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DAY 1: Apps and Flicks First of all, thanks for all your comments, they are really appreciated! So, it's time for the first update, which include the Best of Apps and Flicks, which I LOVE and they are part of the reason of what I'm actually studying. Enjoy!
10-07
First of all, gotta love Athens for the banner for the Best Of, he's really an inspiration.
So I LOVE apps. I have really replaced videogames for app games, cause they are nice, easy and simple. This year I even went to a course to start programming in iOS and Objective C, and it's not THAT difficult, but oh well. So this is the first part, I included the links for you to the Apple and Google store respectively, if the app can be found there.
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Draw Something
by OMGPOP
It was really a temporary fad. I mean everybody was playing the game like crazy, collecting coins,
and all that things, and it lasted like a month. Then nobody remembered this game. It was really
cute, but didn't know how to innovate it during its peak.
Apple Store
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Angry Birds Space
by Rovio
Angry Birds is kinda overrated, but I listed it because they are very creative when it comes
to new ideas for their games. What you gotta praise from them is the physics, and this game
has to be a living proof of making things really exactly yet fun.
Apple Store
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Blueprint 3D HD
by FDG Mobile Games
Sadly only available at the Apple Store, this app is beautiful and you'll enjoy playing it. I recommend it for those studying Architecture or Industrial Design. It is worth the price.
Apple Store |
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Bad Piggies
by Rovio
Rovio really knew how to catch up their game making an even more incredible game than
Angry Birds. It is very original, you'll have a fun time, even though you'll eventually get to a part where you will remain stuck.
Apple Store
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This year was kinda lackluster in the movies department, but still there were plenty of movies that were much better than last's year. I ranked the movies based on a grade that is composed by the Storyline, Technical Area or Animation (if it's the case), Originality and the Ending.
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Nothing special, perfect for the kids and for
the family to have a good time. It gave me
Dreamworks teas, even though it was far
better than many of their films. The standout
was the animation, which was very well done
knowing that it was a movie from Sony
Picture Animations. Really funny at some
parts, with a light-hearted message that
could be enforced with an actual storyline.
Only maybe the jokes would be remembered
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I knew that it was an "independent" movie,
but they could go and spend more money
for the VFX . If you are going to make a
sci-fi film, you gotta have out-of-this-world
effects. Still, the originality of "Looper" was
very incredible, specially how Johnson
imagined a more realistic future. But that
didn't save the movie from being predictable
and nothing that "special". I was expecting
something complicated, more like
"Inception", and everything was so
linear that got me bored to a certain
point. It was kind of a disappointment
since all the critics praised it and it looked
really good in the trailers. Emily looked great,
and JGL has a promising career. Bruce
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Despite being catalogued as the flop of the
year, "John Carter" was AMAZING in the
technical department, no wonder since
Andrew Stanton was from Pixar. So
everything about VFX was pretty
incredible. The problem was kind of the
storyline, because all of those terms
and concepts confused me, just like TLOTR.
I might be slow, but that ending was not
that clear. Now, the one that really lose
this game was Taylor Kitsch, poor man.
I mean, how many flops did he have
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THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS!
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