creativity and games

One day on my ipod i downloaded an app called Stupidness 2. It looked very interesting, and said that it could get a accurate reading of my IQ from taking the test. I'm a big fan of random pointless activities so i figured that doing this would be an excellent time killer and prove to be fun to share with my family and friends. Now creativity has been used for entertainment, self expression and other various reasons but i have never heard of it being used to challenge your intelligence and creative thinking. One puzzle had asked me to tap the numbers on the screen from lowest to highest, the numbers ranged from the thirties to seventies in different orders of height. I proceeded to touch the smallest number on the screen, 31. It told me i was wrong and to try it again so once again i tried 31, and once again i was wrong. I had to exam the picture a little closer to realize that it meant the numbers height on the screen. At the bottom left hand corner was the number 72, i click and it proceeds to the next question. I thus realized that this was something that was going to really bug the hell out of me.

Once i reached half way through the test i reached another one of the few questions that stumped me. Four owls appeared on the screen along with a counter. The question asked "How many owls are on the screen?" I simply looked at four orange owls smiling back at me and i just knew that there was more to what they were showing me. For safety reasons i clicked four on the counter and surely enough it was wrong, what a surprise. I figured maybe if i move some stuff on the screen around the answer would reveal itself. I touched an owl and drug it to the bottom right hand corner of the screen, and another and another. I got to the last one and when i moved him to the top corner, another stood in its place. I moved him over and another one was there, then another and another, what a surprise. There were seven owls total that decided it would be cleaver to hide behind each other, i would of never expected that one in a hundred years, honestly.

The last example i would like to share was a sales sign that said $24.50. The directions said give exact change. At the bottom of the screen it gave me $1, $5, $10 and $20 to use however many times i wanted without going over the limit, but no change. Ok i thought, how the hell am i supposed to do this with no change. I would get to 24 and stop because i was stuck, there was nothing else i could do at that point, and i was getting frustrated. For ten minutes i just glared at the screen, eyes blood shot red as to how i was supposed to over come what had to be the most difficult obstacle of my life thus far. When i was at the end of my rope and i couldn't take it any more i just screamed at the ipod "Why does this 50c have to be here? why?!" and at that moment, with my finger, i jabbed at the price tag and it tore in half leaving $24 as the price. I was in utter awe and complete shock, it was the most stupidest thing i have ever done in my life. Who honestly would of thought of that? Ripping the 50c off the tag was the only way to win.

I'm not even going to get into some of the other marvellous ideas they came up with but i hope that i gave you a good idea as to how creativity is played out in a lot of things these days. It can either be a fun, exciting, and emotional gift or a stressful and annoying weapon depending on how you want to use it. I recommend the Stupidness 2 test to any ipod touch users because despite its random puzzles that will make you want to jump off a cliff, its a lot of fun.