Sorry about the near impossible dork-out last week. Hope I didn’t scare you off. Here’s a consolation prize for the more casual gamer looking for simplicity and ease in their gaming experience.
This week’s waste of time is Little Wheel by Fast Games. And, honestly, it really shouldn’t waste too much of your time. The goal is simple and the game guides you easily from one challenge to another. It’s much more about the art deco landscape and silhouetted art design. Little Wheel errs toward the artistic, skimping a bit on the gameplay and difficulty but, like I said, I’m going easy on you this week.
Tangent time: Silhouetted games are becoming quite the trend for handheld systems and downloadable content on the major gaming systems. From the rhythm-based Patapon (and now Patapon 2) for the PSP to the techno-infused trip of PixelJunk Eden available for download on the PlayStation Network. World of Goo brought the Wii a bit of shadowy physics to the platform and is available for download. And another WiiWare title to be released is the blissfully moody Night Game. I’m expecting some sort of motion-capture shadow-puppet game for all this new user-recognition technology being touted at the recently ended E3 conference.
Till then, click here to play Little Wheel. The load time is a bit lengthy. Why not get some work done while you wait.
Enjoy.
This article appears in June 12 • 2009.
