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The eyeballing game - useful Time Waster
by Jason Clarke Oct 20th 2008 at 12:00PM
Most of the time wasters we feature are simply that - games that have no other purpose other than to entertain. This time waster is a little different. The eyeballing game tests how well you can visually estimate things like equally bisecting an angle, finding the center of a circle or triangle, finding an intersecting point of three lines, or completing a parallelogram accurately. The game gives you a rating based on how far from the actual answer you are on average, then shows you where you fit on the curve of everyone that has played the game. The eyeballing game is certainly no fast-paced action game and it isn't likely to get your adrenaline going, but if you're interested in learning a bit about how good you are at estimating, it's worth spending the 5 minutes or so to complete the game.
via Jason Kottke
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Peter said 1:41PM on 10-20-2008
5.62
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dubbz3030 said 1:57PM on 10-20-2008
8.34 doh!!
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peter2k said 2:04PM on 10-20-2008
4,38
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yokken said 5:09PM on 10-20-2008
i once got 0.0 on a midpoint, 0.6 on an angle bisect is my second best. 4.11 i believe is my total best.
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