# Stupidly addictive little game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 8, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712 "2008-07-08T16:44:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/1 "2008-07-08T16:44:47Z")
I hate this game. I love this game. It sucks so much time out of my day! Maybe that’s what keeps it alive. Maybe it feeds vampirically on productivity. Perhaps if I feed it fresh victims… [yes…](http://pya.cc/pyaimg/pimg.php?imgid=22468) I can’t read any of the stuff on the site, so I call it popblob. My personal best is 33 levels cleared. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/2 "2008-07-08T17:03:22Z")
It’s not addictive. At all. To prove it, I’ll quit playing just as soon as I finish my next game. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/3 "2008-07-08T17:03:58Z")
I hate you. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/4 "2008-07-08T17:10:42Z")
Ohhhh… this is fabulous. I found this on [www.games1.org](http://www.games1.org). Whatever you do, don’t play DiceWars. Or Shuffle Or OnSlaught2 Or Domino I mean it. It will suck your life away. But you can run DiceWars in the background while the other computer players go, and at least get \*some \*work done… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/5 "2008-07-08T17:32:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sateryn76] Ohhhh… this is fabulous. I found this on [www.games1.org](http://www.games1.org). Whatever you do, don’t play DiceWars. Or Shuffle Or OnSlaught2 Or Domino I mean it. It will suck your life away. But you can run DiceWars in the background while the other computer players go, and at least get \*some \*work done… 😉 [/QUOTE] Dicewars, man. I love watching the history of the game when I win, don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/6 "2008-07-08T17:45:22Z")
[QUOTE=Sateryn76] But you can run DiceWars in the background while the other computer players go, and at least get \*some \*work done… 😉 [/QUOTE] Or you can play [kdice](http://www.kdice.com/) and get some work done while the other _non_-computer players go. In fact, I think it’s time for a little world domination… ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/7 "2008-07-08T17:53:08Z")
[QUOTE=Soul] Perhaps if I feed it fresh victims… [/QUOTE] Curse you… ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/8 "2008-07-08T17:55:27Z")
[QUOTE=photopat] Dicewars, man. I love watching the history of the game when I win, don’t you? [/QUOTE] I do! I thought I was the only who liked reliving my brillant victory! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/9 "2008-07-08T18:30:02Z")
I clicked it off. I am now clearing the history cache and hope that I NEVER open this thread again. I am still taking a class, dammit!!! I can’t afford to do this for another four days!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/10 "2008-07-08T21:41:32Z")
It’s called Splashback and it’s on [onemorelevel.com](http://onemorelevel.com) along with some other games you might like to look at (proximity has been eating my evenings for a while now.) ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/11 "2008-07-08T21:46:09Z")
I’m pretty sure someone ripped this from (or asked permission to use) Cartoon Network’s game archive since it uses characters from their old block Miguzi… not that children’s cartoons still comprise the bulk of my TV viewing or anything (or at least the little viewing I do)… \>.\> (original site - [http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/games/miguzi/splashback/](http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/games/miguzi/splashback/) game’s called Splashback) ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/12 "2008-07-08T22:14:52Z")
_ **pya!** _ I like it. :adds to favorites folder: ---
**Author:** ![8675309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ea5d25/32.png) [@8675309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/8675309)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/13 "2008-07-09T00:06:42Z")
Dicewars is so addictive! ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/14 "2008-07-10T00:16:40Z")
So is Hexxagon. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/15 "2008-07-10T00:57:16Z")
[QUOTE=Soul] I hate this game. I love this game. It sucks so much time out of my day! Maybe that’s what keeps it alive. Maybe it feeds vampirically on productivity. Perhaps if I feed it fresh victims… [yes…](http://pya.cc/pyaimg/pimg.php?imgid=22468) I can’t read any of the stuff on the site, so I call it popblob. My personal best is 33 levels cleared. Enjoy! [/QUOTE] 33 levels? I can’t get past two! Perhaps if I try just one more time… ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/16 "2008-07-10T04:26:49Z")
UUUGGGGHHHH!!! I finally, finally got this stupid game out of my system months ago, and I was clean. Clean!! I will get you for this. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/17 "2008-07-12T02:45:39Z")
[QUOTE=Soul] I hate this game. I love this game. It sucks so much time out of my day! Maybe that’s what keeps it alive. Maybe it feeds vampirically on productivity. Perhaps if I feed it fresh victims… [yes…](http://pya.cc/pyaimg/pimg.php?imgid=22468) I can’t read any of the stuff on the site, so I call it popblob. My personal best is 33 levels cleared. Enjoy! [/QUOTE] 11 levels - a personal best - after a billin or so tries. ---
**Author:** ![VanillaGorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/18 "2008-07-13T21:46:40Z")
Two games I’ve been playing lately: [Fantastic contraption](http://fantasticcontraption.com/) A very nice physics based game. Great brain workout. 🙂 [Gemcraft](http://armorgames.com/play/1716/gemcraft) A Tower Defense game. You won’t finish this quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/19 "2008-07-13T21:59:06Z")
[QUOTE=Etumretniw] [Gemcraft](http://armorgames.com/play/1716/gemcraft) A Tower Defense game. You won’t finish this quickly. [/QUOTE] Dead God, this game sucked away _days_ of work productivity from my life. I couldn’t stop until I finished every level with the bonus target score. And don’t buy what you might hear about there being a Level 51 cap…I’m currently Level 80something. ---
**Author:** ![mmouse9799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mmouse9799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmouse9799)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712/20 "2008-07-13T23:01:49Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] 11 levels - a personal best - after a billin or so tries. [/QUOTE] I made it to level 11 too…It took almost an hour… I don’t know if it was a billion tries, but it sure felt like it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidly-addictive-little-game/455712.md?page=2)