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.