Vary Creative | Social Media | Family » Ridiculous http://blog.varycreative.com What kinda matters to us, matters kinda. Enjoy Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:53:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 What happened to simplicity? http://blog.varycreative.com/2011/12/05/what-happened-to-simplicity/ http://blog.varycreative.com/2011/12/05/what-happened-to-simplicity/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:53:58 +0000 chrisvary http://blog.varycreative.com/2011/12/05/what-happened-to-simplicity/ So… Where do I begin? I have been watching the iPhone and their app sales process and now I think it’s gone to far.

Take a look at this $.99 Tetris game in the iPhone App Store. It’s #1 in the paid category but it’s a sham. Tetris is an age-old game and this is exploiting it. The images below show a whacked out version of Tetris that is not even a complete game. You have to pay for coins or memberships to get deeper access. Boo.

This is bad. I come from a generation where games are complete and full of user experience. Now, with this new app store process, developers can release an intriguing video game classic then try to gouge your wallet to fully experience the game.

Without a trial refund process we are held to fall for these shams on the Apple iPhone App Store. Just a note, the Google Android Market (app store) give you 15 minutes to try an app and get a refund. Not bad.

I know that creating apps are expensive and developer (and Apple) needs to make turn a profit, but don’t dupe us. Give us a good game like we remembered it.

This will get out of hand.

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This was posted today on some sites. It’s a dust storm in Australia. The camera probably does not give the magnitude of this storm. That is a big ball of dust!

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Can we get $80!!!, originally uploaded by ChrisVary.

Man oh man. Next pic will be the $80 mark. I hear in Chicago that the prices are into the $4.30 mark. I still don¹t know why it’s so expensive. It has been explained to me a number of times but, I still don’t get it. We are in Iraq for the oil, oil companies are reporting record profits and still the barrel costs near $120 bucks. I have a theory though, maybe it’s the US government program for us to use our cars less. Walk more, ride more, run more. If you think about it, can you walk a little more in life?

Enjoy the ride.

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