Eternax, a Latin American company, developed Trivia Crack and released it mid-September. This game has made its way into app stores including Apple, Google Play, Windows, and Amazon. Downloads for the app skyrocketed in November after Eternax launched their video for the promotion of Trivia Crack and reduced the download from $2.99 to free.

According to “The Next Web,” a technology focused media company, Trivia Crack has reportedly reached 65 million total downloads since the video aired and has been growing by 50,000 downloads a day in the US.  The game was first launched on Facebook.

Trivia Crack is an educational quiz game involving several questions that the player answers by either choosing a, b, c, or d, like any other quiz game. The app allows players to challenge friends online to make the game competitive and intense. Trivia Crack consists of six categories: history, science, geography, arts, sports, and entertainment. Questions that vary from “Who was Sonic’s main enemy?”  to “What’s the origin of the hendecasyllable verse?”

As a recovering Trivia Crack addict, consider these pitfalls. This game is no different than Who Wants to be a Millionaire? or Jeopardy. Trivia Crack is almost exactly like Trivial Pursuit except that Trivial Pursuit is on a board, and Trivia Crack is on the phone.

There are a few things to consider before you devote your time and energy to this game. As great as it sounds, beating your friends in a game while testing your wits, there are a few deficiencies with the app.

(1) Trivia Crack is highly addictive. I have experienced first-hand just how addictive this game can be. No matter what you’re doing, you will always be wondering what question you will receive next, how much time you’ll have, as well as what new strategies you’ll use to defeat your opponent.

(2) It is exceptionally easy to lose a “life” as they call it. After you challenge an opponent or start a game with a new opponent, you lose a life. After one hour, the lives renew, and the player has three again.  This helps to keep the players engaged in the game; otherwise, they will challenge many people and not follow through.

(3) Just like any other viral trend, it ended. It has been nearly two months since the free version launched, and the number of people playing the game is declining. There is a way for games to end, and if a player is not active within the two-day limit, the game expires. Some of the games that I have played have expired on me or even because of me. I have noticed that I do not have the time or the patience to respond to my game requests anymore.

“After a while, it just get’s boring,” says senior Julia Peigh. Everyone is getting tired of playing the same old game.  What’s next?