{"id":18,"date":"2007-04-21T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-21T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vhirsch.wordpress.com\/2007\/04\/21\/nom-is-in-europe\/"},"modified":"2012-04-25T14:26:24","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T13:26:24","slug":"nom-is-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vhirsch.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/21\/nom-is-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"NOM is in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best game ever to have been created for mobile phones is finally, finally coming to Europe. I would have loved for us having been the ones to do it but, hey, you cannot always win. In any event, in spite (or because?) of an oddly early 70&#8217;s design feel and simple graphics, it is a great game that beautifully shows what mobile gaming can do (a view shared by many reviews, such as the ones, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midlet-review.com\/index?content=review&amp;id=655&amp;rel=j2me#supported_handsets\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modojo.com\/reviews\/mobile\/nom\/20070215\/475\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.wireless.ign.com\/articles\/748\/748291p1.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_krrmJx627x4\/RiozYHZdRVI\/AAAAAAAAACM\/SkHBRj3nPO4\/s1600-h\/nom_ingame1_176x208.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer;width:107px;height:125px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_krrmJx627x4\/RiozYHZdRVI\/AAAAAAAAACM\/SkHBRj3nPO4\/s320\/nom_ingame1_176x208.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>   <a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_krrmJx627x4\/RiozmnZdRWI\/AAAAAAAAACU\/pvl-NimBPuo\/s1600-h\/nom_ingame2_176x208.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer;width:105px;height:124px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_krrmJx627x4\/RiozmnZdRWI\/AAAAAAAAACU\/pvl-NimBPuo\/s320\/nom_ingame2_176x208.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>   <a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_krrmJx627x4\/Rio0CnZdRXI\/AAAAAAAAACc\/opNo5s0wGdo\/s1600-h\/nom_ingame10_176x208.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer;width:104px;height:123px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_krrmJx627x4\/Rio0CnZdRXI\/AAAAAAAAACc\/opNo5s0wGdo\/s320\/nom_ingame10_176x208.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The story of NOM is &#8211; for a mobile game at least &#8211; very long. The game had been released as early as 2002 by Korean developer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamevil.com\/\">Gamevil<\/a> and has recorded more than 1 million downloads in Korea alone. You could consider it the mother of all 1-button-games, a category considered by many as being the perfect entry point to mobile games (here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/features\/20060322\/sheffield_01.shtml\">feature<\/a> on Nom and some other of Gamevil&#8217;s gems).<\/p>\n<p>So, good folks of Disney&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/livingmobile.net\/\">Living Mobile<\/a> (the lucky ones who got their hands onto it for Europe), good luck with it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best game ever to have been created for mobile phones is finally, finally coming to Europe. I would have loved for us having been the ones to do it but, hey, you cannot always win. 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