travel Magazine by Picture Contact BV

Second Place: Zinio by Zinio LLC
Third Place: Flipboard by Flipboard Inc.

 


Best Newspaper App Category

Winner: PressReader by NewspaperDirect Inc.

Second Place: NYTimes by The New York Times Company
Third Place: Flipboard by Flipboard Inc.

 


Best RSS Reader App Category

Winner: Reeder by Silvio Rizzi

Second Place: Flipboard by Flipboard Inc.
Third Place: Pulse News for iPhone by Alphonso Labs Inc

 


Best Navigation App Category

Winner: City Maps 2Go by Ulmon GmbH

Second Place: Waze GPS & traffic – Social, f… by Waze Inc.
Third Place: TomTom U.S.A. by TomTom International BV

 


Best Travel App Category

Winner: Trippy by Trippy.com

Second Place: FlightTrack Pro – Live Fligh… by Ben Kazez
Third Place: Where To? – Discover your next… by FutureTap GmbH

 


Best Transportation App Category

Winner: Routesy Pro Bay Area San Franc… by Pixelcup

Second Place: Transit Maps by Felt Tip Inc.
Third Place: Maplets — Maps for All Natio… by Zaia Design

 


Best App for Locals Category

Winner: Localscope by Cynapse

Second Place: HotZNow by Closer by Closer
Third Place: Yelp by Yelp

 


Best Productivity App Category

Winner: OmniFocus for iPad by The Omni Group

Second Place: Evernote by Evernote
Third Place: Textastic Code Editor by Alexander Blach

 


Best Task Management App Category

Winner: Wunderlist by 6 Wunderkinder

Second Place: OmniFocus for iPad by The Omni Group
Third Place: 2Do: Tasks Done in Style by Guided Ways Technologies Ltd

 


Best Calendar App Category

Winner: Pocket Informant (Calendar, Ta… by Web Information Solutions, Inc.

Second Place: Cozi Family Organizer by Cozi
Third Place: Virtual Office Pro by iTECH DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS INC.

 


Best Mobile Office App Category

Winner: Quickoffice Pro HD – edit of… by Quickoffice, Inc.

Second Place: Pages by Apple
Third Place: Documents To Go® Premium – Of… by DataViz, Inc.

 


Best Business App Category

Winner: Daylite Touch by Marketcircle

Second Place: Scanner Pro: scan multipage do… by Readdle
Third Place: ReaddleDocs (documents/attachm… by Readdle

 


Best Remote Access App Category

Winner: VNC Viewer by RealVNC

Second Place: Wyse PocketCloud Pro (Remote … by Wyse Technology Inc.
Third Place: TeamViewer for Remote Control by TeamViewer

 


Best Information Organization App Category

Winner: ThinkBook – Write, Plan, Outli… by Bitolithic Pty Ltd

Second Place: Evernote by Evernote
Third Place: HanDBase Database Manager by DDH Software, Inc

 


Best Writing App Category

Winner: Penultimate by Cocoa Box Design LLC

Second Place: Pages by Apple
Third Place: Daedalus Touch by The Soulmen

 


Best Music Service App Category

Winner: Spotify by Spotify Ltd.

Second Place: Pandora Radio by Pandora Media, Inc.
Third Place: gMusic: A Google Music player by IIS

 


Best Music App Replacement Category

Winner: Spotify by Spotify Ltd.

Second Place: Groove by Zikera
Third Place: AUPEO! Personal Radio – Free… by Aupeo GmbH

 


Best Music Info App Category

Winner: SoundTracking by Schematic Labs

Second Place: Shazam Encore by Shazam Entertainment Ltd.
Third Place: Hound by SoundHound, Inc.

 


Best Weather App Category

Winner: swackett by AGLogic, LLC.

Second Place: RadarScope by Base Velocity, LLC
Third Place: The Weather Channel® by The Weather Channel Interactive

 


Best Shopping App Category

Winner: ShopSavvy (Barcode Scanner and… by ShopSavvy, Inc.

Second Place: Amazon Mobile by AMZN Mobile LLC
Third Place: AppShopper by AppShopper.com, LLC

 


Best Retail App Category

Winner: Amazon Mobile by AMZN Mobile LLC

Second Place: Delivery Status touch, a packa… by Junecloud LLC
Third Place: Apple Store by Apple

 


Best Financial App Category

Winner: iBank by IGG Software, LLC

Second Place: Saver ~ Control your Expenses by Alex Solonsky
Third Place: Mint.com Personal Finance – … by Mint.com

 


Best Cooking App Category

Winner: iCookbook – thousands of nam… by Publications International, Ltd.

