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| Will PETA be upset if I used these suits? Worst Power-ups ever! |
Unfair Mario is based on Mario (I know, you’re surprised
right?) you try to get from left to right without dying. Easy enough right? The twist is that the developers hate you and decided that Mario wasn't hard enough and peppered the
levels with traps. I saw SmoshGames (SmoshGames YouTube Channel) playing it and thought I’d give it a go myself. How difficult could it be? Well I spent a
couple of hours playing and managed to get to level 9 and died several hundred
times. I live alone, so I spent most of the time shouting and screaming and
swearing but I couldn't stop playing. It’s addictive and I every time I got to
the end of a level I felt a sense of accomplishment and the closer and closer I
got to the end the more I couldn't stop playing. Eventually I had to leave so I
intended to finish it when I got home and the game is supposed to save. When I loaded it up I came back to
this:
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| Fuck you game, just fuck you |
So, yeah, I got pissed off and didn't finish the game. Why did I spend so long playing a game that
frustrated me? I was a Sega kid so I
didn't play much Mario but my Game Boy meant I still felt nostalgic and I
imagine the main demographic of the game is people that gamed in the late-80s
to mid-90s. Maybe it’s because it gives you an emotional
response. I mean that’s why we watch horror films, we get scared and it gives
us an adrenaline rush so we watch them. Or maybe it’s because we feel a sense
of accomplishment when we beat the game.
With Flappy Birds you tap the screen to fly through Mario pipes and don't touch anything. There is the high score, I’m not going to lie I was
proud of my 37 and disappointed when my friend facebooked that he had 96 and I
carried on playing to try and beat him (unsuccessfully, I might add). The most
successful phone apps are simple (think Angry Birds and Candy Crush) because
they’re accessible to casuals and non-gamers but this game is insanely
difficult, which seems to frustrate people more than entertain them. I first saw the game when Shanna Malcolm (Shanna's YouTube Channel) spent 7 minutes getting a score of 1 and doing about as much as yelling as I
did. I blame her for my addiction to the game however irrational it is. I eventually got a high score of
70:
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| This was definitely not the most productive thing I did that day... |
Even though I’m still playing it I don’t seem to be getting anywhere near 70 and I feel a sense of failure every time, but I still play it and probably won’t stop anytime soon. Or maybe I’ll sell my phone since the developer decided to get rid of the app.
I have an Xbox One and an Xbox 360 as well as a healthy
steam library and yet I spend hours playing these games. Honestly, I have no
idea why I play these rage inducing but I don’t plan on stopping. Maybe I have
spent too much time on the internet and enjoy causing myself pain or maybe
these games are just addictive, simple time-sucks that waste my time when I can’t
be bothered thinking. Hey, at least it isn't Farmville. If you want to play Unfair Mario there's a link below. If you want to play Flappy Birds, you can either go on Ebay or download one of the MANY rip offs. If you know why these games are so popular let me know on Twitter.
Unfair Mario: Click me to RAAAGGGEEE
Smosh Plays Unfair Mario AAAAAARRGGGGHHHH
Shanna Malcolm plays Flappy Birds: Click for fails
Smosh Plays Unfair Mario AAAAAARRGGGGHHHH
Shanna Malcolm plays Flappy Birds: Click for fails
