So, I don't exhibit many manifestations of an addictive personality, but every so often, something (activity, usually, or some munchable) will catch my fancy (ahem, Amazon Gold box, bubble tea, etc.). One of my weakness is brick-breaking games on the computer. Ah, countless hours spent in mindless, fascinating (in the literal sense that I am unable to look away from the screen for hours, days at a time) fun. Let's just say that there has been a lot of Tetris in my life. I spent a good chunk of first grad school playing Snood in my office - I came late to the game, but I made up for it with a vengeance! I gave it up (sort of) only after I discovered, and then practically took up residence in, the wood shop (maintaining my faltering piano chops fell FAR by the wayside of these twin wonders). Then, there was the brilliantly-named Smashing. Engrossing, but only until you beat all the levels. The past few (6? 7? 12?) months have been at least partially devoted to Collapse 2. Having hit upon the secret of breaking ever-increasing blocks of mono-colored bricks for exponentially larger point awards, this game never fails to delight because you can always strive to beat your best score. By the time I passed the million-point mark, I was hopelessly hooked. 2 million points later, I was headachy and sore of wrist, but I had mastered both the mouse-based game of my desktop and the pointed-nubbin maneuvering on my laptop (play anywhere, anytime!). Just good, clean, solitary fun, right?
Eh, except for the burning eyes, lost time (holy hell, the day is gone, and I still have to WORK??!!), and swollen wrist and digits, no harm, no foul.
Ack, not really! My hand and arm actually hurt because of this game, but I've had trouble letting go. Even after I hit a high 2 million mark and swore I would quit (how much further can I go?), I still occasionally opened it up at work or at night, and POOF! miss the rest of my day. Clearly, I have something of a problem.
So, let's toss my hat over the fence and say that this REALLY is my pinnacle score, and I have to STOP, mostly because my wrist and eyes and productivity levels are begging me to. And because I told the Internet I would.
Hope this works!
3 comments:
Have you played Cubis? That's my current time waster. Though, I'm not sure I should make any suggestions for you...
I remember Collapse! I haven't played it in years. Maybe this is a good thing.
My sister introduced us to Chuzzle, but we haven't played that since August.
I WILL NOT PLAY CUBIS OR CHUZZLE(she says to herself desperately).
Gee thanks, guys.
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