Second Place: Whole Living Smoothies for iPh… by Callaway Digital Arts, Inc.
Third Place: Simply Organic HD by Blockdot, Inc.

 


Best E-Reader App Category

Winner: GoodReader for iPhone by Good.iWare Ltd.

Second Place: iBooks by Apple
Third Place: Kindle – Read Books, Magazin… by AMZN Mobile LLC

 


Best Comic App Category

Winner: Pocket God Comics by iVerse Media

Second Place: CIA : Operation Ajax by Cognito Comics
Third Place: Comics by comiXology

 


Best Coffee Table Book App Category

Winner: The Magic of Reality by Random House

Second Place: 7 Billion by National Geographic Society
Third Place: NYPL Biblion: World’s Fair by The New York Public Library

 


Best Medical App Category

Winner: WebMD by WebMD

Second Place: Medscape by WebMD
Third Place: iTriage by Healthagen LLC

 


Best Reference App Category

Winner: Articles by Sophiestication Software

Second Place: Audubon Birds – A Field Guide … by Green Mountain Digital
Third Place: WolframAlpha by Wolfram Alpha LLC

 


Best Blogging App Category

Winner: Blogsy by Fomola

Second Place: Tumblr by Tumblr
Third Place: WordPress by Automattic

 


Best Sports App Category

Winner: ScoreMobile by The Score

Second Place: iFooty Plus by Jeremy Debate
Third Place: iFish Alberta by The App Door

 


Best Augmented Reality App Category

Winner: Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunne… by THQ Inc.

Second Place: Star Walk – 5 Stars Astronomy … by Vito Technology Inc.
Third Place: Localscope by Cynapse

 


Best Video Watching App Category

Winner: CineXPlayer = The best way to … by NXP Software B.V.

Second Place: ProPlayer – the video player by Azurcoding
Third Place: Netflix by Netflix, Inc.

 


Best Health App Category

Winner: Eat This, Not That! Restaurant… by Rodale, Inc.

Second Place: MyMoodTracker by Aspyre Solutions
Third Place: intelli-Diet App | Weight Loss… by Barracuda Partners, LLC

 


Best Fitness App Category

Winner: All-in YOGA: 300 Poses & Yoga … by ARAWELLA CORPORATION

Second Place: Nike+ GPS by Nike, Inc.
Third Place: Cyclemeter GPS Bike Computer f… by Abvio Inc.

 


Best Wallpaper App Category

Winner: Pimp Your Screen – Your Device… by Apalon

Second Place: Magic Window – Living Pictures by Jetson Creative LLC
Third Place: iScreens – Pimp My Home Screen… by 2010 EnjoyApps Studios

 


Best Ringtone App Category

Winner: Ringtone DJ by AppAnnex, LLC

Second Place: 9,999 Ringtones Uncensored PRO by No Tie, LLC
Third Place: AutoRingtone Pro Text-To-Speec… by No Tie, LLC

 


Best Toy App Category

Winner: ZombieBooth: 3D Zombifier by MotionPortrait, Inc.

Second Place: Hiding Hannah by Squeaky Frog
Third Place: Make A Zombie by Skunk Brothers GmbH

 


Best Joke App Category

Winner: Ow My Balls! by Jetson Creative LLC

Second Place: Buzzhole by Blockdot, Inc.
Third Place: iFunny :) by Okrujnost’

 


Best DJ App Category

Winner: djay by algoriddim

Second Place: Tap DJ – Mix and Scratch your … by Laan Labs
Third Place: I Am T-Pain 2.0 by Smule

 


Best Musicians App Category

Winner: NanoStudio by Blip Interactive Ltd

Second Place: Loopy HD by A Tasty Pixel
Third Place: GarageBand by Apple

 


Best Musical Instrument App Category

Winner: GarageBand by Apple

Second Place: GuitarStudio by Frontier Design Group
Third Place: NanoStudio by Blip Interactive Ltd

 


Best Music Teaching App Category

Winner: Pluto Learns Piano by Pluto Games, Inc.

