You don't need a math degree to play this hit mobile game. March 24, 2014— -- “Flappy Bird” may be on the rebound, but a new time-suck of a game has made it to smartphones. “2048” is ...

Oddly enough though 2048 is itself a clone of a clone. The tiles-in-a-grid mechanism seems to have originated with paid iPhone game Threes , which has a slower pace of play but adds charming ...