{"id":34460,"date":"2009-10-28T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2009\/10\/28\/catan-comes-to-iphone\/"},"modified":"2009-10-28T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T18:30:00","slug":"catan-comes-to-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/34460","title":{"rendered":"Catan comes to iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" class=\"left\" title=\"catan\" alt=\"catan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/catan.jpg\" width=\"317\" height=\"476\"> One of my favorite games of all time, Catan, is now available as a $5 download for the iPhone and iPod touch. As board games go, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Settlers_of_Catan\">The Settlers of Catan<\/a> is a psycho-erotic thriller capable of hooking even the most un-hookable of gamers. <\/p>\n<p>Maybe \u201cpsycho-erotic thriller\u201d isn\u2019t the most accurate phrase. It\u2019s a fun game, let\u2019s leave it at that.<\/p>\n<p>Those of you who have never played Catan before may very easily pass this one by but those of you who are into the game and own an iPhone or iPod touch will have little reason not to purchase it for $5.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not without its drawbacks \u2013 there\u2019s no Wi-Fi or internet-based multiplayer and the game board is downright tiny on the iPhone\u2019s screen \u2013 but for five bucks, it provides a nice quick fix for Catan addicts in between real-life or Xbox Live rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a quick hands-on showcasing the interface and whatnot:<\/p>\n<p> <embed src=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/hMQ5garseAA%2Em4v\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/redirectingat.com\/?id=787X78345&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2FviewSoftware%3Fid%3D335029050%26mt%3D8\">Catan<\/a> [iTunes via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pocket-lint.com\/news\/28294\/settlers-of-catan-comes-to-iphone?\">Pocket-lint<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/vLiBVMx_Fsu8QKp-DONmeieNnAs\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/vLiBVMx_Fsu8QKp-DONmeieNnAs\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/vLiBVMx_Fsu8QKp-DONmeieNnAs\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/vLiBVMx_Fsu8QKp-DONmeieNnAs\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=1A5PuPqV53o:AoetHGzqPSg:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=1A5PuPqV53o:AoetHGzqPSg:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=1A5PuPqV53o:AoetHGzqPSg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=1A5PuPqV53o:AoetHGzqPSg:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=1A5PuPqV53o:AoetHGzqPSg:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite games of all time, Catan, is now available as a $5 download for the iPhone and iPod touch. As board games go, The Settlers of Catan is a psycho-erotic thriller capable of hooking even the most un-hookable of gamers. Maybe \u201cpsycho-erotic thriller\u201d isn\u2019t the most accurate phrase. It\u2019s a fun game, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}