I recently stumbled across an interesting device on the internets, it has to do with one of my favorite puzzles of all time, the Rubik’s Cube (or Büvös Kocka, “Magic Cube” as they call it in Hungary). What is it, you ask? It’s an electronic version of the original puzzle. “Electronic version!”, I thought, “it must have a timer LCD on it, and maybe it even scrambles itself!”. Indeed, I was wrong. I sat there, in shock, as the original Rubik’s cube was being defaced, and even mocked by this abomination of a toy. It’s called “Rubik’s Revolution!”, which is basically a completely different, much easier game that looks like a Rubik’s cube. Is it challenging? Maybe if you find pushing buttons challenging, the goal of the game is much like those “Spider Stomp” games at arcades. Pretty simple, press the button if the light is on.

What does this have to do with Rubik’s cubes, you ask? NOTHING. Is this what American kids have come to? Simplifying this “impossible” puzzle by making an unchallenging, light flashing, button pressing game? I think even the Odyssey’s Chase game was harder than this.

Of course, a WOMAN was behind this ridiculous monstrosity. Even worse, it’s a celebrity. None other than Vanessa Hudgens, a star of some high school musical aptly named, “High School Musical”, which is most likely centered around the love tales of two very obtuse reggies. See a video here of her talking about how she started a “revolution”! Even more worse, she calls it an ‘improvement’ on the ‘old’ Rubik’s Cube.

Anyway, if you’re smart enough, you can buy a real Rubik’s cube and laugh while seeing morons trying to press those lights as fast as possible!