12.02.2005

Presenting iSketch



Here's that game I promised you. It's been a personal favorite of mine for some time now. iSketch is an online drawing based game that is played by up to ten people at a time. Each player takes a turn as the artist, where he is given a word and must draw a picture that illustrates his word within the allotted time without using letters. The players then make guesses and are awarded a certain number of points for guessing the word correctly. This too is timed and after the set number of minutes is up, that round ends and a new artist is selected. Each time a player guesses the artist's word, he too receives a given number of points. If the artist has a difficult word (or just plain can't draw) he may give the players hints by selecting the hint button. The game lasts ten rounds and the player with the highest score at the conclusion of the tenth round wins.

It's an addictive game and the server can get quite busy, especially around the holidays. Try it out at your own risk because you might just loose track of time and miss your favorite show or loose an eBay auction to some other guy who isn't spending his time drawing lions and mangos. Trust me on that. I award this game 9.5 snowflakes out of ten.


Look at that little snowflake. He's all half blue, half grey, and confused. Poor little guy. I actually thought about giving this game a ten just so the snowflake on the end would be all blue, but I just couldn't do it...maybe next time little guy.