Ballin'!

When I first installed “Ballin’” to my phone at the behest of my love, I expected merely the sort of game that could, perhaps, be placed below “Family Guy” clips on a short-form internet video, or that could be played and played and played as the miles inch by and as one’s mind slowly escapes to elsewhere, on a train ride to a destination unknown. Yet, when I began to play, I was faced with a new possibility, more wonderful than I could ever imagine. Have you ever heard of the “Tetris Effect”, brother-by-distant-association? Where one plays so much Tetris that they begin to see the blocks fall into any open space, where the only images in their mind become those of rotating pieces to fill empty space- and therein lies the precise structure of the state i now find myself in. Since playing “Ballin’” for the first time, each road I passed would find itself, in my eyes, with its own ball. I would optimize every path forward only for the passage of that wonderful orb of hidden knowledge. This was my duty in life. This was my sacred purpose! And then I kept playing. The visions grew stronger, stronger, stronger. Every moment I was not playing, my hands would shake and shudder and my very bones would seem to twist and buckle and I would feel a great pit open up within me, the hunger of a dying man. I needed “Ballin’”, and somewhere in the depths of my heart I knew another, more sacred truth. “Ballin’” needed me. Now I stand, at my most beautiful apotheosis. As I dictate this review, I have not even taken my eyes off the screen, for I fear to do so would be to interrupt the glorious change I feel grip me from the inside out. Were you to examine my brain, to take scans of my bones and tissue, I hope you may only see one thing. A ball, traveling down the track, never ceasing, never ending. 5/5 good game play it

Ballin may seem like a simple game on the surface… but after looking deeper this is truly a game with a lot to say. The balls are on a mission… a journey… a dangerous quest through life. The small platforms you travel between represent the confining nature of society. And how if you don’t fit within its small pre-established boxed… you will fall and drown in the waters of despair and suffering… the yellow objects represent those who aim to hurt you and push you around… only those like spiked ball who push back can make it throuhg. And then the name. “Ballin” a truly captivating title for this work of art. The balls joke around and say they are “ballin” despite the fact that they are fighting for their lives in the stages constantly. like how those in the real world make jokes about their unpleasant experiences to cope. You see, this is why I appreciate ballin so much. It uses its seemingly ordinary gameplay to tell a deep, rich, compelling story that I can not stop thinking about. Truly an outstanding masterpiece which will be talked about for generations. 10/10

The best game I have ever played!