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Annoying Orange: Kitchen Carnage Overtakes Words With Friends

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Annoying Orange: Kitchen Carnage is ranked #7 in the iTunes App Store and has just overtaken the popular game, Words with Friends.

Fling characters like Cantaloupe, Banana and “Painapple” to a gruesome deaths while you rack up points and bonus time in your quest to become the best Fruitslinger in the Kitchen!

Features Included:

  • Fast-paced fruit-slinging arcade action in a beautifully rendered 3D kitchen!
  • A flick of the finger sends Apple, Banana, Cantaloupe and more to juice spraying deaths.
  • Collect big points with bonus multipliers on blenders, cutting boards and the almighty “Vent Hood of Death”!
  • Earn bonus time from Orange’s entourage hiding in the cabinets (shake device when the cabinets knock).
  • Claim your spot at the top of the fruit salad with Gamecenter (over 20 achievements and 3 global leaderboards).
  • Over 40 unique voice clips and animations from your favorite series characters!
  • Knife!

New characters, deaths and other surprises are already in development…so get it now and be ready to compete in the next round of carnage!

PBS, Developed by Bottle Rocket, Featured in Gizmodo’s “This Week’s Best Apps”

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

Just a few weeks after its introduction to the App Store, PBS for iPhone, developed by Bottle Rocket, is featured in Gizmodo in their feature “This Week’s Best Apps” for the week of January 21, 2011. Gizmodo says,

“While Angry Birds may boost your self-esteem, it does not necessarily enrich your mind. The new iPhone app from PBS makes dozens of full episodes of shows like NOVA, Nature, and yes Antiques Roadshow available on your phone. Free.”

Apple Thinks NPR Music is News & Noteworthy

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

Check it out…even Apple thinks NPR Music is News & Noteworthy. Hey, so do we!