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blog.wired.com - 11/18/2008
'iFun' Turns iPhone Into Wii-Like Controller
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  A new suite of free iPhone games turns the handset into a controller, potentially creating competition for Nintendo's Wii. Social Gaming Network's iFun consists of four sports games -- golf, baseball, basketball and bowling -- that you'd play on your computer screen, taking ...

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ifun.sgn.com - 11/18/2008
SGN’s iFun Turns iPhone Into PC Game Controller
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forbes.com - 11/19/2008
Nintendo's Community Roots
— forbes.com — The latest battleground in the console wars, to hear Microsoft and Sony tell it, is community. Both companies are making major pushes this year to get players to interact beyond the game. While Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) readies "Home," ... (more) Nintendo's Community Roots

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play-asia.com - 11/18/2008
Buy Hori Classic Controller (Light Blue) (Nintendo Wii) - Order Now!
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iFun turns your iPhone /iPod Touch into a Wiimote, or projectile
Boy Genius Report — ... of your hand and impaling your TV. It’s one thing to sacrifice a $30 Wiimote to the gods of gaming but it’ll be hard to shrug off a $200+ loss when that iPhone slips out of your hand and smashes all over your wall or desk. Our advice? Listen to Shaq: “The law of physics states that a body in motion stays in motion. And if you have two objects that meet in the air, the smaller object is going to fall much harder at the same rate of speed it was going.” Read

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