Last week I noted the release of Bloom, Brian Eno’s first generative music iPhone app, which — to say the least — is beautifully done. Less accessible, perhaps, than the anthropomorphic charm of the lively Electroplankton, but as duly hypnotic and engaging as you would expect. It’s safe to say, though, that less than a [...]

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Right, sorry for that title. Today’s news will have been dominated, of course, by the announcement of a new model DS, most notable for bringing the WiiWare concept down to size with downloadable games of its own, though no solid word has come quite yet whether it’ll herald in the same minor indie revolution as [...]

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While everyone’s attention has been turned to the wild frontiers of its touchier big brother, a number of major publishers have been covertly sending out small bursts of genuinely excellent material to the runt of Apple’s litter — the now somewhat neglected original iPod/Nano. I’ve already written at some length about Phase, Harmonix’s grossly underappreciated [...]

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