Successful iPhone Game
Developers Share Their Secrets
iPhone
Games Projects
Dave Mark, Series Editor
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PJ Cabrera
iPhone Games
Projects
DAVE MARK, SERIES EDITOR
PJ CABRERA
JOACHIM BONDO
AARON FOTHERGILL
BRIAN GREENSTONE
OLIVIER HENNESSY
MIKE KASPRZAK
MIKE LEE
RICHARD ZITO
MATTHEW AITKEN
CLAYTON KANE
iPhone Games Projects
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To my parents, Pedro and Cecilia: LQM
—PJ Cabrera
To my brother Adam, who does 50% of the work and gets 0.01% of the mentions ; )
—Aaron Fothergill
To my teammates, past and present, who have made me the engineer I am
—Mike Lee
