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Apple partners with Warren Buffett on new newspaper toss iOS game

Apple has teamed up with investor Warren Buffett to produce a new iPhone game dubbed Warren Buffett's Paper Wizard that pays homage to Buffett's history of starting out as an actual paperboy.

In a short film at the start of the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders' meeting, Cook and Buffett debuted the app. as part of a larger film kicking off the meeting. The game, which is now available for free in the App Store with no in-app purchases, is sold by Wildlife Design, Inc but the copyright is held by Apple. This makes it Apple's first iOS game since the discontinued Texas Hold'em title.

In the title, the player plays the part of a paper-delivery person who flings papers at the doorsteps of buildings. As the player progresses, the game goes from the corn-filled streets of Oklahoma to Apple's home of Cupertino, California. Vehicles and birds act as obstacles as the game gets increasingly more difficult.

Other anecdotes have come out of the meeting such as how Buffett taught Tim Cook and Steve Jobs the importance of stock buybacks. Additionally, related to the meeting, Tim Cook spilled details about how Apple buys a new company every few weeks.

CNN covered the new game during the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting.



6 Comments

apple ][ 13 Years · 9225 comments

I haven't tried this game, but I remember Atari having a game called paperboy back in the eighties.

jcs2305 11 Years · 1342 comments

apple ][ said:
I haven't tried this game, but I remember Atari having a game called paperboy back in the eighties.

Yes!  The joystick was a set of handlebars.  B) 

dysamoria 12 Years · 3430 comments

Oh look, another Paperboy clone. And for some reason it is advertising Warren Buffet. Is he Wall Street’s answer to the Kardashians?

JinTech 9 Years · 1061 comments

apple ][ said:
I haven't tried this game, but I remember Atari having a game called paperboy back in the eighties.

My first thought! haha

cornchip 11 Years · 1943 comments

a deal Carl Icahn could only dream of.