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Polar PWND - a beary good physics Time Waster
I just spent way too long (about 10 minutes) blasting a polar bear on a sled into a bunch of penguins using bombs and land mines. Can you say that? Well, you can now. Check out Polar PWND, an online physics game where the aforementioned polar bear on a sled is essentially a bowling ball, and the penguins are your pins.
The game uses a left-to-right platform view, and though the control scheme for placing objects could be better, it's serviceable and doesn't get in the way of the game play too much.
Polar PWND is not a long game; there are only 10 levels to beat. I see that as a plus, actually. I hate it when a Time Waster consumes me and it has 80 freaking levels and I can't get anything done because I have to beat just one more level... you know how it is. Polar PWND on the other hand can be completed in one brief sitting.
Thanks to Javier for the tip.








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