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Grid Game - Today's Time Waster
by Jordan Running Oct 19th 2005 at 4:12PM
Today's time waster is a simple game with a simple name, but it's lots of mesmerizing fun. Grid Game is a Flash game with consist of a grid of tiles, each of which has a curve on it that can connect to adjacent tiles. You can click on a single tile to spin it 90 degrees, and if it connects with a neighboring tile that tile will rotate 90 degrees, too, and so on in a chain reaction. You get a point for each tile you spin, and though you could strategize, it's much more fun to just cross your fingers, click on a promising-looking tile, and see what happens.
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, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Volton said 4:57PM on 10-19-2005
1357 Yaay!
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Fabulo said 5:44PM on 10-19-2005
I'm not sure it qualifies as a game, but it sure is surprisingly hypnotic to watch. I love it. Would make a great screen saver too...
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Ben said 6:15PM on 10-19-2005
743....wow...that ias addicting as all get-up :P
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Psych said 6:28PM on 10-19-2005
1858 :)
and afterwards i found you can click on tiles while the chain reaction is going on...
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gizo said 1:47AM on 10-20-2005
woot! first click, 2139. yargh! i am the lucky uno
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lakiolen said 3:53AM on 10-20-2005
2242, took its time in finally happening. :)
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Magnus said 6:20AM on 10-20-2005
My God!
666 on the first try :O
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ZipperSeven said 10:08AM on 10-20-2005
2327...get em all going the same direction then you can trigger a huge chain reaction...I started one 5 mins ago and it's still running.
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