Columns

Seriously though, Columns. Yes, there is a fine tradition of games where the player arranges falling things in a desperate bid to make them disappear. It’s as apt a metaphor for life itself as video games have devised. The twist in columns – have you guessed it? – is the frenetic arrangements are all vertical, a metaphor for the chaos of our waking lives, and/or a metaphor for spinning falling gems stuck to one another that vanish if you line them up just so.

As is becoming a recurring theme here, Columns also had some fantastic music.

dandyboh # 2013-06-30 04:01:17 - source

Drift back in time to ancient Phoenicia and challenge yourself with Columns, an addictive game played by Middle Eastern Merchants centuries ago. In this mesmerizing pastime, tinker with your riches to align glittering jewels across, down, or diagonally.

As you line up colors, the gems vanish and more sparklers drop from above. The challenge increases as jewels fall more rapidly. You must quickly align them before the columns reach the top. For additional challenge, try Flash COlumns, where you must make the flashing jewel disappear before your time runs out.

With three degrees of difficulty and ten different levels, Columns will challenge a novice to an expert. Three musical backgrounds to choose from. Five types of blocks to manipulate. Two player option puts you head-tohead against a friedn with Gear-to-Gear Cable.

# 2018-10-07 07:25:06 - official description

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