#334348 - 22/06/2010 21:41
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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Kill Me! - A wacky puzzle game where you essentially kill yourself to progress through the levels. Very weird but pretty fun.
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#334360 - 23/06/2010 04:50
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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Asteroids - Come on, you know Asteroids! I really suck at it, though...
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#334548 - 28/06/2010 15:38
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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Fat Slice - slice the areas to a small enough size while trapping all the balls. I've played games like this before, and this one is pretty fun aside from two levels. The spider and the T-Rex drove me insane, and I didn't finish the latter...
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#334619 - 29/06/2010 19:22
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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Goldie's Revenge - Fun little game where you launch an object to try to hit another object. It's been done hundreds of times before (and the graphics of this one aren't fantastic), but it's a mechanic I tend to enjoy.
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#334639 - 30/06/2010 14:39
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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I finally got the T-Rex, but I was about to give up. The thing that irritated me the most is that sometimes the balls would fly out of the shape completely, making it impossible to complete. The method I used: First, slice off the arm, the lower part of the "rear" leg, and the end of the tail: the extremities that are not protected by a wall. Then slice off the front leg, starting at the gap at the upper thigh. Clean up any leftover from the lower part of the leg. Now slice off the bottom wall, starting at the rear leg stub and going to the front leg stub. This is a long cut, the angle doesn't provide much leeway, and the balls are almost constantly in the area you want to cut through. Now cut off the head. You can do this in two different pieces, if needed. Now cut off the walls protecting the chest and torso. Another long cut, but not as awkward as the bottom one. Now cut off the butt wall, then the bottom of the tail wall. As quickly as you can, clean up the tail area so that there's no "meat" left next to the wall. It's very common for a ball to get trapped there. You're now down to a single, albeit long and curved, wall. Now it's just a matter of attrition. Cut off pieces away from the wall as much as you can when you can. You'll eventually get there.
This is all from memory, so I might have forgotten something.
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#334640 - 30/06/2010 14:57
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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Yeah, I noticed the balls leaving the image too. That was super annoying.
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#334649 - 30/06/2010 18:06
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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I thought for a moment yesterday that the T-Rex might just be a joke and impossible. I cut it down to a pretty small shape before fsking up and ending that round. After a few more tries I gave up.
I've seen other divide/trap games before, but I quite liked this one. None of the other actually involved a chopping "swoosh" sound, nor eliminated the pieces you chopped off.
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#334652 - 30/06/2010 20:06
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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I've seen other divide/trap games before, but I quite liked this one. None of the other actually involved a chopping "swoosh" sound, nor eliminated the pieces you chopped off. Yeah, that's what I liked about it. There's a game on Android called Trap! that I've played practically since the G1 first came out. That one made it difficult by forcing you to time your divisions, because they went slowly, so you lost if a ball hit your dividing line.
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#334676 - 02/07/2010 12:41
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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Didn't ever see the balls leave but yeah, found the t-rex difficult. had more trouble with the spider though (just fat thumbs) and took me ages to get the japanese reference
(and I'm supposed to be a geek!)
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#334681 - 02/07/2010 14:35
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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Didn't ever see the balls leave but yeah, found the t-rex difficult. The balls sometimes escape via the tail. I've not managed to do the T-Rex yet, but I'm close. I'm this close. Honest.
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#334698 - 02/07/2010 19:05
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Japanese reference?
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#334722 - 04/07/2010 10:36
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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The only way to win the game on the little wave level. Had to really dig deep in my gamer past for that one :-)
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#334724 - 04/07/2010 11:41
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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Wave? Are we talking about the same game?
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#334728 - 04/07/2010 14:50
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Um...yeah, I've got to say I'm not on the same page either...
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#334743 - 05/07/2010 08:25
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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The final level of the slicing game - where you get to the spiral with the japanese wave. Beating it gets you the lightsaber...
