Just a quick aside before I get to the real article: Tim Schafer’s sleeper comedy Psychonauts is $2 on Steam as part of their usual Midweek Madness promotion. For that price, it might as well be selling on the app store. Speaking of app stores, today Apple revealed its newest product: the iPad. The similarities [...]

The new iPhone application store will launch with well over 100 games, according to Steve Jobs. The device’s considerable screen resolution, sophisticated touchscreen technology, and developer-friendly profit sharing position the iPhone to take a bite out of Nintendo’s DS. While games have never been breakout successes on phones, the technology may finally be converging.