{"id":13553,"date":"2022-08-31T14:37:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T14:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/31\/apple-arcades-latest-exclusive-is-a-tom-hanks-passion-project\/"},"modified":"2022-08-31T14:37:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T14:37:59","slug":"apple-arcades-latest-exclusive-is-a-tom-hanks-passion-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/31\/apple-arcades-latest-exclusive-is-a-tom-hanks-passion-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Arcade\u2019s latest exclusive is… a Tom Hanks passion project?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/30\/23329295\/apple-arcade-tom-hanks-trivia-hanx-writer-101<\/a>
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Hanx101 Trivia<\/em>, a trivia game that is narrated by actor Tom Hanks, will soon be one of the games exclusively available on the Apple Arcade subscription service (via Variety<\/em><\/a>). Despite the name, it\u2019s not a game dedicated to quizzing you about Hanks\u2019 career \u2014 a press release from the game\u2019s developer<\/a>, Blueline Studios, says it\u2019ll feature \u201ctens of thousands of questions\u201d about subjects like history, math, geography, and food. (I\u2019m hoping the later set contains at least one question about a box of chocolate.)<\/p>\n

The game will feature a head-to-head competition mode, a team mode, and a \u201cHanx101 mode\u201d where you apparently try to get a high score while answering 101 questions. There will also apparently be \u201cunique formats such as \u2018Word Jam\u2019 and \u2018I Spy,\u2019\u201d though the marketing material for the game seems to leave what those will look like as an open question. The game is set to launch Friday, September 2nd. <\/p>\n

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I\u2019ll be honest, this seems like a very weird project to me. First of all, there\u2019s the name; Blueline\u2019s official website<\/a> for the game specifically styles it Hanx101 Trivia<\/em> with no space between Hanx and 101, while the Apple Arcade listing does have a space. Secondly, it is a game being marketed as \u201ca way for Tom to share his love and passion for trivia with his fans, casual gamers, trivia aficionados, and YOU.\u201d I had no idea he was such a trivia fiend.<\/p>\n

Not that being weird is a bad thing. As I said before, I\u2019m absolutely going to try this out. And it\u2019s nice to see Apple experimenting with what types of projects are coming to Arcade. Just in the past few months, the service has gotten Cooking Mama<\/em> and Frogger<\/em> games<\/a>, along with a sequel to Jetpack Joyride<\/em><\/a>, a kart racing game featuring Hank Hill<\/a>, and a port of the infamous Goat Simulator<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Hanks is no stranger to creating content for Apple\u2019s services; he stars in Finch<\/em><\/a> and Greyhound<\/em><\/a>, two movies that premiered on Apple TV Plus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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