Sim Stapler

For iPhone and iPod Touch

Every once in a while a program or app or game or magazine comes along that just revolutionizes the entire industry. This is not that app. This is, however, an app that epitomizes the surrealist comedic application.
So what IS Sim Stapler, you ask? It is very simple. When you start it up, you see an image of the classic Mac desktop. That's where everything goes very wrong. The Sim Stapler program opens automatically, displaying an index finger hoisted precariously above the device. Tap the finger, and it presses downward on the stapler, delivering a satisfying 'click'. Do it again. And again. And now laugh. Keep laughing. Laugh at your idiot friends who don't get it. Laugh at the fact that you keep pressing it. Laugh at the overjoyed 'Splendid!' that is offered to you on every tenth successful press.

What I'm trying to say here, is that the application is absurd. It does nothing and serves no real purpose- hence the fact that it is a purely absurdist piece of programming wrapped up in an office productivity shell. The cheap graphics and classic facade add a special low-rent sort of pastiche quality to the whole ordeal, and make it that much more enjoyable.

The reason I love this application so much is possibly for solely selfish reasons. I simply love the fact that it even exists. It's a joke- the whole thing is a joke. A thumb in the eye of all of the 'gun' apps and Hey Johnny Coolguy beerglass applications that fratboys carry around that really, truly do nothing except display the fact that you own an iPhone or iPod. The truth is, of course, that nobody cares whether or not you have an iPhone. What you might want to do is get yourself Sim Stapler, which is free (and a bargain at twice the price) and will provide you with hours of freakout entertainment. Grab it now. Freak out a square. Show it to your dad. If he laughs, hug him. If he doesn't, don't let him know you read this website.

The Good

Fantastic surrealistic humor, small install, none of the offensive odors of real staplers.

The Bad

Everybody around you is going to think that you are a complete idiot.

Sim Stapler= 88%

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