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    <title>How to play Thumb Slugger</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>Flick to swing and flick to run, and pass the other team&#x27;s target before the third inning ends.</description>
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    <title>How to play Sliceball</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>Hold to slice through the stack, then let go so the ball lands on a safe layer.</description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>Flick up to throw the stone, then steer it and tap each time it touches the water.</description>
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    <title>How to play Outsnake</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>Swipe to stay ahead of the snake, then lead it into a wall for a big bonus.</description>
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    <title>How to play Ink Rider</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>Swipe to hop and flip down Spray Alley, and land level to build a combo.</description>
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    <title>How to play Are You Still There?</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>Play five fake games with PAL, a narrator who reacts when you follow his instructions and when you stop.</description>
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    <title>Are You Still There? is now available on the App Store</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>Are You Still There?, the comedy game with a narrator who notices when you leave, is out for iPhone and iPad.</description>
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    <title>MayBolt Media announces Thumb Slugger, a one thumb baseball game</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>Thumb Slugger is on Google Play for Android phones. The iPhone version is coming soon. Swing and run with flicks, and beat each team&#x27;s target in three innings.</description>
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    <title>MayBolt Media announces Ink Rider, a BMX trick game for iPhone and Android</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>Ink Rider is on Google Play for Android phones. The iPhone version is coming soon. Swipe to hop and flip down Spray Alley, spray paint across the street, and turn your best jumps into a comic page.</description>
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    <title>MayBolt Media announces Outsnake, a reverse snake game for iPhone and Android</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>Outsnake: The Snake Hunts You is on Google Play for Android phones. The iPhone version is coming soon.</description>
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    <title>Are You Still There? is a comedy game with a narrator who notices when you leave</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>Are You Still There? is on the App Store and Google Play.</description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>Sliceball 4.2.3 has a new app icon: a ball over three bars on a brown gradient, with dark and tinted versions on iOS and a themed icon on Android 13 and later.</description>
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    <title>Skim, a stone skipping game, is now available on Google Play</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>Skim is now available on Google Play for Android phones. The iPhone version is coming soon to the App Store.</description>
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    <title>Sliceball 4.2.2 updates the website, privacy policy, and press kit</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>The Sliceball site now calls the currency coins, as the game does. The privacy policy covers Unity Ads, the US state opt out and Firebase, and the press kit has new 4.2.2 screenshots.</description>
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    <title>Sliceball 4.2.1 adds three new stacks and a shop that fits every screen</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>Sliceball 4.2.1 adds playing cards, game cartridges and vinyl records to slice, fixes the shop layout on iPad, and includes fixes for the chair, the intro and the eyeball skin.</description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>Sliceball 4.2 adds three balls, break effects that match each ball&#x27;s material, a redrawn eyeball, and fixes from the first two weeks on the stores.</description>
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    <title>MayBolt Media announces Skim, a stone skipping game for phones</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>Skim is a stone skipping game for phones. It is out on Google Play, and the iPhone version is coming soon to the App Store.</description>
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    <title>Sliceball 4.1 drops the ball on the frame you lift, and lets you skip a level</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>Sliceball 4.1 reads touch input on every frame, adds a level skip, saves progress immediately and renames the game Sliceball: Slice the Stack.</description>
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