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Blocky - Today's Time Waster
by Jason Clarke Jul 16th 2007
Finding Time Wasters to blog about should be considered a high-risk activity. While there's no doubt that it's a fun way to spend our time, the truth is that our productivity takes a serious hit every time we start testing out possibilities for inclusion as daily time wasters. Some are worse than others in this regard, but recently Blocky has been stealing a ridiculous amount of our time. Like all really great games, the concept is simple - draw a rectangle around any set of squares where the four corners of the rectangle have blocks at them of the same color. It's colorful and lively, with a countdown timer that keeps you mindful that if you don't hurry up and find a set of blocks to remove, your game is going to be over. And the level of challenge goes up just right as you start to get the hang of the game.
As always, don't say we didn't warn you.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