Second Place: DoReMi 1-2-3 by Creativity Inc.
Third Place: Capo by SuperMegaUltraGroovy

 


Best Photo App Category

Winner: Camera+ Â by tap tap tap

Second Place: Camera Plus Pro by Global Delight Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Third Place: Instagram by Burbn, Inc.

 


Best Video App Category

Winner: 1TapVideo – Instant Video reco… by MaPaCoPa

Second Place: Video Star by Frontier Design Group
Third Place: FiLMiC Pro by Cinegenix, LLC

 


Best Photo Editing App Category

Winner: FX Photo Studio by MacPhun LLC

Second Place: Snapseed by Nik Software, Inc.
Third Place: Filterstorm by Tai Shimizu

 


Best Video Editing App Category

Winner: Video Star by Frontier Design Group

Second Place: iMovie by Apple
Third Place: Silent Film Director by MacPhun LLC

 


Best Photo Sharing App Category

Winner: iUploader for Facebook, Twitte… by SiVola, LLC

Second Place: Instagram by Burbn, Inc.
Third Place: FX Photo Studio by MacPhun LLC

 


Best Video Sharing App Category

Winner: Camera Plus Pro by Global Delight Technologies Pvt. Ltd

Second Place: Flickr by Yahoo!
Third Place: Video Time Machine by Original Victories, Inc.

 


Best Artistic App Category

Winner: SketchBook Pro for iPad by Autodesk Inc.

Second Place: procreate by Savage Interactive Pty Ltd
Third Place: Brushes – iPhone Edition by Steve Sprang

 


Best Generative Art App Category

Winner: Codea by Two Lives Left

Second Place: Tilto

IMGA Nominees Announced, to Honor the Best Mobile Games of the Past Year

IMGA Nominees Announced, to Honor the Best Mobile Games of the Past Year

The International Mobile Gaming Awards committee, including notable members of the press such as our own Jeff Scott, have announced their nominees for the best mobile titles of the past year. Over 500 titles were submitted for review, and thirty titles in six categories have been nominated for the awards to been announced on March 1st in Barcelona, Spain. Here are the titles in the 6 categories.

Best Casual Game

These titles have been nominated for their excellence in being accessible to gamers of all kinds, while maintaining quality experiences.


CreaVures


iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: $1.99
Released: 2011-03-04 :: Category:


HECTOR: Badge of Carnage Ep1


iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: $3.99
Released: 2010-06-02 :: Category: Games


Jetpack Joyride


Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Our Rating: ★★★★★ :: JOYFUL
Read Our Full Review >>
Released: 2011-09-01 :: Category: Games


Sprinkle: Water splashing fire fighting fun!


Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: $1.99
Our Rating: ★★★★½ :: WET & WILD
Read Our Full Review >>
Released: 2011-08-25 :: Category: Games


The Blocks Cometh By Halfbot


iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: $0.99
Our Rating: ★★★★☆ :: FRUSTRATION COMETH
Read Our Full Review >>
Released: 2011-02-17 :: Category: Games


Read on for the full list of nominees.

Best Real World Game

These nominees include games that utilize geolocation to fuel gameplay, along with those that use augmented reality to bring real-world environments into the gameplay.

CityRace – not yet released
Flatmates – not yet released

Meatspace Invasion


iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2011-07-26 :: Category: Games


NBA: King of the Court


iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2011-12-01 :: Category: Games


Shadow Cities


iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2011-05-30 :: Category: Games


Best Sports Games

These games include not just titles that are traditional competitive sports, but also racing games, and titles that take place on vehicles, which could vaguely be considered part of the ‘sports’ genre.


Bike Baron


Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: $0.99
Our Rating: ★★★★½ :: DANGEROUSLY ADDICTING
Read Our Full Review >>
Released: 2011-10-20 :: Category: Games


Flick Tennis: College Wars


iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: $1.99
Released: 2011-10-27 :: Category: Games


Sports Car Challenge


Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2011-11-21 :: Category: Games


Touchgrind BMX


Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: $4.99
Our Rating: ★★★★☆ :: SICK!
Read Our Full Review >>
Released: 2011-05-26 :: Category: Games

Trial Xtreme 2 (Android)

Best Mobile Social Game

This category includes games that are part of the traditional ‘social’ genre where farms or cities are developed, as well as titles that involve socializing with other players, including turn-based multiplayer games.


