Monday 27 May 2013

'Curiosity' Killed my iPad

Ahh, Curiosity, a game in which over 3 million people sat staring at a screen and tapping, all hoping to be the one to find what was inside the cube. Well you all failed unless Mr. Bryan Henderson is viewing this, as he was the one to break the last block and reveal what's inside. Bryan Henderson, 18 years old and from Scotland, was so intent on unlocking the "life changing" secrets that he kept playing until the last block was broken, on May 6th 2013, by none other than himself, pictured below...

The game was developed by 22 Cans and initially released by Apple in November 2012, followed by Android's release of the game. But a year and a half later, Bryan destroyed the last block, to the dismay of 2,999,999+ people (including me, and you don't want to make an enemy of me, I eat Pop Tarts for breakfast, scared yet!)... We are all very disappointed that we didn't get to the bottom of the mystery, but Bryan has become a god in the world of videogaming. The game had been avidly played by a multitude of fans for six months, but Bryan Henderson solved the puzzle in an hour.
             The game pretty much involved destroying over 25 billion 'cubelets' and the object of the game was to get to the center or figure out what was there. Bryan, after destroying the final 'cubelet', viewed a video about what "life changing" secrets he had unraveled... here is the video:


Godus is the type of game I adore. I love The Sims and its sequels, it is just a brilliant genre which I love, although The Sims series is, I think, a little different to Godus, I assume it will be epic! You are the god, like in The Sims, but the game has a more Age of Empires theme to it, in which you control your civilization. Here is a video of the upcoming game scheduled for release in 2013.


Bryan Henderson is now a collaborator with 22 Cans, the company behind Curiosity and Godus, and will be creating his own rules for the upcoming 22 Cans title. The game is described as "half a living sandbox world, and half a strategy game." British game director, the man behind the two titles, Peter Molyneux, said in the video (the Curiosity winner's video) that Henderson, as the winner, would "accrue riches from that game, from the start to finish of your reign."
             Bryan Henderson is finding it hard to believe that within an hour of picking up the addictive game, he was able to beat it, without one of the three million other players who had been playing far longer getting there first. And Bryan will not only be part of the development process of the new title but he will also get a small portion of the profits from the game every time someone (like me and you) forks a shitload of cash out to buy the game.
             Will Bryan be the next Bill Gates? No, probably not, but he can dream. As for me, I can dream of my iPad improving to handle a game, because Curiosity completely crashed it. Thank you Mr. Molyneux!

Stay tuned guys!



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