Metal Gear Solid Touch - MGS on iPhone

Written by Jay Garrett on December 17, 2008 in: Gaming, Mobile Phones, News | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

mgstIf you’re a Metal Gear Solid fan you’ve probably seen the teaser campaign.

If you’re an XBox 360 owner, however, you may be confused when you see that the next MGS fix is coming out on the iPhone (I’m guessing that the iPod Touch will also be able to rock this as well).

It has been pencilled for release in Spring, 2009.

Metal Gear Solid Touch is an original game, not a port-over, that will feature the world and characters of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

mgstouch

It will start with eight stages and Konami promises that more will be made available later on (for download I assume).

There’ll also be freebies in the form of images and wallpapers which are gained by earning points from playing the game.

You’ve probably already worked out that the game will be controlled by touchscreen, which Konami claims will make it

“simple for anyone to move their alignment or switch to zoom mode.”

Konami also announced a number of other iPhone releases including Dance Dance Revolution S Lite, Silent Hill: The Escape and Frogger, which are all due for release shortly.

What strikes me is that with such big names designing for the iPhone is the time up for the likes of the DS and PSP? 

What do you reckon?

Konami via Kotaku

Open Source Stomp Box Effects Pedal For Geeky Guitarists - Coyote-1

Coyote 1Now here’s a thing.

To get your own custom effects pedal can be a little on the expensive side - so why not do a Brian May and build your own?

The OpenStomp Coyote-1, whilst still in the prototype phase, seems a pretty well thought-out open source guitar effects module.

It has a Parallax Propeller 8-core processor running at 80MHz that can even generate basic video. 

Howler

A companion Windows application (OpenStompTM Workbench) allows users to combine effects into patches graphically, and to move patches and effects between the Coyote-1 device and their PC’s disk.

Combined with a 44kHz 24-bit sampler, two foot switches, and a two-line LCD screen for feedback it’s like a mini diy POD or similar.

The main brain behind it, Eric moyer, says he wants the pedal to serve as an “audio sandbox” with totally open-source software and fully documented hardware.

Although some feedback is anti the Windows requirement I’m going to keep an eye on how this goes forward for the future.

Via Make

OpenStomp Site

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