It's addictive. I'm not entirely sure why, but it is. It is a game reminiscent of Icy Tower and Bubble Trouble.
Essentially, it is a black screen with coloured balls bouncing around. You choose a spot to click, and the spot turns into a ball which expands / inflates. If said clicky ball happens to run into one of the many lazily floating mini balls, the mini balls will then also expand (or, as the game says, explode). When more mini-balls hit the expanded mini-balls, your score goes up. The aim is to expand / inflate / explode as many mini balls as possible with the one click (hence the title, Chain Rxn).
When first playing the game, I experienced the frustration I often find with video games. Being a female only child, I will admit that I have been unlucky enough to have a lack of experience when it comes to grasping the concepts of any electronic game. However, I got the hang of it soon enough and considered myself an expert when I was generating eight-figure high scores. My self congratulation was quickly interrupted by the cold, bitter taste of disappointment: On returning to my homepage, I discovered that two of my friends had somehow magically generated ten or eleven figure high-scores.
Upon further research and consideration, I realise that these ten or eleven figure high-scores might not be so impressive after all. In the last month, Chain Rxn, developed by 'Zwigglers", has reportedly gained over 1.5 million Facebook users, although I have yet to witness a form of the game outside Facebook application-land.
Unlike other games, this particular one also appears to be soothing. There are not harsh chkchkchkchkchk sounds, or pows, or anything. Just peaceful, serene, bing, bong, bing, bing, bing, bongs, which induces a daydream off the younger years, when everyone had those incredible rainbow xylophones which made similar sounds.
In any case, Chain Rxn is definitely the addiction of the moment, and if its supposedly awe-inspiring and relaxing as well as addictive, I don't really see any downsides.
LINKS
Due to its relative newness and exclusiveness to the Facebook circuit, Chain Rxn doesn't have a good variety of YouTube videos, or even a Wikipedia page. However, one link I can include is the application link. So click it, explode some mini-balls, and make your day at least forty times better.
If you end up loving Chain Rxn, and haven't experienced the joys of other simple-but-addictive games, try Bubble Trouble, on MiniClip...
...Or, give the ever-classic Icy Tower a try... Takes me back to Year 7 Lab Lessons.
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