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Spin the Black Circle - Time Waster
by Jason Clarke Mar 10th 2008 at 11:00AM
Spin the Black Circle is an online Flash game that begins somewhat ominously; the first thing you see when starting the game is a disclaimer claiming no responsibility for anything you might do out of frustration when playing the game. While some challenge and therefore a reasonable level of frustration is part of any game, we were a little worried that this game would be too many parts "frustration" and not enough parts "fun". Luckily, although it certainly does live up to the billing in terms of being a challenging and frustrating game, it turns out that it is also very fun. The concept of the game is fairly straightforward. It takes place inside a large black circle that you control. You can rotate the entire circle either left or right, and it moves at a constant speed. Inside the circle is a ball that is subject to the law of gravity, and the object of the game is to rotate the circle to guide the ball past various hazards to the goal.
If you can tolerate the frustrating repetitiveness of some of the harder levels, you'll be rewarded with a sense of accomplishment that is probably totally unfounded. I mean, really - you beat a level in an online game. So what? Somehow that doesn't matter to us though, we're just happy to feel just a little bit better about ourselves after each level we beat.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mark Dean said 11:44AM on 3-10-2008
Why???? This is the second time you've posted this - get a new time waster!
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JC said 12:54PM on 3-10-2008
Come now Mark Dean - you're not the only one on the planet! I certainly haven't seen this before but I must warn fellow readers: the game is extremely frustrating but also good fun!
Love, Light and Peace
JC
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Diddle said 1:10PM on 3-10-2008
Garrr - I'm stuck on that "open jaw" freefall with all the spikes. :(
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dsfdsfds said 6:08AM on 3-11-2008
It's the ugly version of "Rolly Poly" by Nitrome. Well, new levels are nice.
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dsfdsfdsf said 8:57AM on 3-18-2008
The last level is pure evil, but I finally did it.
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