Bumper Stars bans boredom

Another interesting internet time-killer has showed up online, and it happens to be a Facebook application. Fellow Gamertell writer Lucy Newman introduced me to Bumper Stars, and it has quickly become my latest internet flight of fancy.

Bumper Stars is an ingenious mix of pinball, pool and shuffleboard. You click and drag on your spherical star character (everyone starts with Bumpy Beaver), then release him/her. The star then bounces off the bumpers. The goal is to collect all the fruit in the level in three shots so you can advance to higher levels and collect even more fruit. Clearing levels in less than three shots and hitting all the purple bumpers will add valuable point bonuses to your score.