# What was the name of this time waster game? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 13, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-this-time-waster-game/784384 "2017-04-13T15:52:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-this-time-waster-game/784384/1 "2017-04-13T15:52:00Z")
I remember years ago playing one of those browser time waster games but can’t remember the name of it. Here’s what I do remember (and my memory may be slightly off unfortunately): It was played on a grid like a checkerboard (but the squares were all the same). Inside the squares were green blobs of goo. You clicked on them and they grew and I think maybe they popped if you clicked them three times? Does this ring a bell to anyone? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-this-time-waster-game/784384/2 "2017-04-13T16:22:29Z")
Sounds like a game called “Splash Back” I played on [freearcade.com](http://freearcade.com) [http://www.freearcade.com/SplashBack.flash/SplashBack.html](http://www.freearcade.com/SplashBack.flash/SplashBack.html) ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-name-of-this-time-waster-game/784384/3 "2017-04-14T02:37:49Z")
That was it! Thanks!