Sunday, April 6, 2014

Evil Apples

Can converting a family board game loved by all to a dirty hilarious copy pay off?
I’m sure that everyone has played the popular game known as apples to apples. For a quick summary of the game, you and 3 friends each get an assortment of cards with a random word or person on them, ranging from anything from George Washington to your boss. The judge then picks from a special pile of cards that have a defining word on them such as annoying or really funny. The players then choose a card from their hand and put it down. The winner is whoever put down the card that the judge picks as the funniest or cleverest.
Now evil apples are like apples to apples dirty cousin who lives in a bad part of town and is constantly in and out of jail. Evil apples are only available on the app store, and are not available in stores like apples to apples. Unlike the family friendly version before, evil apples changes it style to appeal to a more adult/teenager crowd. The premise of the games are similar, with evil apples throwing out the one defining word cards, and changing to a sentence format, such as “The mad scientist knew his creation was a monster, but foolishly hoped________would one day be accepted and loved by man”. There the players would pick from their cards what they think would be the best and submit them. Like before, the judge would pick his or her favorite card, points would be rewarded, and then the next round gets underway.
Now as I said before, evil apples is different in that it’s aimed at a more mature crowd, with it including more mature words such as “All the prostitutes in Detriot” or “Ronald McDonalds nipple”.  Now I can’t speak for any of you who are over the age of 30, but my friends and I find this highly enjoyable.  Yes it’s immature and petty, but it can lead to some seriously funny moments between you and your friends. And it’s not just limited to people you know. When you host a game, anybody can join it and play with you, so you don’t have to wait long for your games to fill up.
Although this app has good upsides, it has its downsides. You need to be connected to wifi while playing this game; otherwise it will drain your battery like no tomorrow. I have had the wifi drop and switch to 3g before, and my phone would lose 10% of its battery in 15 minutes of me playing the game. Another downside with this game is its difficulty locating your friends to play with. The game uses twitter and Facebook to send out messages to people you want to play with. This method isn’t as useful as you would think, with people receiving the messages way to late or not even getting one at all.
                Evil apples quite a fun game to play with your friends, with its entertaining game play for you and your friends to all get involved with.


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