How Block Blast Stole My Entire Evening Without Me Noticing
I never intended to lose a whole Tuesday night to an online puzzle game, but that is pretty much what happened the moment I stumbled across Block blast . I was looking for something mindless to pass twenty minutes while waiting for laundry to finish. The minimalist grid and simple colorful blocks looked innocent enough. Honestly, I figured it would be one of those generic titles you play for five minutes and immediately close. Instead, it somehow got its hooks in me, and before I knew it, midnight had rolled around and I was still staring at the screen trying to clear just one more row.

My First Few Minutes
Jumping into the browser version was completely frictionless. You get a grid and a set of three random block shapes at the bottom of the screen, and your only job is to drag and drop them onto the board. There…


