A few days ago, the voice of moviegoers everywhere, Jordan Hoffman, let loose on an upcoming promotional iPhone/smart phone app created by Best Buy to be used during the end credits of this weekend's Despicable Me.
But in an effort to be a fair and just person, I decided, "why the hell not give a try?" And as I discovered, this is the best case scenario.
Like Hoffman, many see the app is a red flag (see equally worrisome blurbs at Slashfilm and Movieline). It's annoying enough that you can no longer sit through a 90-minute movie without someone in your vacinity whipping out their cell phone and brigthening up the entire theater with the light of a thousand suns. Now they're asking people to play with them.
I can see where everyone's coming from; with social gaming on the rise and everyone and their brother (and their kids,...
But in an effort to be a fair and just person, I decided, "why the hell not give a try?" And as I discovered, this is the best case scenario.
Like Hoffman, many see the app is a red flag (see equally worrisome blurbs at Slashfilm and Movieline). It's annoying enough that you can no longer sit through a 90-minute movie without someone in your vacinity whipping out their cell phone and brigthening up the entire theater with the light of a thousand suns. Now they're asking people to play with them.
I can see where everyone's coming from; with social gaming on the rise and everyone and their brother (and their kids,...
- 7/9/2010
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