Wednesday, 23 August 2017
TAMAGO
Sometimes aimless and absurd is the way to go in an industry run by inertia and greediness. This time it's all about existentialism and concept, and it works exceptionallly well. You break the egg shown on the screen by tapping it exactly one million times.- a feat requiring a few months of your waking hours. Call it novelty or curiosity or plain love for the absurd or stupid, but this game has already had more than 5 million users. The mystery behind the 1mil mark made people use cheats, hacks and even mechanical screen tapping devices to achieve it.
The game grants them a "So What?" sign above the egg upon completion of the task, and though it could be construed as an extremely mean gesture on the game maker's part, it might entail a more serious issue of modern gaming, be it casual or hardcore, and call for a more serious debate on free time and gaming as a meaningful undertaking.
Curiosity killed the screen and made an omelette.
Labels:
absurd,
application,
clicks,
counter,
counting game,
Tamago,
tapping game
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