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Most Addictive Game Since Tetris Released

posted by janrinok on Tuesday March 18 2014, @04:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-was-wondering-what-to-do-next dept.

Anonymous Coward writes:

"2048, the most addictive game since Tetris, was recently released. Its origin has been traced back as far as Threes!, which inspired 1024, which inspired 2048. Finally, an improved version, with animations, was written by Gabriele Cirulli, 19 year old from Italy.

The game has enthralled many, and led directly to the waste of countless potentially productive hours. A variety of permutations have since surfaced: 2048 in 3D, 2048 in 4D, and 9007199254740992.

Some ask why it's so addictive. I say, it attacks our pleasure centers in ways that Wesley Crusher already warned us about."

 
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  • (Score: 1) by janrinok on Tuesday March 18 2014, @04:26PM

    by janrinok (52) on Tuesday March 18 2014, @04:26PM (#18223) Journal

    I didn't (and still don't) see it that way, but you could be right - so I'll hold my hands up and apologise.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by JeanCroix on Tuesday March 18 2014, @04:28PM

    by JeanCroix (573) on Tuesday March 18 2014, @04:28PM (#18224)
    I have to agree with MrGuy. I did a mental doubletake on the blatant soyvertisement.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Dunbal on Tuesday March 18 2014, @04:52PM

      by Dunbal (3515) on Tuesday March 18 2014, @04:52PM (#18232)

      They mix in some soylent red with the soylent green nowadays.

      • (Score: 3, Funny) by JeanCroix on Tuesday March 18 2014, @06:24PM

        by JeanCroix (573) on Tuesday March 18 2014, @06:24PM (#18272)
        Makes it taste a bit spammy...

  • (Score: 2, Funny) by xyzzyyzzyx on Tuesday March 18 2014, @04:29PM

    by xyzzyyzzyx (3799) on Tuesday March 18 2014, @04:29PM (#18225)

    Just say 'No!' to AC submitted content, folks....

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Tuesday March 18 2014, @04:34PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Tuesday March 18 2014, @04:34PM (#18228) Journal

    MrGuy is just buttmad that he Googled "Gabriele Cirulli" expecting to find a young, foreign, hot nerdchick like LadyAda to beat off to and found a dude instead.

    Meanwhile, Gabriele takes pleasure in that fact and backs away slowly into the shadows grinning, his nose being the last part of him to fade into the darkness.

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 18 2014, @04:47PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 18 2014, @04:47PM (#18230)

      expecting to find a young, foreign, h̶o̶t̶ n̶e̶r̶dc̶h̶ick like LadyAda to beat off to and found a dude instead

      So he found what he was looking for.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by cwix on Tuesday March 18 2014, @06:26PM

    by cwix (873) on Tuesday March 18 2014, @06:26PM (#18273)

    I have to agree with the parent poster here, this is not news. It reads like an advertisement, it also does not explain in the summary why this is such a great game.
     
    In fact I just went and played the game and if this level of game gets a front page article, then I can think of a hundred games that should get the same treatment. Should I start to post articles about my favorite games, even if there is nothing new or ground breaking in them?

    • (Score: 2) by Geotti on Tuesday March 18 2014, @10:09PM

      by Geotti (1146) on Tuesday March 18 2014, @10:09PM (#18355)

      Should I start to post articles about my favorite games, even if there is nothing new or ground breaking in them?

      SCNR, but look, we've all played our share of Larry, no need to get all upset about it.