Rotate Your Phone
Please do not use your device like this, you are more likely to drop your phone when you shake!
We dare you to live through the year again.
How long can you endure?
To begin, shake your device.
To begin, click this!
Click this for sound!
The Card Pairings
You just saw two random news items from 2018. This game is meant to show you the year’s defining events — the fun, the serious, the absurd, the tragic — side by side.
The Awards
The more you experience of 2018, the more awards you’ll win. You might want to screenshot the rewards for bragging rights.
The Timer
A timer will count the seconds you spend playing the game. You’re at 00 seconds now. If you want to pause, hit
FINISH
You Get to Stay Forever in the Year 2018!
You are here!00:30
00:00
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Congratulations
Here is your report card. We made it just for you! You endured the year for ! What you do with all you learned here is up to you now.
FINISH
You Get to Stay Forever in the Year 2018!
You are here!00:30
00:00
START
Plus, you’ve unlocked these achievements. Honestly, you did great!
Wow! You’ve experienced all of these stories.
- Design and development:
- Tracy Ma, Blacki Migliozzi, Umi Syam
- Editors:
- Bonnie Wertheim, with assistance from Jonah Bromwich, John Herrman, Valeriya Safronova, Natalie Shutler, Choire Sicha and Caity Weaver
- Sound design:
- Leon Chang
You have only re-lived 2018 for and won just [0] awards. Do you want to keep playing?
Hello, are you there? Would you like to keep playing?
We can’t believe you left this endurance challenge. Do you want to keep playing?
Where are you? What is this?
You stood beneath a waterfall of news all year. What did you take away? We believe in being informed news consumers. We also know that this news cascade flattens the importance of any given story — something you’ll notice here as unruly pairs of stories come flying your way. Maybe you’ll find you missed important stuff. Maybe you’ll find you remember things that don’t matter. Maybe you’ll think about how you can best consume news in 2019. Maybe, if you’re not already a subscriber, you’ll join us. Whatever your experience, we promise to reward you in this quest.
With affection,
The Styles Desk of The New York Times