Throw iDarts at iDartboard With Sister iPhone and iPad Apps

by Lee Bains on July 8, 2010 at 08:20 AM

It's been a hell of a month for Caucasians. First, there was the electric bicycle pedal, and, now, the e-dartboard. With the 'KL Dartboard' iPad app and its little sister iPhone app, 'KL Darts,' the developers at KeyLime3.14 have happily married two of white people's favorite things: Apple stuff and darts. Any dart enthusiast with an iPad, an iPhone, a Bluetooth connection and $3.99 to spare can pick up the pair of apps, and get to throwing in no time. You might ask, "Why would I throw computer darts instead of real darts?" Well, friend, you can throw these darts anywhere, not just at your favorite "football pub." Plus, these darts are safe for your children, who will undoubtedly be shaky due to the merlot they'll have been sipping. [From: KeyLime3.14, via: TUAW]

Tags: apple, appstore, games, ipad, ipad app, ipadapp, iphone, iphone app, iphoneapp, kl darts, kldarts, top, videogames

Comments

rhiannonJul 11th 2010 6:28PM

Neutral

With all that is facing this world we need to focus on those matters. You need to look at the inner person and not color. Its sad when one person can rose this much garbage and no-one stops to realize that he gets paid for his views to be printed.Try focussing on what each person brings to lifes banquet,and not the color of his/her skin.

Dislike

Report

ravenx333Jul 11th 2010 7:24PM

Neutral

Gods,
The level of hate and racism here is over the top. Can everyone just calm the fuck down please?

Dislike

Report

ScottJul 11th 2010 9:27PM

Neutral

Message to Joshua Fruhlinger, Editor, Switched.com:

Greetings;

Regarding "Switched" contributor Lee Bains, for his take on Caucasians, 7-8-10, available at:

http://www.switched.com/2010/07/08/throw-idarts-at-idartboard-with-sister-iphone-and-ipad-apps/?icid=main|htmlws-main-n|dl7|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.switched.com%2F2010%2F07%2F08%2Fthrow-idarts-at-idartboard-with-sister-iphone-and-ipad-apps%2F

I am curious as to what kind of reprimand you have in mind for his role in inciting racial prejudice, that is painfully obvious in the "Comments" section below his piece.

I will include your reply in my column.

If you do not respond, I will include That in my column.

Your reputation is at stake.

Thanks.

Dislike

Report

ScottJul 12th 2010 9:05PM

Neutral

To those who care, I actually received two responses from the Executive Director of Switched.com, Joshua Fruhling in other areas of Switched.

His first response invited me to email him at:
fruhlinger [at] engadget dot com
as he would be happy to talk.
(I have since decided that anything he would say should be said in front of those who cared enough to comment in the first place.

In his second response, he resorted to questioning my integrity, in an apparent attempt to outrun actually responding to my original question, which remains: What kind of reprimand (does he) have in mind for Lee Bains' role in inciting racial prejudice in the Comments Section of his July 8 piece.

Two things are interesting so far:
One, he wanted to deal with my question in private, instead of openly, and Two, he questioned my integrity, instead of stepping up and doing something Real Executive Like, as in answering a simple question.

So far, my piece is writing itself.

Thanks.

Dislike

Report

PSN: HinchyFCJul 12th 2010 11:56PM

Neutral

...am I missing something here? What is so offensive about this article? All I see are a couple harmless jokes about white people, darts, Apple products, and wine. How is this offensive? People need to chill out about using stereotypes in a humorous context. One of my best friends (who is black) joke around about fried chicken and country music all the time. The only thing I could see being offensive to that is the wine thing at the end, but even then if you take in context with the page it linked to, it's not really bad at all.

Dislike

Report

ScottJul 14th 2010 4:18AM

Neutral

@PSN, just about everyone has friends of various heritage--In my case, family.
Joking with friends and family is one thing.
Inciting racial tension in a Simple Tech Column is far different.
Allowing it to happen, and willfully neglecting to address it is unforgivable.

This is why we're waiting to see what Joshua Fruhlinger does or does not do, regarding this piece by Lee Bains and the subsequent comments.

Dislike

Report

jonJul 16th 2010 11:53AM

Neutral

Tell you what, Scott. If you tell us who you write for, I'd be happy to give you a quote with my full name.

I don't resort to obfuscation, and passive-aggressive threats.

However, if you write as poorly as you seem to read, I'm not real concerned.

Also, what's with the random capital letters?

Dislike

Report

ScottJul 16th 2010 2:53PM

Neutral

LOL, jon!
I couldn't care Less who you are.
This issue regards members of Switched.com management who are knowingly and willfully neglecting a problem caused by one of their writers.
I will grant that You are a cheap sideshow in this.
Where did I "threaten" you, jon?
Why does your name not begin with a capital letter?
Are you a Desperate Defense Attorney?
By weakly attempting to discredit me, you're acting Guilty of something, jon.
What could it be?

Dislike

Report

Previous 20 Comments

BlackBerry Bold 9900, 9930 Will Run BlackBerry OS 7

BlackBerry OS 7 Features Announced--But It Won't Run On Older Devices

Farewell, Internet

Interview with Digital Camera Inventor, Making Game Boy Music

Dinos and Trenches in '1916 - The War You Never Knew'

Farewell, Internet Apr 12th 2011 12:00PM

Angry Birds Rio for Symbian lands in Nokia's Ovi Store Apr 11th 2011 3:45PM

Kindlebility sends Web pages from your computer to your Kindle Apr 11th 2011 2:40PM

Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.2 gets smarter, faster Apr 11th 2011 11:00AM

Windows 8 App Store images leaked? Apr 11th 2011 10:00AM

Browse All

Popular
Commented

Coming soon

: Thomas Houston; Editor in Chief
: Amar Toor; Writer
: Matthew Zuras; Design Editor

: Leila Brillson; Features Editor
: Terrence OBrien; Senior Blogger
: Chad Mumm; Vid Guy

Meet the Team »

You Have Ten Seconds To Edit Your Facebook Comment. Get Cracking!

Home Recording 101: Breaking Down Basics, Synths, Software and Gear

Get your Switched fix on the go with our free iPhone and iPod Touch app!

Terrence O'Brien: Watching Twitter tonight has taught me one thing, Phillies fans are a bunch of whiny dicks. But it's ok, every tank needs a bottom feeder.

Terrence O'Brien: And I thought I wanted to hug Johan last week. I think I'm officially in love.

Warren Riddle: Listening to Ra, glance at the notes and there's @AliveRecords. Nice cover, Mr. Boissel! @TheGloryFires #magiccityjams http://t.co/uT0M77VJ

Hot on HuffPost Tech:

Web

Tech Tips

Advice

Media

Throw iDarts at iDartboard With Sister iPhone and iPad Apps

Comments

Latest News

DLS News

The Team

Thomas Houston

Amar Toor

Matthew Zuras

Leila Brillson

Terrence OBrien

Chad Mumm

Hot Topics

Tech Tips

Basic Tech

Switched Mobile

Latest Tweets

Gadget News

Apple News

Game News

Notable

Our Favorite Sites

Tech News

Design

Web

More

Feeds

Hot on HuffPost Tech:

Throw iDarts at iDartboard With Sister iPhone and iPad Apps

Share and Discuss

Comments

HuffPost AOL Social News Most Popular

Latest News

Notable

Our Favorite Sites

Tech News

Design

Web

More

Feeds