Charadium II


iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: $1.99
Released: 2011-12-07 :: Category: Games


Funpark Friends


Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Our Rating: ★★★☆☆ :: PLAYFUL
Read Our Full Review >>
Released: 2011-09-30 :: Category: Games


Poker Pals


iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: $0.99
Released: 2011-11-03 :: Category: Games


SpellCraft School of Magic


Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Our Rating: ★★★★☆ :: MAGIC
Read Our Full Review >>
Released: 2011-12-07 :: Category: Games


The Pirate King !


iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2011-11-15 :: Category: Games


Excellence in Gameplay

This all-encompassing category includes games that have been nominated based on the strength of their core gameplay. These are some of the best-playing games of the past year.


Battleheart


Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: $2.99
Our Rating: ★★★★☆ :: CHARMING
Read Our Full Review >>
Released: 2011-01-31 :: Category: Games


Contre Jour HD


Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: $2.99
Our Rating: ★★★★☆ :: DISTINCTIVE
Read Our Full Review >>
Released: 2011-08-25 :: Category: Games


Death Rally


Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: FREE $0.99
Released: 2011-03-31 :: Category: Games


DrawRace 2 HD


iPad Only App - Designed for the iPad
Buy Now: $2.99
Released: 2011-09-01 :: Category: Games


Infinity Blade II


Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: $6.99
Our Rating: ★★★★½ :: MORE INFINITE
Read Our Full Review >>
Released: 2011-12-01 :: Category: Games


Most Innovative Game

These games have been nominated based on innovation in their design, structure, artwork, and everything that comprises them.


Forever Drive


Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Our Rating: ★★★★½ :: KEEPS ON GOING
Read Our Full Review >>
Released: 2011-10-11 :: Category: Games

Kodo

KuraKuraMaze


Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2011-07-07 :: Category: Games


Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP


Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: $4.99
Our Rating: ★★★★½ :: A TIME OF MIRACLES
Read Our Full Review >>
Released: 2011-03-24 :: Category: Games


WildChords


iPad Only App - Designed for the iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2011-11-16 :: Category: Music


The winners in each category are set to receive €100,000 of free publicity from ProSieben Sat1 Games, and the game named overall winner will receive €400,000 of free publicity. According to Maarten Noyons, CEO and founder of the IMGA, “We have had an unprecedented response for the year’s awards. We see a trend of very high quality, big productions coming to the mobile platform and on the other hand a lot of fresh innovative casual games. I think the jury has made a very interesting choice. The 8th IMGA shows a wealth of new ideas and ground-breaking quality coming from studios all over the world. I would like to congratulate each of the developers that have games nominated and thank everyone who submitted games to the awards.”

Apps mentioned in this post: Battleheart, Bike Baron, Charadium II, Contre Jour HD, CreaVures, Death Rally, DrawRace 2 HD, Flick Tennis: College Wars, Forever Drive, Funpark Friends, HECTOR: Badge of Carnage Ep1, Infinity Blade II, Jetpack Joyride, KuraKuraMaze, Meatspace Invasion, NBA: King of the Court, Poker Pals, Shadow Cities, SpellCraft School of Magic, Sports Car Challenge, Sprinkle: Water splashing fire fighting fun!, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, The Blocks Cometh By Halfbot, The Pirate King !, Touchgrind BMX, WildChords


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App Store Weekend Blowout: Saturday January 21, 2012

App Store Weekend Blowout: Saturday January 21, 2012

With the Chinese new year in full swing, tonight we’re bringing you the second episode of Weekend Blowout for 2012, and what an episode it is! – Our App Store monkeys have been hard at work over the past 48 hours collating a list of the most-notable iOS app price drops just for you.

Hit the break for the continually-updating list of sale action! — Plus, be sure to check out this week’s episode of New, Notable and Dropped for a list of the hottest must-have apps to have become available over the past 7-days.

