I feel like we’ve been chewing this proverbial rumor cud for what feels like years now, but a big part of me really wants to believe that we’re closer than ever to an Apple TV that can play games and a recent report by 9to5Mac hints at a new Apple TV on the way which could be the one. Rumors have been increasingly in strength lately in regards to a mid-2014 release of a new Apple TV, but this mention inside of a .plist in iOS 7 is the first we’ve seen of any kind of “official" confirmation:
This raises the question of why would Apple release a new Apple TV when there’s absolutely nothing wrong with the existing Apple TV for what 99% (or greater) of what people are buying it for: To play iTunes audio and video content. It outputs 1080p, 4K is still a super niche market, and arguably the only downfall of the device is that it doesn’t support 3D without getting creative with the super-janky side by side 3D which halves the video resolution. Additionally, one could make a compelling argument that 3D content is just as niche as 4K.
This leads us to the hopeful conclusion that the Apple TV is getting a rework with a beefier GPU and some kind of onboard storage to play games. The pieces are all starting to come together, particularly as more iOS 7 controllers are released. Rumors have been pointing that way for a while, and I’d love to play some awesome iOS games full screen on my TV without the lag of Airplay or the Lightning to HDMI adapter.
Fingers crossed there’s something to this.
So what's with the 3 stars then?
Out of curiosity, do you think it deserves more or less stars?
Seems the bottoms half of the review is cut off. Can only see the first line in the second paragraph below the first picture.
I'm pretty sure thats a magnifying glass not a microscope, but then again I'm no scientist.
Hey Lucy, as I said on Twitter we are immensely grateful for the review and are happy to see 3 stars, it may not sound as good as 4 or 5 stars but for us we're just happy to see the game on TA!
We knew that our choice of art style and humour would be very marmite so can't fault you on that.
Edit - fixed a typo.
Vegemite.
I dislike Marmite so I doubt I'd like Vegemite either.
I actually think the art style looks great, and I'm a fan both of well-designed puzzles and odd humour... So despite the conclusion of the TA review, I'll be picking this up!
That's good to hear! Really hope you enjoy it!
Out of interest, have you played our Forever Lost games?
I haven't - and I'll pick that up too. Cheers!
Awesome! Hope you like it :-)
It's quite a bit darker than Ferris but hopefully still has the same quality in regards to puzzle design. Has more of a story too :-)
or the choice of name
The pun based name is all part of the sense of humour, we are British after all :-)
I just checked out the Forever Lost series and it seems to be pretty cool. I'm just wondering... What is the puzzle aspect?
It's a point'n'click game like Monkey Island, Broken Sword etc however 1st person so more like Myst really. So puzzles like that :-)
*in very deadpan Ben Stein voice * Mueller... Mueller... Mueller... Mueller...
(OH CONE ON TA. You guys knew someone would have to do a Ben Stein impression EVENTUALLY!)
This game is fantastic! One of my all time favorites (across all platforms). Love all subtle (and sometime not so subtle) references to other classics such as Firefly, Castle and Arrested Development.
Just saw your comment, sorry would have replied sooner!
We're really really happy that you liked the game so much and noticed the references, some of them were incredibly subtle so well done on that!