Earlier today I received the following press release from PlayTeeVee.com:
San Francisco, CA, September 8, 2007 – PlayTeeVee, a new service dedicated to providing big fun on the small screen, announces the launch of its games server that offers free casual games exclusively to TiVo users. Subscribing to the service is simple. The only requirements are a TiVo (series 2) and a broadband internet connection. A comfortable couch is optional but recommended. To get started, users simply add the PlayTeeVee game server’s IP-address to their TiVo. Games are then brought directly to the unit and played with the familiar TiVo remote control.
PlayTeeVee was created by two game industry veterans with a combined experience of over 30 years. The service evolved out of a desire to create a fun casual gaming experience suitable for the whole family. Currently on offer are four games and one read-along story: Star Strikers (a skill based soccer game), Puzzle Invaders (a puzzle / action game), Balloon Rally (an action game), and TeeVee Pool (a pool simulator). An intuitive interface lets the user navigate through the available titles on their TiVo with ease and gives information on updates and new games.
Staying in touch with the TiVo community is one of PlayTeeVee’s most important goals, which is why the service is free, although donations and advertisers are welcome. Users are encouraged to actively participate and offer suggestions for future games using the forum on www.playteevee.com.
Contact information: For more information, please visit www.playteevee.com or email contact@playteevee.com
If you haven’t already, I highly recommend that you try out what PlayTeeVee has to offer. The games are rather basic however, that hasn’t stopped me from being excited about this press release. The reason why I’m excited is because I’m happy to hear that there are developers out there who are still interested in developing TiVo HME applications. In my opinion, HME is one of the most important features that distinguish TiVo from other DVR solutions. I really wish that TiVo would update the HME SDK. I bet if they updated it, we would start to see HME development start up again. Several developers have expressed their frustration with the fact that TiVo has abandoned HME (there hasn’t been an update since 10/31/05). What do you think TiVo? Maybe it’s time for an update….
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