Loops of Zen proves harmony can be frustrating

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Loops of Zen proves harmony can be frustrating - Time Waster

by Lee Mathews Jan 6th 2009

"Everything is circular, Happy. Feel the flow."

In loops of zen, your task is to restore harmony to an assortment of shapes by assembling them in such a way that "no open end is left over."

Click, click, click. Turn, turn, turn. Click, click, click. Try again.

It's a good thing the process is so simple, because I probably would have gotten hopelessly flustered with anything more complicated once I'd gotten through a few levels of this seemingly simple puzzler.

Soothing, ambient music plays gently in the background. It's clearly an attempt by the game's developer to keep you from launching your fancy new netbook out a window as you search for the right combination of twists and turns to complete each level.

Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to go look for something in the snowbank. Totally unrelated.

Tags: casual-games, puzzle, time-waster

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

James said 3:55PM on 1-06-2009

Reminds me of Slitherlink - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slitherlink

I get the feeling that both of these would probably make you want to harm yourself or someone else.

Jason said 4:36PM on 1-06-2009

Not that impressed - the interface is clumsy and unclear, and you're just given the puzzle to look at and deal with - no configuration.

look at "net" here.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/
- it solves both of those problems, gives you a "solve" function if you can't figure it out, and the rest of the puzzle collection is one of th better time wasters I've ever seen.

Timmy P. said 12:31AM on 1-07-2009

It seems the everyother time waster you post I play the day before the post. It kept me busy for a good hour but now I think I may be failing my Lit. class. Great game over all, well at least in my oppion.

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