iPhone / iPod touch

HECTOR: Ep2 – Senseless Acts Of Justice – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
HECTOR: Ep3 – Beyond Reasonable Doom – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Robber Rabbits! – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Silent Ops – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Voicemod – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Skyline Blade – (Was $4.99, Now FREE)
Cybernarium – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Daily Agenda – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
SqueezeBastard – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
iThunderStrike – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Cartoon Defense – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
N.O.V.A. 2 – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Flick Soccer! – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
The Bard’s Tale – (Was $5.99, Now $2.99)
Piano Notes Fun – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
BackStab – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
THE KING OF FIGHTERS – (Was $6.99, Now $2.99)
Gamebook Adventures – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
NEW ORBIT – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Business Card Reader – (Was $5.99, Now $0.99)
Rejoin – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Bacteria Killer – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Mole Kart – (Was $2.99, Now FREE)
Fainting Goats – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Trenches II – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
FIFA SOCCER 12 by EA SPORTS – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Shopping List 365 – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Eagle Eye Full – (Was $2.99, Now FREE)
Starbase Command – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Real Racing 2 – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Pocket Warriors – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)

iPad / Universal

Robber Rabbits! HD – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Sam & Max Episode 1 – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Inspire Pro – (Was $7.99, Now $0.99)
Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Flick Soccer! HD – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Avadon: The Black Fortress HD – (Was $9.99, Now $4.99)
Battles of 1944 – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Race Gear-Feel 3d Car – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Pudding Pop – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)

Continually Updating: The above post will be updated as sales for this weekend are revealed. Developer with an app on sale this weekend? – tips[at]razorianfly.com.


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iPad has potential as programming teaching tool, if Apple would let it

iPad has potential as programming teaching tool, if Apple would let it

The iPad today is used in a lot of places that would surprise most people who regarded the thing as “just a big iPod touch” back when it debuted in early 2010: in corporate offices, in hospitals, in church pulpits, airline cockpits, and more. As sales continue to skyrocket, it’s becoming even more clear that another knock on the iPad, that it’s mainly a “consumption device” and not really for creation of content, is also becoming, well, inaccurate.

My favorite example of this came to me by way of Phillip Alvelda. Tech folks know him as the founder and former CEO of MobiTV. But his latest passion is his foundation, the Westminster Institute for Science Education. Through it, one of the courses he teaches is basic programming for middle schoolers. And what is he using for his course ? The iPad.

After his time at MIT, CalTech, NASA and in the tech startup world, Alvelda is now tackling the decline of science in schools’ elementary, middle- and high-school curriculum. What kids are currently taught does not “have much to do with what science is actually like,” Alvelda tells me. “It’s more about history of science and other people’s ideas.”

His foundation’s philosophy is to teach young people the power of creative exploration using 21st century tools. The class he teaches uses the iPad (a 21st century digital tool that’s far cheaper than anything most schools can afford of similar capability, he says) and an app called Codea. The app enables the creation of games and projects right on the device using the Lua programming language. (See video below for example.) Alvelda (who has no affiliation with Codea) calls it “a completely powerful and self-contained programming environment” that he says is great for teaching simple programming, something he considers essential for them when they eventually become working adults.

Codea, which first hit Apple’s App Store in October for $7.99, was created by Simeon Nasilowski, a programmer living in Adelaide, Australia who says he started designing the app never imagining it would be used in an educational setting, much less anyone else even seeing it.

He’s a mobile app developer by trade, but built Codea for himself because, he says, he wanted to write a bit of code but didn’t have his laptop on him. Most of the time, if he was away from his desk and inspiration stuck, all he’d have on him was his iPad.

But it wasn’t just about convenience for Nasilowski either. He also believes in touch as a fantastic interaction mode for programming for its ability to simplify the sometimes needlessly complicated. An example, cited by Nasilowski:

When you write code you could try to define a color as three values, red, green and blue with values between 0 and 255. You might type “120″ and that’s some sort of gray. In Codea, if you have a function or part of your code that requires a color, it highlights that part of the code and it pops up a color picker you choose from there.

That simplicity and ease of interaction is what makes this app and a tool like the iPad so appealing to Alvelda and other forward-thinking educators. The iPad is a cheap, simple way to teach programming, the potential lingua franca of the future. Plus, you don’t need a developer license or a lot of money. But despite all the possibility and promise of that, Apple’s stance on certain kinds of coding apps is working against this goal.

Codea did make it through the App Store verification process — Apple somewhat relaxed rules last year that stated apps cannot contain any non-Apple executable code. Now the rule limits only downloadable executable code. Other coding apps have been approved too, like Textastic, For: i and Koder.

Codea has seen 25,000 downloads since October, but just last week Apple contacted Nasilowski and had him take out the code-sharing feature of his app. A disappointment for sure. It’s not just Codea though. A more high-profile kerfuffle happened in 2010 when Apple rejected Scratch, a well-liked programming app for kids created by MIT’s Media Lab. The reason it was rejected was under the former rules — that have since been relaxed — that banned any executable code that wasn’t Apple’s.

