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Winterbells - Today's Time Waster
by Jordan Running Dec 11th 2006
Today's Time Waster has a lot going for it: Simple controls, cute bunny character, soothing music, addicting gameplay, and a pretty, wintry theme. Oh, and it's by Orisinal. The goal in Winterbells to get your little white bunny to jump as high as possible. After your initial jump, you control the bunny exclusively by moving the mouse. Each time he lands on a bell, he jumps higher and your score increases. If he lands on a bird, your score is doubled. The higher he gets, the more points each jump is worth. While this sounds pretty simplistic, it gets surprisingly challenging (and anxiety-inducing) as the stakes increase and the bells get smaller, and one missed bell can send your bunny plummeting (gently) to the ground. So hop on over (sorry, couldn't resist), and after you've got the hang of it, post your high scores in the comments. I'm up to 
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
