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Lugaru 1.01 (Mac OS 9, Mac OS X)
haven't bought it yet...other priorities...but for an initial offering this game looks great. nice to see the dev is active on his message boards. i too am finding it difficult to get used to the controls, though i think "contextual" is a great way to go. i would LOVE this game to work with my Gravis Eliminator...especially getting force feedback when your character is hit. better character models would also be nice as an option for those with more high-end Macs.... [alert admin]
Tuesday, February 01 2005 @ 05:45 AM PST
Dragonflyz Screensaver 1.0.2 (Mac OS X)
the developer implemented all my suggestions! hooray! time to put my money where my mouth is. took forever to get the .dmg to download...need to give that web server a good kick! [alert admin]
Wednesday, July 21 2004 @ 06:45 AM PDT
Dragonflyz Screensaver 1.0 (Mac OS X)
being a big fan of dragonflies (i have one tattooed on my back), i downloaded this one right away to try it in "free" mode.
the style is typical of Skyrocket's other screen savers—fairly well rendered, stable, most functions are available without needing to pay. i'm impressed with the quality of the dragonflies, and while the wings could be more transparent, i think that might cause them to disappear completely over a busier background, so this seems to strike a good balance.
but also true to the other screen savers, the behaviors are a little odd and a bit too repetitive. Dragonflies don't wobble in flight, but they do change altitude. and even though they do tend to fly in straight lines, perhaps some large curves and turns could really add to the overall visual effect.
don't get me wrong—i think this is a good 1.0 release, and this will be the first Skyrocket screen saver i will keep and register. i don't expect this to achieve "Marine Aquarium" realism, however i think some cool improvements could be made. lose the wobbling, add some dips/climbs to the side-views and some curved paths to the top-views, and i'll change my rating to a 5!
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Friday, July 16 2004 @ 08:33 AM PDT
BarbaBatch 4.0 (Mac OS X)
puts it into the "professional" league...at almost $400, out of the range of the casual user. [alert admin]
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Tuesday, July 06 2004 @ 09:07 AM PDT
Hotel Magritte 1.0.5 (Mac OS X)
very artistically done, repetitive yet not uninteresting. think i'll register. [alert admin]
Wednesday, May 19 2004 @ 12:29 PM PDT
A Better Finder Rename 6.3 (Mac OS X)
sweeeeeeet!!! [alert admin]
Wednesday, April 21 2004 @ 10:55 AM PDT
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this really blows away "Parachute". i had a little trouble getting used to using the scroll wheel instead of directional keys or gamepad, but i'm really impressed at how this baby works. and it's free! sound isn't supported, so i had to make the little boops and beep noises myself for the full Game Boy experience. great work though!!! [alert admin]
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Thursday, April 01 2004 @ 09:25 AM PST
Hydromancy 1.2 (Mac OS X)
actually like the 3D effect so far...
the attempt at a simulated 3D look is really not that all bad. sure it's not polished yet, but it's a significant step closer to the ultimate goal .... a $3000+ lava lamp. [alert admin]
Saturday, February 28 2004 @ 08:50 AM PST
iVolume 1.6 (Mac OS X)
recompression always degrades further
davidc: you are correct, any time you re-compress audio or even video to a lossy format (like MP3), you lose additional data. that's why there's no good solution to removing the DRM from iTunes store AAC files; your only option is an uncompressed AIFF, which will sound terrible if recompressed. now if your files were compressed with FLAC, that is a lossless format and would not degenerate significantly if converted to MP3. however the FLAC format is not playable in iTunes or on the iPod. whenever i loan my home-brew music CDs to friends, i always tell them not to rip the tracks as the source files were already compressed. PS. i love my iVolume. if only Toast or iTunes preserved the volume setting when burning, that would be something. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, February 18 2004 @ 09:11 AM PST
BelchX 1.2 (Mac OS X)
my company's been waiting anxiously for this upgrade. now we can complete our transition to OS X. out of necessity we had already updated a few Macs, so as a temporary fix we made those users drink a can of diet soda every half hour. the side affect was that we lost productivity due to their extremely frequent bathroom breaks. but no longer! with fifty Macs set to short intervals, it reminds me of summer nights at the ol' pond behind my house when i was a kid. *sniff* it's a beautiful thing. feature suggestion: have it select a random belch from belch01.aiff, belch02.aiff, etc. up to the number of sounds in the file. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, February 11 2004 @ 10:31 AM PST
Last 10 Comments by muppetdog [ Search for All ]
plaintiger, the requirements are for FileMaker Pro 5.0 or higher. the author could do better explaining that they are FileMaker Pro documents.
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Wednesday, August 04 2004 @ 01:40 PM PDT
Panther Has This Feature Already
if you want to invoke the screen saver security on a manual basis, run Keychain Access and select "Show Status in Menu Bar" from the View menu. then you get a menu that allows you to "Lock Screen" and more....
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Monday, July 26 2004 @ 10:16 AM PDT
Another developer showws their ignorance
this isn't the first time that a developer has made a game in this style and called it MahJongg. ever play Hoyle Board Games by Sierra Entertainment? that far predates this one. i agree with the other comment—if you're a MahJongg purist then this is not for you, but for the rest of us ignorant, unwashed commoners this is much more entertaining than the original. cut the man some slack, jack.
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Monday, June 28 2004 @ 06:46 AM PDT
ROTFL!
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Friday, May 14 2004 @ 02:59 PM PDT
