If you live in the US, from now on, don't worry about your cracking screen of HTC smartphone. Don't even think that the HTC smartphones are invincible, if you dropped it, it would be broke as usual.
The reason why Flappy Bird was removed from App Store and Google Play
Games are grotesque.
I’m not talking about games like Grand Theft Auto or Manhunt, games whose subjects are moral turpitude, games that that ask players to murder, maim, or destroy. I mean games in general, the form we call “games.” Games are gross, revolting heaps of arbitrary anguish. Games are encounters with squalor. You don’t play a game to experience an idea so much as you do so in an attempt to get a broken machine to work again.
In this way, games are different from other media. Sure, a movie or a book or a painting can depict squalor, can attune us to the agony of misfortune. But unlike film and literature, games do not primarily depict human events and tell stories. And unlike sports, games do not primarily showcase physical prowess. We don’t watch or read games like we do cinema and novels and paintings, nor do we perform them like we might dance or football or Frisbee. Rather, we do something in-between with games. Yes, we “play” games like we do sports, and yes, games bear “meaning” as do the fine and plastic arts. But something else is at work in games. Games are devices we operate.
Sometimes that operation simulates piloting a mecha or a pro athlete or a space marine, but more frequently it entails more mundane activities: moving cards between stacks as in Klondike solitaire; swapping adjacent gems as in Bejeweled; directing a circular, discarnate maw as in Pac-Man. Some machinery is fantastic, but most is ordinary, forgettable, broken.
If you look past the familiar shimmer of Super Mario Bros. and Super Bowl Sunday, there in the middle you will find the unsung paragons of gaming: games like Chess and Go and Backgammon; Tic-Tac-Toe and Dots and Boxes and Crosswords; Monopoly and Candy Land and Sorry!. These are games that frustrate more than they titillate, because operating them involves minimal effort yet considerable misery. It’s not the misery of boredom or stupidity, but the misery of repetition. The misery of knowing what you want to accomplish but not being able to, whether thanks to the plodding pace of a child’s board game, or the bottomless strategic depth of a folk classic. Whereas football yields its beauty through the practiced triumph of the human body and will over circumstance, Sorry! delivers only the stupid, gratuitous anguish caused by our decision to play it in the first place.
Every now and then a game comes along that forces us to admit this inconvenient truth of games. Recently, we have been graced with such a one, a free mobile throwaway called Flappy Bird. The game was first released last summer, but as the year wound down it experienced an unexpected surge in popularity. By the start of 2014, the game had nested itself at the top of the Apple App Store free charts.
Flappy Bird is a stupid game. You control a bird so cute as to signal deformity. Tapping the screen causes the bird to flap, making it rise slightly before quickly falling. The game asks only that you pilot the bird through narrow passageways between two green, Super Mario-style pipes that issue from the top and bottom of the screen. A point is awarded for every pipe you pass. But touch anything and the cute bird tumbles beak-first into the ground: game over.
I’m not talking about games like Grand Theft Auto or Manhunt, games whose subjects are moral turpitude, games that that ask players to murder, maim, or destroy. I mean games in general, the form we call “games.” Games are gross, revolting heaps of arbitrary anguish. Games are encounters with squalor. You don’t play a game to experience an idea so much as you do so in an attempt to get a broken machine to work again.
In this way, games are different from other media. Sure, a movie or a book or a painting can depict squalor, can attune us to the agony of misfortune. But unlike film and literature, games do not primarily depict human events and tell stories. And unlike sports, games do not primarily showcase physical prowess. We don’t watch or read games like we do cinema and novels and paintings, nor do we perform them like we might dance or football or Frisbee. Rather, we do something in-between with games. Yes, we “play” games like we do sports, and yes, games bear “meaning” as do the fine and plastic arts. But something else is at work in games. Games are devices we operate.
Sometimes that operation simulates piloting a mecha or a pro athlete or a space marine, but more frequently it entails more mundane activities: moving cards between stacks as in Klondike solitaire; swapping adjacent gems as in Bejeweled; directing a circular, discarnate maw as in Pac-Man. Some machinery is fantastic, but most is ordinary, forgettable, broken.
If you look past the familiar shimmer of Super Mario Bros. and Super Bowl Sunday, there in the middle you will find the unsung paragons of gaming: games like Chess and Go and Backgammon; Tic-Tac-Toe and Dots and Boxes and Crosswords; Monopoly and Candy Land and Sorry!. These are games that frustrate more than they titillate, because operating them involves minimal effort yet considerable misery. It’s not the misery of boredom or stupidity, but the misery of repetition. The misery of knowing what you want to accomplish but not being able to, whether thanks to the plodding pace of a child’s board game, or the bottomless strategic depth of a folk classic. Whereas football yields its beauty through the practiced triumph of the human body and will over circumstance, Sorry! delivers only the stupid, gratuitous anguish caused by our decision to play it in the first place.
Every now and then a game comes along that forces us to admit this inconvenient truth of games. Recently, we have been graced with such a one, a free mobile throwaway called Flappy Bird. The game was first released last summer, but as the year wound down it experienced an unexpected surge in popularity. By the start of 2014, the game had nested itself at the top of the Apple App Store free charts.
Flappy Bird is a stupid game. You control a bird so cute as to signal deformity. Tapping the screen causes the bird to flap, making it rise slightly before quickly falling. The game asks only that you pilot the bird through narrow passageways between two green, Super Mario-style pipes that issue from the top and bottom of the screen. A point is awarded for every pipe you pass. But touch anything and the cute bird tumbles beak-first into the ground: game over.
