The Daily Gamepad

Cat-App Fever: 3 Ways to Turn Your iPad Into a Cat Toy

Scuttlebug — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:04 +0000

Your cat gets to do whatever it wants everywhere else in the house, so why not give it control of the iPad, too?

Release: Unepic

Scuttlebug — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:00:13 +0000

A true role-playing platformer experience that will unleash your inner munchkin.

Unepic, an awesome RPG/platformer full of loot, monsters, dungeons, and lots of nerd culture-based humor showing just how fun tabletop role-playing might get, is available 50% off on GOG.com. That’s only $4.99 for the first week.

Daniel was one of those guys, who will argue with everyone for a chance to re-roll their character’s stats. He would secretly add “+1″s to his equipment sheet when nobody was looking. Sometimes, he would “accidentally” knock down a cup of Slurpee on the table just to rearrange the characters setting on the map. And, boy, was he good at it! Maybe he had superior stealth stats and no one ever noticed his meddling, or maybe everyone thought that arguing with “that guy” was pointless. The important thing was: Daniel rocked tabletop role-playing. At least in his own opinion. But then, one dark night, as he left the table only for a moment, he was transported into a dark and ominous castle taken straight from a Game Master’s most sadistic dream. Daniel would have to muster all of his skills and tricks to handle this ordeal. But, after all, he WAS the ultimate munchkin!

Unepic is a exploration and loot-based fantasy platformer that in its core is the ultimate tribute to pen-and-paper role-playing and nerdom. The number of times the game winks at fantasy gaming fans, TV show followers, bookworms, and gamers is simply uncountable. You will explore a huge set of dangerous stages with varied environments, vast selection of monsters, and even more incredible equipment to find and utilize against your foes. The GOG.com version even comes with some exclusive items, unavailable anywhere else!

If the way of the munchkin is your preferred approach to tabletop RPGs, if you appreciate nerd-culture references, if you love loot above everything else, it’s time for you to start exploring the realm of Unepic, for only $4.99 on GOG.com! The launch offer lasts until Tuesday, May 28, at 9:59AM GMT.

Departure of HTC Chief Product Officer and other execs signal more woes for the manufacturer

Scuttlebug — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:30:10 +0000

HTC’s loses their Chief Product Officer. This, and other departures, could signal more troubles for the struggling smartphone manufacturer.

EA Exec Says It Actually Will Develop Future Wii U Games

Scuttlebug — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:10:12 +0000

EA’s chief financial officer says the company is making Wii U games, but is focused on the Xbox and PlayStation brands.

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Mysterious Sprint Motorola XT1056 passes through the FCC, possible X Phone variant

Scuttlebug — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:01:16 +0000

The Motorola XT1056 has just passed through the FCC with compatibility for Sprint’s 4G LTE network. The model number is very similar to the XT1058 — aka the X Phone — which we also saw pass through the FCC not too long ago. Same phone, different carrier?

ASUS PadFone Infinity with US friendly bands to be announced at Computex 2013?

Scuttlebug — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:01:16 +0000

A comment by ASUS Global on their Google+ could have hinted at a possible US-friendly ASUS PadFone Infinity to be announced at this year’s Computex expo in Taiwan.

Alleged Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (GT-N7200) shows up in benchmark running Android 4.3

Scuttlebug — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:01:16 +0000

Samsung GT-N7200 (Galaxy Note 3) has appeared in an Antutu benchmark equipped with a 1.6GHz processor and running on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.

An iPhone user’s thoughts on key HTC One features

Scuttlebug — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:01:15 +0000

I have traded my iPhone 5 for a HTC One, my first Android phone. After three weeks, here are some of my first impressions of the key features of the HTC One.

Benchmark shows Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 could come with Intel inside

Scuttlebug — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:01:14 +0000

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 has popped up in another benchmark, seemingly confirming it will come equipped with an Intel CPU instead of Samsung’s own Exynos.

Rewind, EA Is In Fact Developing Games For The Wii U

Scuttlebug — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:01:13 +0000

Um, what?