Like Codea, Apple also took issue with Scratch’s community-oriented nature, which included the ability to share projects. For Mitchel Resnick, professor of learning research at the MIT Media Lab and creator of Scratch, the sharing is the key element in the learning process:

Obstacles came across because we think that when you design and create it’s great to do it as part of a community. With the iPad you weren’t able to share things as part of a community. We could do a special version of Scratch for the iPad, but the restrictions make it so you couldn’t download projects from the online Scratch community. The social dimension of learning is very important.

Scratch still flourishes without an iPad app. And, of course, it’s not Apple’s job to make education tools. The company makes consumer products. But Apple has deep roots in equipping schools with the latest technology and is possibly getting ready to take on the textbook industry.

There are plenty of ways Apple devices like the iPad can be tools for creativity, learning and productivity without apps like the ones Resnick and Alvelda would love to see. But considering Steve Jobs’ passion for the intersection of liberal arts and technology, it could do so much more.

“There are so may examples of the iPad being a creative tool in other disciplines — Sketchbook, Garage Band,” said Alvelda. “Doesn’t it seem odd you can’t use it to make tremendous works of technology?”

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How To Make Your iPhone’s Home Button More Responsive [iOS Tips]

How To Make Your iPhone’s Home Button More Responsive [iOS Tips]

One of the unfortunate byproducts of owning an iOS device is that your Home button can become a little sluggish over time. When you get your new iPhone or iPad and use it initially, the Home button works smoothly, but it can eventually become less responsive.

Fortunately, there’s a subtle trick in iOS for recalibrating your Home button. After performing this tip on your personal iOS device, you should notice that your Home button is considerably more responsive when you’re navigating throughout iOS.

iDownloadBlog passes on an incredibly helpful tip that many probably don’t know about. It’s actually a very simple process to recalibrate your Home button; simply open a stock iOS app (Weather, Stocks, Clock, etc.). Once the app is open, press your iPhone’s power button until the ‘slide to power off’ screen appears. From that screen, press and hold your Home button until iOS force quits the stock app you have open. You’re done! No rocket science required.

Your iPhone’s Home button (this also works wonderfully on the iPad and iPod touch) should now be just as responsive as ever. Let us know if this tip worked for you in the comments below!

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Use Emoji On Your Mac [OS X Tips]

Use Emoji On Your Mac [OS X Tips]

The world of iOS was set alight when it was realized anybody can utilize Emoji–full colour emoticons, popular mostly in Japan. Suddenly SMS got a lot more interesting! However, with OS X Lion you can also utilize them on your Mac, making for everything from better emails to more colorful documents.

This tip is extracted from Mac Kung Fu, a new book containing over 300 tips, tricks, hints and hacks for Mac OS X Lion. 

Emoji are similar to emoticons you might already use: things like :-) for a smiley face, for example. The difference is that they’re full-color high-quality images, and they’re usually distributed as a special font. They’re popular in Japan and are rapidly spreading to the West.

OS X Lion includes default support for Emoji, as do versions 4 and above of iOS, the operating system that runs the iPad and iPhone. Therefore you can add them to email messages, for example, and text documents created with apps like TextEdit, although apps like Microsoft Word don’t currently support Emoji.

To insert an Emoji, you’ll need to use the hidden Characters tool, so some setup is necessary. Open a Finder window and hit Shift+Command+G . In the dialog box that appears, type /System/Library/Input Methods. Then look for the file called CharacterPalette. This is the tool we’ll regularly use to insert Emoji, so click and drag it to the Dock to create a shortcut for future use. Alternatively you can drag it to the desktop, but before releasing the mouse button, hold Option+Command to create an alias.

Start the CharacterPalette app and, in the left of the program window, select Emoji. Then select a category of Emoji icon from the column next to this—People, Nature, Objects, Places, or Symbols. Finally, select the icon you want from the list of icons and then click and drag it to where you want to insert it into your email, document, and so forth.

Click the dropdown list at the top left of the CharacterPalette window to alter the size of the icon display—selecting Large will show more detail, although this won’t affect the icons’ size when inserted into documents. To alter the size of an Emoji once it’s been inserted into a document, select it and use the standard font point size adjustment tool, usually available on the formatting toolbar.

