Trivia Crack, created by developer Etermax, became something of an overnight success upon its release. The quiz-style app combines addictive gameplay with trivia-style questions and allows you to directly challenge your friends and compete against other quiz-loving players from around the globe.
The success of Trivia Crack can be attributed to several of the app’s features, such as it's free, has a live chat and the ability for you to submit your own questions to the game. Trivia Crack also stands out from the crowd due to its ‘unprecedented’ visual appeal and ‘highly interactive’ quizzes.
The success of Trivia Crack can be attributed to several of the app’s features, such as it's free, has a live chat and the ability for you to submit your own questions to the game. Trivia Crack also stands out from the crowd due to its ‘unprecedented’ visual appeal and ‘highly interactive’ quizzes.
Okay, but this is not a commercial for Trivia Crack.
This is a warning! Trivia Crack is addictive, and the reasons why says a lot about us as a culture.
1) People love the thrill of competition and "winning" at something, even if there's nothing to "win." Just to be better than the person you are going up against is enough of a victory.
2) You can "redeem" your loss in a matter of seconds. Simply challenge the person who beat you to another game.
3) People love "timed games." Add a clock to any thing, and suddenly it becomes irresistible. Take the sports of basketball and football. There are last second touchdowns, field goals and baskets. Baseball, by comparison, is boring to many because there is no clock to beat.
4) Trivia Crack creates friendly rivalries with people you would least expect. Suddenly you have an entire crew of Trivia Crack buddies.
This is a warning! Trivia Crack is addictive, and the reasons why says a lot about us as a culture.
1) People love the thrill of competition and "winning" at something, even if there's nothing to "win." Just to be better than the person you are going up against is enough of a victory.
2) You can "redeem" your loss in a matter of seconds. Simply challenge the person who beat you to another game.
3) People love "timed games." Add a clock to any thing, and suddenly it becomes irresistible. Take the sports of basketball and football. There are last second touchdowns, field goals and baskets. Baseball, by comparison, is boring to many because there is no clock to beat.
4) Trivia Crack creates friendly rivalries with people you would least expect. Suddenly you have an entire crew of Trivia Crack buddies.
5) People love meaningless contests because it gives their self-esteem an immediate burst, like a strong cup of coffee. The scoreboard at Yankee Stadium holds a meaningless contest between innings about a subway race between the A, B, C and D trains. Notice it's the same amount of possible choices as Trivia Crack. Whatever train pulls up in the Bronx first wins. As the "scoreboard subway trains" approach Yankee Stadium the people in the stands are whipped into a frenzy. Some people actually stand up on their seats to take a victory bow because they had correctly picked the D Train and "won." Their prize? They get to gloat. Sort of like Trivia Crack.
6) Lastly, it is a well known fact that people who could not care less about history or science suddenly are reading up on the different Trivia Crack categories in order to better perform in the contest.
Wait. People who never cared about names, places and dates during school are now researching such things in order to win at Trivia Crack? Yep. If only teachers had known this all along, they could have made everything a contest in school, and the kids would have performed better.
Oh well. Everything isn't about "winning" at silly trivia games in order to gain people's interest and boost self-esteem. I mean, it's not like people who don't care about college basketball or the NFL suddenly start picking out teams for their "brackets" or choosing "boxes" for the Superbowl, just so they can experience the thrill of competition.
Wait a minute......
6) Lastly, it is a well known fact that people who could not care less about history or science suddenly are reading up on the different Trivia Crack categories in order to better perform in the contest.
Wait. People who never cared about names, places and dates during school are now researching such things in order to win at Trivia Crack? Yep. If only teachers had known this all along, they could have made everything a contest in school, and the kids would have performed better.
Oh well. Everything isn't about "winning" at silly trivia games in order to gain people's interest and boost self-esteem. I mean, it's not like people who don't care about college basketball or the NFL suddenly start picking out teams for their "brackets" or choosing "boxes" for the Superbowl, just so they can experience the thrill of competition.
Wait a minute......



















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