Thumb Spree On Hiatus, For Now

Hi guys. I'm holding my head in my hands right now. There is no shame worse than contradicting yourself on the internet, and I'm about to do just that. I was recently hired by an iPhone developer/publisher to manage business accounts, negotiate ad sales, and generally be a grown ass man. Sounds like great news, right? Well it is on at least one front. I finally escaped the clutches of the service industry hustle, and I'll now be spending the majority of my time basking in the comforting glow of a computer monitor. Ahhhh.

There's a downside of course. My interest in journalism, and my duty to uphold the tenets of journalistic integrity preclude me from continuing work on the beloved publication that is Thumb Spree. You know I'll still be fiending on iPhone games like a crack baby on crack. But I'll no longer be able to criticize those games with any semblance of objectivity. I'd be a hack, and not the cool I make it Blackra1n type of hack either.

So folks, it's been a helluva ride. I've enjoyed updating the site on a semi-regular basis, and sharing my sentiment with the burgeoning community of iPhone gamers. With some 57 million iPhones and iPod Touches resting in the idle hands of geeks across the globe, it can no longer be said that this platform isn't as legitimate as any other. Screw you PSP fanboys and DS doppelgangers. You can suck my USB dongle for all I care.

Anyways, I would like to make one announcement to the developers I've befriended over the course of the past year. You'll soon be hearing from me, from the other side of the train tracks. Instead of pestering you for exclusive game footage, provision files or unnecessarily sexy interview material, I'll be reaching out to you as a business partner. Would you like more eyeballs on your games, and your company? Would you like an additional revenue stream in the form of an unobtrusive advertising API? Feel free to contact me with any questions.

I've said my peace. Thumb Spree is taking an extended vacation. Don't cry for me, just think of the good times we had together. I had fun. I had phone. Okay, I'll stop now.

Warm Regards,

Sam Slesinger
Founder

Thumb Spree On Hiatus, For Now