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In News From The Wire yesterday I said I’d take a closer look at Desktop Manager for Mac, which was recently leaked. But then I started using it, and realized that there’s nothing much to add. We already took a look at it last week, and not much has changed. We’ll do up a walk-through as a reference once it’s officially released, but for now it’s not worth a short blurb when there have been short blurbs already. Fret not, for there is something to gander at heading into the holiday weekend. You remember Dope Wars, the text-based game where you buy and sell drugs for fun and profit? They now have a BlackBerry version of it, Berry Wars. And it’s just as addictive as the old one.

The object of the game is simple. Buy drugs cheaply and sell them at their highest in order to turn the greatest possible profit. Along the way you’ll encounter rivals, whom you must fight or flee from, so make sure you load up on guns and armor. And watch out for cops. Always watch out for cops.

The game brings back plenty of memories. I remember playing it on my old 386 MHz processor (along with a ton of other games on enormous floppy disks), and then finding it again in high school when I got a graphing calculator. Between that and Tetris, not much got done in pre-calc and calc.

Wouldn’t you know it — there’s a sale on the game at the BBGeeks Store. You can get Berry Wars for $2.99 from now through September 11. It’s $3.99 otherwise. Unfortunately, it’s for OS 4.6 devices and up.

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