Remember that any Emoji you insert into emails and documents will appear when opened by other OS X Lion computers and on iPads and iPhones, but they won’t appear on Windows or Linux systems or on Macs running pre-Lion releases of OS X. Instead, users will see a missing character symbol instead (usually a question mark symbol within a box).

Emoji can also be used in file and folder names. The best technique for inserting them is to open a TextEdit document, insert the Emoji you’d like to use (as described previously), and then copy and paste this when you come to save a file or if you rename a file.

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App Store Weekend Blowout: Saturday December 24, 2011

App Store Weekend Blowout: Saturday December 24, 2011

While we officially closed down for the Christmas break on Wednesday here at RazorianFly – as promised – (and because we love you guys), here is the only list you’ll need for finding the very best apps which are on sale for iOS throughout the holiday period.

The entire, continually-updating list of the action is available right after this break!

iPhone / iPod touch

VANGUARD STORM – (Was $3.99, Now $1.99)
FIFA SOCCER 12 by EA SPORTS – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Trenches II – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Spider-Man: Total Mayhem – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Dead Space™ – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
The Sims 3 – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
The Settlers – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
MADDEN NFL 12 by EA SPORTS – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Need For Speed™ Undercover – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Puzzle Quest 2 – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
The Sims 3 Ambitions – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Sky Gamblers: Rise Of Glory – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY™ – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
The Sims™ Medieval – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
BackStab – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Iron Man 2 – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
King of Dragon Pass – (Was $9.99, Now $7.99)
Rayman 2: The Great Escape – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Pod Odyssey – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
RISK – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
SHIFT 2 Unleashed – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Silent Ops – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Espresso HTML – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Hills and Rivers Remain – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Words With Friends – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
doFORM – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
12Cal – Financial Calculator – (Was $4.99, Now FREE)
Pocket Chef™ – (Was $4.99, Now FREE)
Prizma – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Happy Hills – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Guns’n'Glory – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
The Creeps! – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
iStriker: Rescue & Combat – (Was $2.99, Now FREE)
Gravonaut – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Coin Dozer – Seasons Pro – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Flare – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Camera360 Ultimate – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
RC Heli 2 – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Assassin’s Creed™ – Altaïr’s Chronicles – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Real Racing – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Frogbert – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Galactic Phantasy – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Call of Mini: Zombies – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Discovr Apps – (Was $2.99, Now $1.99)
Cosmic Cab – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
The Sims 3 World Adventures – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Solar Walk – 3D Solar System Model – (Was $2.99, Now $1.99)
EPOCH – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Bean’s Quest – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
TextGrabber + Translator – (Was $9.99, Now $0.99)
topPlayer – (Was $2.99, Now FREE)
Civilization Revolution – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Guitar Pro – (Was $7.99, Now $0.99)
Quarrel Deluxe – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Aurum Blade – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Air Sharing – (Was $9.99, Now $4.99)
Tap Forms Database – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Japan Goggles – (Was $4.99, Now FREE)
Etolis: Arena – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Crayon Physics Deluxe – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
eNotes – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Fight Night Champion by EA Sports™ – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Mushihimesama BUG PANIC – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
PopOut! The Night Before Christmas – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Exitium: Saviors of Vardonia – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
ESPGALUDA II – (Was $7.99, Now $5.99)
Fantastic Knight – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Stand O’Food® 3 Full – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
The Incredible Machine – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge Full – (Was $4.99, Now $1.99)
MONSTER HUNTER Dynamic Hunting – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
WhatsApp Messenger – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Flick Tennis: College Wars – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Bomberman Touch – The Legend of Mystic Bomb – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
ZENONIA® 2 – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Bomberman Dojo – (Was $3.99, Now $0.99)
F-SIM Space Shuttle – (Was $3.99, Now $0.99)
Mahjong Artifacts® Full – (Was $2.99, Now FREE)
iReading – The Nutcracker – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Pocket Informant – (Was $12.99, Now $7.99)
Neuroshima Hex – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Ambiance – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
NBA 2K12 – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Evolution of Gaming – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Quickoffice® Pro – (Was $9.99, Now $4.99)
Grand Theft Auto 3 – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Chess With Friends – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Happy Vikings – (Was $4.99, Now FREE)
The Escapee – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
4Towers Onslaught: Combo TD – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Anomaly Warzone Earth – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Devil May Cry 4 refrain – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Pizza Boy – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Plunderland – (Was $2.99, Now $1.99)
Ravensword: The Fallen King – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Photo Power – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
A Knights Dawn – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
AutoStitch Panorama – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
ZENONIA® – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Toy Shot™ – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Evolution of Gaming – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Quickoffice® Pro – (Was $9.99, Now $4.99)
Car Crusher – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
DOOM Classic – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Tower Bloxx Deluxe 3D – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Ben the Bodyguard – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars – (Was $9.99, Now $5.99)
Subject 7 – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
AmpKit+ – (Was $19.99, Now $9.99)
Real Steel – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
DOOM II RPG – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Wolfenstein 3D Classic Platinum – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Space Miner™ – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Grand Prix Story – (Was $3.99, Now $1.99)
Tank Riders – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
DOOM Resurrection – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
The Nightworld – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Papers – (Was $14.99, Now $9.99)
Articles – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Pocket Academy – (Was $3.99, Now $1.99)
F1 2011 GAME™ – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Sonics Rabbit HD – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Curtis Heavy – Granular Synthesizer – (Was $4.99, Now FREE)
Sound Scope Space – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Awesome Shopping List – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Defen-G Astro – (Was $2.99, Now FREE)
Wikibot – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Mega Man® II – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Magic Hour – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Doodle Jink Reloaded – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
The Sheep Won’t Sleep – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Happy Archer – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Peak Gold – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Elf Rescue – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)

