Boom Blox

I had thought of spending most of the weekend writing up some Flex examples for a chapter of a book I'm working on. But then came Boom Blox. I gave the game to my daughter as a present for doing a huge mega-clean on her room. Unfortunately I didn't realize how addictive the game is. It combines the best thing about Jenga, which is watching the thing collapse, and explosions, which are always fun.

It's funny, this weekend was the first time in a long time that I had heard the 'Wii crowd squeal'. Which is that sound you get when you first get a Wii and everyone takes turns bowling and you have those great reactions to gutters and such. In this case everyone watches breathlessly as someone prods, pokes, or throw balls at various blocks.

I was worried when we flew through the levels in the Adventure mode so quickly, but there is a lot more content waiting to be gotten through. Plus I wasn't able to even finish the Adventure mode as I got stuck on the second to last level. There are lots of levels that my daughter can do, and many more that my wife and I can get into and try to puzzle out.

"Boom Blox" is a great game for everyone. I highly recommend it.