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Osmos for the iPhone!

I haven’t played a game like it. It’s beautiful; and I rarely dish out the word beautiful too often being the manly man I am. ;)

iPhone - Osmos

But seriously. Very cool.. if you get a chance to check it out, don’t hesitate. And as with all iPhone apps it’s a buck to a couple bucks so you can’t go wrong.

I haven’t gone super deep into the game yet; I’ve probably only played a few hours. But this is what I know..

You are what looks to me like a jelly fish you see in the tank at the zoo. Perfectly round.. and you have this incredible lighting effect that’s like what you’d see if you saw a jelly fish in the deep.

And you play with a defined space. So far the levels I’ve played included trying to become bigger than the rest of the jelly fish (or whatever they are called) or trying to chase some down the don’t want to be absorbed..

Absorbed.. that’s central. Your goal is simply to absorb others or be absorbed. You can only absorb those that are smaller than you; if you hit any that are larger YOU are the absorbed and lose the game.

There’s no real scoring.. you just play and try to survive and/or dominate.

Good stuff. Definitely one to try!

-Joe