{"id":2401,"date":"2014-04-29T13:20:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T17:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2401"},"modified":"2014-04-29T13:20:36","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T17:20:36","slug":"2048-an-accessible-excuse-on-a-rainy-day-42914","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2401","title":{"rendered":"2048, an accessible excuse on a rainy day, 4\/29\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s going to rain all week.\u00a0 I mean all week.\u00a0 Sooner or later it will be time to sit down with a nice pot of tea and play a game (rather than being the global marketplace high-achiever your Mom believes you to be).\u00a0 So, instead of another round of Flappy Toaster or some other inaccessible game, this one might even be educational.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s called 2048<\/a>, and the Appstore can barely keep up with the demand.\u00a0 You may not be able to count to 2048, but you can certainly count up to the cost of this fine app.\u00a0 Meaning,\u00a0it\u2019s free, as long as you\u2019re willing to put up with ads at the bottom of the screen.<\/p>\n

To play, slide adjacent numbers of equal value together.\u00a0 This adds the two numbers together and makes room for more numbers.\u00a0 The goal is to end up with 2048.\u00a0 Much like Sudoku, this is more of a spatial relations puzzle than a math puzzle.<\/p>\n

This game is completely accessible using Voiceover.\u00a0 In order to issue the four possible commands,\u00a0 double-tap and hold, and then slide (up, down, left and right).\u00a0 The flick gesture will be of no use.\u00a0 You\u2019ll have to slide a finger around the 4×4 grid.<\/p>\n

Did I mention you should be sure to set aside several hours?\u00a0 You have been warned.<\/p>\n

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