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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Ben Stein It's Trivial - Quick Review





Category: trivia games
Price $2.99 (sale)
App Store Link: [Full] / [Free Lite Version]

Over all Review: Like it
Category Review: Love it
Recommendation: Try before buy it. If you're looking for a good trivia game, this could be it.
Replay Value: High

Ben Stein It's Trivial is a simple, but well-polished trivia game. In this single player trivia game, players compete in a three 10-question rounds that grow progressively more difficult. Every time you get a question correct, you score points and "climb the vine" towards a bonus question. If answered correctly, the bonus question gives your a x5 score multiplier for the rest of the current round. And while answering correctly earns you rewards, answering incorrectly earns you trash talk from Stein, himself. Giving enough wrong answers causes you to "fall off the vine" and ends the game early. Players have 4 trivia categories to choose from: Popular Culture, Sports, Natural Wonders, and Random Steinage.

The game offers some long term goals, too. You can use your accumulated points to make Cheex the Monkey, Ben's co-host, steal Ben's stuff--everything from his lawn-gnome to the suit off his back. And in case that's not enough, Developer's are offering the first 100 players to steal stein's mansion a Ben Stein-autographed diploma inducting them into the "Hall of Stein." Here's the link details in case you're interested: www.bensteinitstrivial.com According the the site, one lucky random winner will get to face off against Stein, himself, during a live broadcast event.

Overall, this seems to be a polished trivia game with some unique marketing.

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