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	<title>I am the economy. &#187; iTunes</title>
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		<title>Gigaputt on the iTunes Store</title>
		<link>http://www.iamtheeconomy.com/2010/03/24/gigaputt-on-the-itunes-store/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gregory Trefry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gigantic Mechanic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gigaputt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golf]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gigaputt, our new golf game has been out for about a month now and has sold decently. We were featured by Apple for a week, which boosted our sales 10 times over. But as many app developers know, the iTunes Store is a giant haystack. It&#8217;s worse than finding a needle in a haystack. At [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=X20mgBfxYMc&amp;offerid=146261&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fgigaputt%252Fid355747853%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30">Gigaputt</a>, our new golf game has been out for about a month now and has sold decently.  We were featured by Apple for a week, which boosted our sales 10 times over.  But as many app developers know, the iTunes Store is a giant haystack.  It&#8217;s worse than finding a needle in a haystack.  At least a needle is made of different material.  This is like finding a strand of hay in a haystack.  You can find the ones on top but finding ones in the middle, well that takes some real perseverance and digging.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;e the skinny on <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=X20mgBfxYMc&amp;offerid=146261&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fgigaputt%252Fid355747853%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30">Gigaputt</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>With the flick of a button Gigaputt transforms your neighborhood into an exciting 3-hole mini-golf course, complete with popping manholes, treacherous fire hydrants, and giant coins.
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<p>I plan to have a more detailed post-mortem on the design decisions behind Gigaputt available very soon.  But in the meantime check out the game.  The post-mortem will make a lot more sense if you&#8217;ve played!</p>
<p><a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=X20mgBfxYMc&amp;offerid=146261&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fgigaputt%252Fid355747853%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30"><img src="http://www.iamtheeconomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/app-store-e1269489893268.png" alt="" title="app-store" width="150" height="49" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-110" /></a></p>
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