WP - "Your goal is to put numbers together on a 4x4 grid, starting with 1+1, 2+2, 4+4, etc. The two added equal numbers will merge, and you have to keep doubling tiles until you either lose, or you get a 2048 tile. Sounds simple enough, but as the old saying goes, "easy to learn, hard to master"."
Last year's indie mobile smash Threes! has been deleted from the Google Play store in a spectacular display of incompetence. The reason for the puzzler's removal? The inclusion of rival title "2048" as a search keyword.
Jarrett at Irrational Passions writes: "There’s nothing incredibly new about many of gaming’s biggest ideas. We live in a time where iteration is more popular (and profitable) than innovation. In some ways, iteration becomes innovation. The gradual process of making little things like running, jumping, and climbing feel a little better with every game can lead to progressive design by inches. I assure you, none of the games on this list had that in mind."
From the article:
"Was there ever a game you hated? A game you loathed so much you wanted to break the controller? Something that made you angry? But despite all the flaws, you continued playing the game for some reason unknown?"
