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Line Rider - Today's Time Waster
by Jordan Running Sep 26th 2006 at 3:40PM
Today's Time Waster isn't a game, per se, but it's a lot of fun. Line Rider is more of a physics toy. You start out with a blank white space and a line tool, and are encouraged to draw a diagonal line from the top left to the bottom right. What you're really doing is drawing a hill for a little scarfed figure to toboggan down. The physics seem reasonably accurate for a Flash game. You can send your little sledder careening off of jumps, but if the course is too rough he'll be thrown from his sled. Like I said, Line Rider isn't a game--there's no score, time limit, or any goal, but as a plaything it succeeds, allowing you to test your hill-engineering mettle with majestic jumps, or feed your sadistic side with sheer cliffs and unforgiving drops. There aren't a lot of options--just draw, clear, go, and stop (an eraser tool is sorely missed), but Line Rider does have a save option that lets you set aside your favorite lines for later.[Via Waxy.org]
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)
Ander said 11:52AM on 9-27-2006
Awesome little time waster. Very addictive!!!
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cuby said 12:54PM on 9-27-2006
wow, what a nice find -- this is extremely extertaining and very cute! thanks!
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royb0t said 5:09PM on 9-27-2006
So addictive. Great way to avoid doing productive work. And what's worse is all the addicts who have uploaded INSANE line rider videos to youtube.
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mazmorro said 8:18AM on 10-02-2006
It need a tool that allows you to clean a specific area. If you click "trush" you'll clean the whole circuit. But, it is a very very good Game.
It also lacks of the possibility of create a looping.
VERY VERY NICE & ADIECTIVE !!!
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Alex said 11:32PM on 10-28-2006
Mac version?
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Richard said 1:52PM on 11-24-2006
you CAN do loops.. make a jump, then start the loop after he jumps, make the down part of the loop go thru the gap. works great.
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Alex said 1:30AM on 11-27-2006
how do i down load it, i love it and i want to be able to play offline and off my desktop.
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brad said 5:45AM on 12-11-2006
how the hell can i download this game cause i don't always have the Internet so i cant play it most of the time
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barry said 10:12AM on 12-21-2006
http://www.download.com/Line-Rider-Desktop-Edition/3000-2099_4-10590023.html
good luck!
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