[help]
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#334746 - 05/07/2010 13:52
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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I finally got the T-Rex, but I was about to give up. The thing that irritated me the most is that sometimes the balls would fly out of the shape completely, making it impossible to complete.
The method I used: Bitt!! Thanks for the tips! I finally got the desire back to try to beat that stupid level, and despite my need to punch the creator of this game in his little white bouncing balls, I finally finished the level. I freaking hated that one. It took me 63 slices...
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#334747 - 05/07/2010 13:57
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The final level of the slicing game - where you get to the spiral with the japanese wave. Beating it gets you the lightsaber...
[help] OOOOOooohhhhh!!! I get it now
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#334752 - 05/07/2010 16:54
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This space intentionally left blank.
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#334756 - 05/07/2010 17:58
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This space intentionally left blank. There's a level after the T-Rex that just has a spiral. The text inside refers to Konami, and asks you to enter the Konami code, which turns your cursor into a light saber. There is no end to the level, it just lets you cut up the spiral.
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#334798 - 06/07/2010 18:16
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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Action Turnip! - Simplistic but worth perhaps 5 minutes. The one major offense, though, is that I don't feel that the controls are responsive enough, which in this type of game is deadly...
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#335913 - 09/08/2010 11:33
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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The Pinball Adventure - I've never gotten into pinball, but this was pretty fun. The flippers are a little too slow, though...
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#335987 - 10/08/2010 19:18
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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Vox Populi, Vox Dei(a werewolf thriller) - This is a bit of an odd 2D platformer/puzzler in which you're a ninja who absolutely destroys werewolves.
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#336164 - 16/08/2010 11:25
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Solipskier - I like the gameplay mechanic, but I'm not good at it at all!
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#336183 - 16/08/2010 14:51
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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That one is cool. Very different gameplay. I feel like he should be Iceman, though.
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#336185 - 16/08/2010 19:03
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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Globs - Path of the Guru - A straight-up color matching puzzle game. Pretty straightforward, but fun for a little while
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#336198 - 17/08/2010 10:11
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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Matt - if you like tower defence type games, this one kept me amused for the last couple of weeks: Cursed Treasure
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#336200 - 17/08/2010 14:56
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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Thanks for the recommendation! I do like it a lot! I've played this type of tower defense before, where the enemies follow a path to steal a stockpile of something and then take it back along that path, but I hadn't enjoyed it as much as this one. I'm only about 6 levels in so far but I'm liking it. I occasionally feel like I don't have enough gold to really continue building at a pace that matches the increasing number and power of enemies, but for the most part it seems pretty well balanced. Thanks again! I'll be playing this one for a while
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#336228 - 18/08/2010 08:14
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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I occasionally feel like I don't have enough gold to really continue building at a pace that matches the increasing number and power of enemies, but for the most part it seems pretty well balanced. Some levels definitely need to be revisited with better firepower, and I've been through the full thing twice using different powerup plans to get a feel for it. The penultimate level was the hardest - Boss Ninjas take a lot of damage...some interesting tactics required to ensure the right towers have the right strength.
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#336233 - 18/08/2010 11:06
Re: Time Wasters for 2010
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How do you deal with those boss ninjas? It seems like they're invisible until they've stolen a jewel. For example, I'm trying to get "brilliant" on level 7, but I get to the very last champion and he doesn't become attackable until right before he steals a jewel. I'll admit, it took me a while in the game to realize that the ninjas become invisible as soon as they're first attacked, so I put towers right at the beginning to give myself enough of a chance to get them later.
Anyway, I'm currently up to the penultimate level, so I'll see how I like it. I currently have 7 brilliants, 3 excellents, and 3 goods at level 20.
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#336235 - 18/08/2010 11:33
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Rory, I have to ask, is it just me, or are you also occasionally unable to click on the spells? There have been a couple dozen instances where I try to click on a spell and it just won't let me click it! It's extremely frustrating and maddening...
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