{"id":1771,"date":"2010-11-05T12:49:55","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T19:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/?p=1771"},"modified":"2010-11-05T12:49:55","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T19:49:55","slug":"game-18-astrosmash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/2010\/11\/05\/game-18-astrosmash\/","title":{"rendered":"Game #18: Astrosmash!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IMG_65241.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1772\" title=\"IMG_6524[1]\" src=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IMG_65241-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IMG_65241-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/IMG_65241-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Astrosmash and I have a complicated relationship.\u00c2\u00a0 I love this game, but it hurts me.\u00c2\u00a0 Literally.\u00c2\u00a0 This game is painful to play.\u00c2\u00a0 Once you get up around15-20K points, you&#8217;ll understand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_1224211105.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1774\" title=\"OhSnap_1224211105\" src=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_1224211105-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_1224211105-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_1224211105-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_1224211105.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The concept is simple.\u00c2\u00a0 Shoot the rocks for points and avoid getting hit by the rocks yourself.\u00c2\u00a0 If you miss a rock and it hits the surface, you lose points.\u00c2\u00a0 In addition to the rocks, there are homing missiles which come after you and diamond shaped bombs which will kill you if they hit the surface.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s sort of a cross between Asteroids and Stampede and Repetitive Strain Injury.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_1224591105.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1775\" title=\"OhSnap_1224591105\" src=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_1224591105-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_1224591105-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_1224591105-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_1224591105.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You will rack up a lot of lives early on.\u00c2\u00a0 You get an extra life every thousand points.\u00c2\u00a0 However, the speed gradually increases, as does the amount of stuff getting thrown at you.\u00c2\u00a0 By the time you reach around 20K points, you&#8217;ll probably watch your score decrease more often than increase, and you&#8217;ll eat though those 13 lives very quickly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_1226031105.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1773\" title=\"OhSnap_1226031105\" src=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_1226031105-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_1226031105-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_1226031105-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OhSnap_1226031105.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And did I mention this game hurts?\u00c2\u00a0 You&#8217;re moving back and forth and squeezing the triggers so fast that you will be in pain.\u00c2\u00a0 Seriously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astrosmash and I have a complicated relationship.\u00c2\u00a0 I love this game, but it hurts me.\u00c2\u00a0 Literally.\u00c2\u00a0 This game is painful to play.\u00c2\u00a0 Once you get up around15-20K points, you&#8217;ll understand. The concept is simple.\u00c2\u00a0 Shoot the rocks for points and avoid getting hit by the rocks yourself.\u00c2\u00a0 If you miss a rock and it hits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[172],"tags":[238],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1776,"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771\/revisions\/1776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathpirate.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}