There's a BIG rumor that apple may be getting back into gaming with the iPod. Honestly is kinda weird they didnt do it before since people has been booting Doom on the iPod more than a year ago. Obviously the posibilities are gigantic since everybody and their dogs have one iPod laying around. Is the cellphone situation all over again. A tech-sector recruiter contacted the GS NewsDesk with an interesting story of a prospective hire that got away. Recently, when said recruiter made an offer to a software engineer, the engineer turned the offer down--saying he was being "heavily recruited by Apple." According to the engineer, an Apple hiring manager named Mike Lampell is heading up a group inside Apple's storied iTunes division. The group is specifically hiring for "C/C++ coders with a ‘gaming background.’" The engineer says the project in question was described to him as "super secret," and Apple would not even tell him the exact nature of it until he had been hired and signed a non-disclosure agreement. However, the mention of Lampell gives the story some credibility. Lampell is a known developer who used to work at LucasArts, where he was a technical director on several major projects, including Star Wars Republic Commando. If the touchscreen video iPod is true they may be going against the DS... Source
