I came across this article from Jorden Mechner him self which I though was interesting. Have a look.
I recenty came across this post by Nat Weiss about how awesome Cocos2d is. And its a pretty good post to read. Here it is...
Sony’s new handheld has struggled. What does the future hold?
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/01/03/bleak-or-bright-the-playstation-vitas-past-and-future
Check this out. http://www.imore.com/ios-6-multitasking-fast-app-switcher
I found this cool article on http://paralaxer.com/cpp-vs-objective-c/ about C++ vs Objective C. Having done C++ in my academic days and then a couple of realtime rendering projects on C++, I migrated to Objective-C as did the author to create games and apps for iOS. I do like the simplicity and sometimes the complexity of ObjC. But I do miss C++ as well. I did an odd small project here and there using C++ so I haven't lost touch with it. But still Cocos2d-X is a great excuse to dive in to C++ land again I suppose.