So hey, I'm back (um, finally?) from... doing whatever it is I was doing!

I plan to make this a reasonably continual blog from now on!

BUT! I'm going to shake things up a bit! By including... GAMES ON FACEBOOK.
Actually, I'll just open it up to any ol' game.

So here's the two games I'll be talkin' bout, that are on facebook.

Scramble by Zynga and Bejeweled Blitz [Beta] by Popcap games.

Scramble is a boggle rehash for the PC. That's it. I can not say any more about the gameplay. Oh, you can vs. your facebook friends, and you have a "ladder" of your facebook friends. There, that's about it. My high score is 138 [as of typing this].
It's pretty fun for a competitive guy who almost failed English and now thinks it's his duty to prove to the world that he is not incompetent at the English language - apart from that, you don't need a physical boggle board, and the sand-timer isn't inaccurate! Perfect for the facebook-user who also happens to like boggle - probably boring for everyone else.

Bejeweled Blitz [Beta] is what it sounds like. You get one minute to, erm, play bejeweled. BUT THERE'S MORE! Popcap games has decided to give us POWERUPS, in the form of getting 4 jewels to explode at once to give an extra-exploding jewel, that when exploded, explodes all the jewels around it! Woo! And if you get FIVE jewels, it turns into a HYPERCUBE! Switching a hypercube with anything will activate it, and will use it to explode all of the coloured jewels of the one you swaped it with.

It's a pretty crazy game, I am terrible at it - but once again, it has the ladder system, which switched my competetive side on (and made me waste several hours playing it and sucking badly).

To top it all off, it gives you a "speed bonus" - you have one minute, are you just going to lolligag about playing bejeweled? Or are you going to BLITZ!?

It's alright, a pretty good game for those who happen to possess the insane ability to find good combinations of different colours - my mathematical mind sucks at this, though. It is also good for those who like to prove to everyone that they're better than people - due to the ladder system. I think there would be a great many people who would enjoy the game - it appeals to the masses with its crazy speed mixed with mild strategy and sparkly colours and sounds.

That's all for now - maybe I'll come back later tonight? Not likely, though.
Cheers

-Blaise Guy

[Edit]: Oh yeah, Uni guys! Bejeweled Blitz is a game that I don't like, but can definitely see it's appeal. I play it for the competitive nature (my ex-girlfriend plays it - her score is nearly double mine... BITCH!). I play Scramble because I like to learn new words and test myself, etc. It is a game that I like.

That keeps the tally at 3 that I like, 1 that I don't like... need to get to five of each - BRING ON THE CRAPPY GAMES!