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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 06:28:59 JST Ars Technica

   The Backbone One would be an ideal game controller—if the iPhone had more games
   It works well, but there still aren't enough modern, console-style games.
   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/iphone-gaming-controller/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • ROTOPE~1 :yell: (rotopenguin@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 06:35:08 JST ROTOPE~1 :yell:

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     @arstechnica huh weird, I wonder why there aren't more games on the open iPhone platform?

   • Chancerubbage (chancerubbage@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 08:09:32 JST Chancerubbage

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     @arstechnica chicken/egg

     Touch screen is a difficult hurdle for games historically designed around game pads.

     I’ve used a Backbone for racing games on iOS , mostly because that is about all there is