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Slither Link - Today's Time Waster
by Jordan Running Sep 13th 2005 at 6:48PM
Slither Link is a Java game that's sort of a cross between Minesweeper, Sudoku, and the classic maze. The object is to connect the dots to create a single, continuous loop thta doesn't have any crosses or branches. In order to figure out which dots to connect, you look at the numbers, which tell how many lines surround them. Unlike Sudoku, it occasionally requires some trial and error, and unlike Minesweeper it's pretty easy to make a mistake. Use the "Try" button to test out solutions you're not sure of and "Check" to see if your solution is correct.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