What is Flappy Bird? How did it succeed in the games industry?
The important thing to make a game success is "Know what the player want".
So that why everyone in the games industry is trying to figure out what "the people" want, and Flappy Bird is not an exception.
The big players in the AAA sector believe the people want military
shooters and open-world games full of the old ultra violence. The indie
community believes that what people really want is experimental games
with heart and a unique visual sensibility. And puzzle platformers. And
roguelikes.The mobile and social game companies, like Zynga and King, are of the opinion that people want something inoffensive to click on every now and then, but not too often, unless they’ve got cash to spend.
Recently, the people have spoken, and what they’ve said might come as a shock to many of the prognosticators and taste makers across the video game business. It turns out that what the people really want, for the moment at least, is Flappy Bird.
How to extend your Android device's battery using time?
Are you boring of bringing your phone charger all day? With these tip
below, you can find out what waste your Android device's battery.
How to find out what eating your Android device's battery?
In Android, you can go to Settings -> Battery and check what is the most battery consuming application. If there has apps that you don't really need it, you should close that app.
1. Reduce Screen Brightness
The mostly possible is the Screen Brightness of your Android device that consumes most of your device's battery. So, reduce it by go to Settings -> Display -> Brightness and reduce it to minimum (by slide the slider to the left).
You can reduce the Screen Timeout to save battery by go to Settings -> Display -> Screen Timeout and select the minimum value.
2. Turn off Bluetooth, GPS
If you don't have any Bluetooth device connected to your Android phone, then turn off the Bluetooth by go to Settings -> Bluetooth.
The GPS is our favorite feature, we can use it to find the Direction at the strange places or Check-in in some social network such as Facebook. But this service is not necessary, especially when you want to save battery for your device, so turn off this feature by go to Settings -> Location Access.
3. Have a look at Wi-Fi
If you are in the non Wifi area, turn off the Wifi to avoid the device looking for Wifi connection that consume power of your device battery.
But note that when you are in the Wifi area, you should turn off the 3G/4G connection because the using Wifi consume less energy than Data Connection (GPRS/3G/4G).
4. Use the Battery Manager application
There are a lot of application on Google Play Store that can help you optimize your battery. In my opinion, you can use Battery Doctor (FREE). This app can help you turn on/off device features such as Wifi, Data Connection, it also help you to reduce the screen brightness...Or you can use the best choice of Techlicious is Juice Defender. This app has 3 version: FREE, Plus ($1.99) and Ultimate ($6.24).
5. Update your device software/firmware frequently
When you update your device software/firmware, it can be the Bug Fixes, or Improvements that help you device run smoothly and reduce battery consumption.
6. Uninstall unused app
Even when you don't use those app, it can be running in background. So when you don't want to use the app anymore, uninstall it as soon as possible.
7. Don't run too much app
The multitasking of Android is great, but it has a problem: background processes will consumes battery rapidly. So when you finish using an app, turn it off immediately.
Other advices is:
- Don't use animated background
- Limit using the Widget on Home Screen. Using too much Widget may cause your device running slow and draining battery.
- Turn off Vibrate if possible
If you have any suggest, feel free to comment below.
How to find out what eating your Android device's battery?
In Android, you can go to Settings -> Battery and check what is the most battery consuming application. If there has apps that you don't really need it, you should close that app.
1. Reduce Screen Brightness
The mostly possible is the Screen Brightness of your Android device that consumes most of your device's battery. So, reduce it by go to Settings -> Display -> Brightness and reduce it to minimum (by slide the slider to the left).
You can reduce the Screen Timeout to save battery by go to Settings -> Display -> Screen Timeout and select the minimum value.
2. Turn off Bluetooth, GPS
If you don't have any Bluetooth device connected to your Android phone, then turn off the Bluetooth by go to Settings -> Bluetooth.
The GPS is our favorite feature, we can use it to find the Direction at the strange places or Check-in in some social network such as Facebook. But this service is not necessary, especially when you want to save battery for your device, so turn off this feature by go to Settings -> Location Access.
3. Have a look at Wi-Fi
If you are in the non Wifi area, turn off the Wifi to avoid the device looking for Wifi connection that consume power of your device battery.
But note that when you are in the Wifi area, you should turn off the 3G/4G connection because the using Wifi consume less energy than Data Connection (GPRS/3G/4G).
4. Use the Battery Manager application
There are a lot of application on Google Play Store that can help you optimize your battery. In my opinion, you can use Battery Doctor (FREE). This app can help you turn on/off device features such as Wifi, Data Connection, it also help you to reduce the screen brightness...Or you can use the best choice of Techlicious is Juice Defender. This app has 3 version: FREE, Plus ($1.99) and Ultimate ($6.24).
5. Update your device software/firmware frequently
When you update your device software/firmware, it can be the Bug Fixes, or Improvements that help you device run smoothly and reduce battery consumption.
6. Uninstall unused app
Even when you don't use those app, it can be running in background. So when you don't want to use the app anymore, uninstall it as soon as possible.
7. Don't run too much app
The multitasking of Android is great, but it has a problem: background processes will consumes battery rapidly. So when you finish using an app, turn it off immediately.
Other advices is:
- Don't use animated background
- Limit using the Widget on Home Screen. Using too much Widget may cause your device running slow and draining battery.
- Turn off Vibrate if possible
If you have any suggest, feel free to comment below.
