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WWDC Demo: Ow My Balls!
Yeah, so did you see Idiocracy? While I'm convinced it's merely a documentary sent to us from a future Mike Judge, warning us of the dangers of Brawndo and poor math education, one of the takeaway phrases from the movie has made its way into an iPhone app. Yes, Martha, you can say "balls" on the App Store. While tasteful slideshow apps like Minipops are rejected without so much as a "get bent," somehow Ow My Balls! became the first app on the store to use "balls" in this sense. Apple: always on the cutting edge.Anyway, I wound up trying Ow My Balls! (iTunes link) on the plane back from San Francisco, and guess what? It really is strangely addictive. Not like Fieldrunners-grade addiction, mind you, but it's a low level thing that makes you play for a much longer time than you'd ever think you'd be playing. Is it worth $.99? Yeah, if you're into this sort of thing.
The game mechanic is simple: kick the guy off a ledge (in the aforementioned nether regions), tap him to "fart" and make him stay in the air longer. You have small goals like hitting every target and getting maximum rackage by hitting more stuff on the way down. That's really about it, but as I said, it's more fun than you'd imagine. My only problem: I can't find the very last object to run into. Ow, my finger!
The video of the app in action is next...
And here you go, kicking a guy in the...
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
chaos123x said 8:44PM on 7-06-2009
Whoa this game has electrolytes.
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dave said 8:56PM on 7-06-2009
It's what plants crave!
Random said 10:00PM on 7-06-2009
you all sound faggy and tarded
Michael said 10:28PM on 7-06-2009
I can't believe you like money too, we should hang out
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Amerist said 10:28PM on 7-06-2009
I couldn't help myself. Just paid 99 cents for 5 minutes of amusement.
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Joel said 10:31PM on 7-06-2009
My wife and I are hooked on this game!!! Well worth 99 cents! I already earned unlimited farts!!!
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kc! said 12:29AM on 7-07-2009
Love this game. Bought it the day it came out and played it non-stop. If you keep playing you get more farts. Get 10 farts or more and find the special secret on top of the last building. Then when you're done, record your own fart sounds and start all over again! :)
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Nathan said 1:32AM on 7-07-2009
Welcome to Costco, I love you.
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chaos123x said 8:49AM on 7-07-2009
Brought to you by Carl's Jr.
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ds said 8:57AM on 7-07-2009
Heartily endorsed by President Camacho.
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Frank said 9:40AM on 7-07-2009
i love idiocracy as much as the next geek, but the longer time goes on, the more it's turning into a documentary and not satire. i weep for our race sometimes.
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SeB_or_Sam said 10:53AM on 7-07-2009
Welcome to Carl's Jr. Would you like to try our EXTRA BIG-ASS TACO?!?! Now with more MOEULES!!! By the way, I think it's worth mentioning that Justin Long (who plays Mac in apple televison ads) was in Idiocracy. Just mentioning it. Anyway, if apple pulls this game from the app store, the developer can hire Frito to defend himself.
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Eva said 12:47PM on 7-07-2009
Ths game is hilarious, totally worth the 99c...
Now some other genius needs to come up with a Gentleman's Latte app!
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