Recently I remembered an old game I had on my computer. It's called Superpower 2 and it's a geopolitical simulator. I decided that maybe multiplayer would peak my interest and suffice to say I got hooked to playing with people. The game has war, diplomacy, economics and more. I took on the challenge in one game to play Greece. It was 2001 and I had to dodge the impending economic crisis that I knew would strike before my economy was destroyed. Suffice to say I pulled an economic miracle for the country. I made it one of the top economies in the world, and it was a great teacher for real world economics. It taught me the principals of interest rates, sector taxes and so on. This posed an interesting question to me.
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Flash has been officially discontinued by Adobe and it's the end of a really important time in the world of the internet. This isn't to say though that there isn't hope. Flashpoint is an application that runs about 70,000 flash games all for free as an archive for years to come. Downloading all the games from Flashpoint is hundreds of gigabytes, about 750 to be exact. What it shows is the level of dedication the internet has for Flash. Some people may see it as decrepid or old but it does hold up well to this day. Many people talk about Flash games, and rightfully so considering how influential they are, but many people miss Flash animations, commercial usage and the sites that built around them. There are many sites to visit for Flash games. Armor games, Addicting games and especially Newgrounds were massive influences on the internet in the late 2000s. Even as late as a few years ago, sites like Cool Math Games are enjoyed by thousands of students that are bored in class. I've always hated the internet restrictions on school computers. They've always struck me as overbearing and controlling, but I understand why they were there. It was to keep adult content from kids in school. This came at a price though to students as many game sites were blocked. I know thought that students shouldn't play games in class (most of the time) but it's really a testimate to how popular Flash was as a medium that entire sites were blocked to kids to keep them from being distracted. Flash animations were massive too. From classics like Badgers to Tarboy to BFB which is practically a TV show for free, Flash's universalness can't be understated. It's really a shame that Adobe is letting Flash go because of how influential it is and I hope that Flash can one day return.
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