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  • 2048 is why we can’t have nice things
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    2048 is why we can’t have nice things

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    2048 is the #1 game on Google Play and the App Store, and that's a damned travesty.Our story starts a little over seven weeks ago. Sirvo LLC, better known as Greg Wohlwend and Asher Vollmer, released their second mobile game collaboration: Threes!. It was a great little puzzle game that had the perfect mix of addictive and charming that can help a game shoot to the top of the App Store. And it did. Seemingly within hours, this indie darling jumped to the #1 spot - and not just any #1 spot, but the #1 spot on the paid games list.Rumors of paid mobile gaming's death, it would seem, were greatly exaggerated.Or at least they would have been if it weren't for 2048.A UI designer and web developer, Gabriele Cirulli "created" 2048 in the span of a weekend. You may have noticed my use of quotation marks there. That's because, while he no doubt programmed the game and did the art, the creative process - aka developing an original idea and making it work - lays at the feet of Team Sirvo.Yes indeed: 2048 is a clone of Threes. 
  • How a Game About Broccoli and Cheese Soup Turned into Threes!
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    How a Game About Broccoli and Cheese Soup Turned into Threes!

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    "Less is more." It's something we say all the time, but how often do we actually think about what it means?Greg Wohlwend has considered it more than most people. As an artist on games like Ridiculous Fishing, Hundreds and, more recently, Threes!, it's his job to make the games you play pleasing to look at. But sometimes the best designs are the simplest, and that's not just aesthetics."At one point we tried broccoli and cheese soup as a theme," Wohlwend said during our interview. "You had broccoli, then you had cheese and so those are your ones and twos. Then you create soup. And maybe you create more soup. That's obviously, as I say it, a horrible idea."Like previous games Wohlwend has worked on, Threes! is very minimalist. It's about sliding together numbers to add and multiply one another. On its face, that's hardly the most exciting subject matter for an artist to tackle. So Greg, along with his co-developer Asher Vollmer, looked for more distinct designs: from broccoli and cheese soup, to military ranks, textile patterns and hydrogen atoms.Over the game's year and a half of development, the duo went through something like two dozen themes. None of them worked.
  • Game of the Month: Threes!
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    Game of the Month: Threes!

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    Even though February is always the shortest month of the year, this one brought us more amazing new games than we could possibly handle. With Valentine's Day sitting smack-dab in the middle of it all, we have a lot of love to share for some of the best games to capture our attention in all of their shiny new glory. And could that possibly be another early Game of the Year contender I see sitting at the top of the list?I know it must seem like I say this every time, but I really feel like February had some of the best new game releases that we've seen in quite a while. From a hopelessly addicting and charming number-based puzzler, to the most hilarious game you'll play in ages, to a breathtaking pop-up book world that you can play in real life, our top picks for the month are not only all innovative in their own unique ways, but they're all just a breath of fresh air for video games everywhere today (and the ongoing sea of Flappy Bird clones)."So did you happen to fall in love with any of the same games that we did this Valentine's Day? I know I'll personally be giving flowers and chocolate to all of our favorites. But be sure to hit the replies and let us know if you agree with our top gaming picks for the month of February, or if there were any other great games that managed to steal your heart away!