Sometimes the best way to learn is to not realize you're learning. The game 2048 is like that. The goal is very simple - you combine merge blocks of the same number into one with the combined value. For example, if you combine two '4' blocks (2^2), you make one '8' block (2^3). Two '8' blocks make a 16 block (2^4) and so on. The goal is to create a 2048 block (2^11). After each move, a block appears randomly somewhere on the board - usually a 2, but sometimes a 4.
This is a very fun and natural way to get comfortable with powers of 2, which is an important concept in computing. I'm sure the creator of this game did not intend it to be an educational game, but it's just one of the little ways that you can pick up important concepts in unconventional ways.
No, I'm not writing a blog post solely to justify the hours I've wasted playing this game. Why do you ask?
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