Top five free Android games: Waste your time, but not your money

By Ian Morris on 30 June 2009, 11:00am

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Bonsai Blast

Seriously, we can't put this wretched game down. People are starting to look at us funny on the Metropolitan line, because we're muttering, cursing and generally stabbing a tiny glass screen while our face is contorted in an agony of concentration. Indeed, we're working so hard to play this game we're actually too tired to work -- and we're having to nap at our desks quite a bit to recover.

It's a hugely entertaining Puzzle Bobble-style reaction-tester. The aim is to fire brightly coloured balls from a brightly coloured cannon. When you get three brightly coloured balls in a row, they disappear and you get some points. The tension of the comes as the balls wind their merry way towards a little yin-yang symbol. For some reason, the yin yang wants to eat your brightly coloured balls -- hey, it makes as much sense a blue hedgehog running around picking up rings. If it succeeds in swallowing your spherical friends, you lose.

We've played Bonsai Blast pretty much non-stop since we downloaded it. You may find it becomes a problem during your morning editorial meeting when, apparently, game playing is frowned upon.