Review: Mr. Driller DrillLand

Mr. Driller DrillLand is the fifth entry in the long-running Mr. Driller series and the only one to release across multiple generations of Nintendo platforms. Originally released on the Gamecube in late 2002 in Japan, it featured the best overall graphics in the series, with its higher-resolution art making it a natural fit for a remaster on modern hardware. It comes out at an interesting time because in its heyday, the series was well-regarded for being a great puzzle experience, but being lean on content....

July 4, 2025 · 8 min · 1511 words · Anna Rosales

Review: Twelve South’s chic new leather Journal is the MacBook of MacBook cases

Premium Apple accessory maker Twelve South yesterdaylauncheda brand new family of luxury cases for Mac notebooks, including the latest MacBook Air, which build on the successful Journal for iPhone series. Much like Twelve South’s BookBook series, these new notebook sleeves are made from the same rich full-grain leather sourced from New Zealand. As you can imagine, it looks just like a journal complete with spine and the zippers. We briefly played with the new Journal for MacBook ahead of its launch and want to share our hands-on impressions with you guys, but first watch Twelve South’s video embedded below that’ll give you a good idea of their production process....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 781 words · Christopher Morgan

Road 96 Developers Return With Tides of Tomorrow

A relatively short while back in the Fall of 2022, Australian Twitch streamerMacaw45made headlines when hereleased a fan gamebased on a joke about a Kevin Costner’s Waterworld arcade game from a classic Simpsons episode. Could it be possible that this game has created a demand for more Waterworld games to come? Realistically, no. But it’s hard not to get strong vibes about a new Waterworld game when looking at Tides of Tomorrow, the latest narrative adventure game from developer DigixArt, best known for the likes ofRoad 96....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 442 words · Michael Walker

Samsung straight up stole Apple’s Face ID icon

Samsung just can’t help itself: during a CES keynote yesterday, its executives brought up a slide to explain Samsung Pass which had what looks to be Apple’s Face ID icon on it. Samsung Pass is the company’s new biometric identity management as-a-service product. iMorefirst spotted the logo which appears to have been borrowed from the Face ID glyph. It should be noted that Apple has registered the Face ID logo in multiple countries around the world so it will be interesting seeing whether it will send its legal sharks after Samsung....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 434 words · Kyle Gonzalez

Save battery life at night with AirplaneScheduler

Airplane mode is a setting in iOS that allows users to disable wireless radios while the mode is active. This includes all cellular reception, Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth (Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are initially disabled but can be re-enabled with Airplane mode still active). It’s intended to put the device in a state where it is safe to use on a plane, but some users have taken to the feature as a power-saving mode....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 273 words · Mark Riggs

Sector sequencer comes with its own probability drive

Sectoris a stochastic sample slice sequencer that offers the same variety in looping as a physical sequencer, but only takes up the amount of room your iPad does. Plus, this probability-based loop maker turns your notes into crazy mixed up sounds…The app features coin-flip pattern variations, which affects the randomization of the modulation and warp shapes with a network of probability connections that change traditional pattern sequences into something entirely different....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Christine Miller

Sileo and Zebra package managers each get updates with improved iOS 14 support

Checkra1n is the only public jailbreak tool capable of pwning iOS & iPadOS 14 at the time of this writing, and regardless of whether you use it as it comes or you use the Odyssey Team’sOdysseyra1nbootstrap, a few notable package manager updates are now available as of Wednesday evening that you probably won’t want to miss, assuming they apply to you. No, the aforementioned updates aren’t for the pre-installed Cydia package manager, but instead for competing package managers that have gained a lot of traction in the past couple of years....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 362 words · Sylvia Willis

Skibi Battle Simulator Codes

Roblox Skibi Batte Simulator is a battle game where you’re able to train to gain Strength and stack rebirths to increase your stats. You can then duke it out against the Skibi to collect wins to top the leaderboards. There are plenty of OP pets and cool items in the game, so there’s lots for you to collect. I highly recommend claiming the codes below for Skibi Battle Simulator, as they will reward you with OP pets that will help you get Strength faster and Win Potions to get more wins....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 625 words · John Fischer

Space and planet wallpapers for iPhone and iPad

The iDownloadBlogWallpapers of the Weekcollection brings amazing, photo quality images to your favorite iOS devices! Today’s “Astro” collection takes you to space, to several planets, the moon, and a black hole. A combination of high resolution detail, next to dark blacks look incredible on Apple’s newest OLED devices. Planet iPhone and iPad wallpapers The following collection was submitted by @RshBfnwho states “now you’re able to visit planets and the moon every day, for free....

July 4, 2025 · 1 min · 191 words · Jeffery Nelson

Starfield Gains New Record for Most New Game Pass Subs on Launch

Starfield not only passes the 11 million player mark but also sets a new record for more new Game Pass subscriptions at launch. Starfield Gains New Record for Most New Game Pass Subs on Launch The Action-RPG Starfield gains a new milestone now surpassing 11 million players since launch. Another big achievement is becoming the game with the most new subscriptions for Game Pass at release. The news broke with Microsoft’s financial conference call for investors and analysts for the first quarter of the fiscal year of 2024....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 529 words · Jim Peters

The 18 Best Gangster Movies of the 2000s

With names like Martin Scorsese and Ridley Scott appearing on the list, it’s clear thatgangster filmsfrom throughout the2000swere directed by the biggest filmmakers the industry has ever seen. And for the most part, the movies on this list feature star-studded casts to boot. You’ll without a doubt recognize the majority of films featured herein. But along the way, you’re bound to find a title that appears more unfamiliar. And for what it’s worth, some of the best and most important gangster movies ever made were directed by filmmakers who hail from regions outside the United States....

July 4, 2025 · 9 min · 1819 words · Mary Watson

The iPhone Camera Trick That'll Help You Find Photos In A Snap

The iPhone Camera Trick That’ll Help You Find Photos In A Snap Admit it, you’ve had that moment when you’re looking for a specific photo on your iPhone, but because you have thousands saved on your device, it’s taking you forever to locate it. The worst part is that you likely wind up scrolling through your gallery for hours on end. Sure, the automatically added metadata like the date, location, and face recognition can come in handy at times....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 316 words · Anthony Patterson

These pictures of retro tech show you how far we've come

There’s nothing like an advert for a spurious technological product in black and white to make you realise just how much progress we’ve made as a tech society. Whether it’s bizarre contraptions for making phone calls or lighting products that barely look safe, it’s fair to say that we’ve all got a heck of a lot more access to reliable tech now. Still, there’s a lot of fun and interest to be found in surveying images ofold techand reminding ourselves of how things used to be....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 841 words · Daniel Brooks