iPad / Universal

Evolution of Gaming – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
DisplayPad – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Codea – (Was $7.99, Now $0.99)
Quickoffice Pro HD – (Was $19.99, Now $14.99)
Grand Theft Auto 3 – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Loopy HD – (Was $7.99, Now $3.99)
Trade Mania HD Full – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
StarFront: Collision HD – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Splinter Cell Conviction™ HD – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Inspire Pro – (Was $7.99, Now $0.99)
Shadow Guardian HD – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD – (Was $9.99, Now $5.99)
Nightstand Central for iPad – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Wispin HD – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Articles for iPad – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
RAGE HD – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Masque – (Was $3.99, Now FREE)
SketchBook Pro for iPad – (Was $4.99, Now $1.99)
Farm Frenzy 2 HD – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Starry HD – (Was $3.99, Now FREE)
Album App – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Cradle of Rome – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Aquamarine HD – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)

See you December 28! – That’s all from us until after the Christmas break. From all the team here at RazorianFly, we’d like to thank you for reading and making the past year one to remember – (we really appreciate it). We hope you have a super-awesome holiday break and an even better new year.

We’ll see you back here, December 28.

Thanks,
The RazorianFly Team

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App Store holiday sales on now: GTA 3, id software, Dungeon Raid, lots more

App Store holiday sales on now: GTA 3, id software, Dungeon Raid, lots more

The App Store freeze goes down today, so this is the last chance for many developers to put their apps on sale. And of course, many have taken advantage of that chance.

And that's only the ones we've heard of -- there are probably lots more sales out there. In other words, if there's an app that you've been wanting to buy, you should probably check up on it today, because if it's not on sale now, it probably won't be this year. Good luck, enjoy all of your new apps!

App Store holiday sales on now: GTA 3, id software, Dungeon Raid, lots more originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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J.J. Abrams Movie FX App Is Ridiculously Fun

J.J. Abrams Movie FX App Is Ridiculously Fun

Bad Robot - Action Movie FX App

 

The gang at Bad Robot Interactive have unleashed an amazing little iPhone app called Action Movie FX that lets you add epic Hollywood FX to your home movies using your iPhone's video camera. No skills are required to inflict the proper amount of Jean-Claude Van Damage into your own videos.

I was blown away with the quality of the overlays and how simple it is to line up a realistic missile attack or car dropping out the sky with spot-on timing. The app comes equipped with 2 effects on board and offers additional madness in an FX 2-Pack for $.99 as part of the in-app purchase model. Chopper Down is flat out spectacular to watch.

Action Movie FX is the kind of must-have app that shows off the true power of Apple's iPhone one major disaster at a time. The new app is FREE for a limited time so grab it fast and get busy blowing things up all night long. It's another huge hit for J.J. Abrams. I'm already hooked!

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