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Re:2048 by terabytest on Monday March 10, 2014 @02:33PM (#7374788)
I've been playing this all day today. I basically created my own demise.
Re:2048 by andrey-p on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @08:12AM (#7378745)
Creating a game that you, the creator, can't stop playing is the sign of a pretty good game. It's like "eat your own dog food", but with crack.
Re:2048 by dwd on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @04:32AM (#7384548)
Too damn addictive.

Won a few times and still keep picking it up. Now the Tetris dreams are starting; must stop.

Re:2048 by nevvvermind on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @03:58AM (#7377956)
I was reading all your "I wasted x hours on this" and I rolled my eyes - "My god, these guys fall for everything". Then I tried it. Couldn't sleep. Damn it!
Re:2048 by eru on Monday March 10, 2014 @09:43PM (#7376906)
Just be glad you are already immune to Tetris.
Re:2048 by awjr on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @08:07AM (#7378721)
Best strategy (for me) seems to be to play it like tetris. Never ever use the up key and create a row at the bottom where everything collapses into it.

This sort of clicked towards, oooh I don't know about 1:30am this morning.

Re:2048 by lugg on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @08:46AM (#7378875)
That sort of works, I've been using a similar strategy but switching what I call "bottom" whenever the moment suits.
Re:2048 by dllthomas on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @12:57PM (#7380525)
The enemy gate is down.
Re:2048 by amjaeger on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @02:43AM (#7384301)
YES!
Re:2048 by awjr on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @12:30PM (#7380321)
I'll have to look into that way of playing.
Re:2048 by ashmud on Friday March 14, 2014 @11:30AM (#7399441)
Empirically, this got me much further than the corner (stair-stepped) approach.
Re:2048 by lsdafjklsd on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @09:40AM (#7385481)
Yes, I won twice yesterday with this strategy.
Re:2048 by prasio on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @01:45AM (#7377649)
I launched a very similar called Even last week on Android -- http://bit.ly/even-game -- have fun!
Re:2048 by snuffmeister on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @08:50PM (#7383262)
Downloaded and installed. Can you please remove the almost mandatory google games sign in, or make it optional. I tries to connect every time I move between the game and the menu, and I don't want it to connect...