I have always enjoyed games that challenge the mind.  Like chess.  And then comes along Candy Crush and it ruins everything and I have become addicted to it.

It is hard to comprehend the allure of this game.  It is always the same.  Put three together.  That's it.  Over and over again.  And it is very anxiety producing, especially when the chocolate squares start mulitplying.    Completing a level feels more like a relief than an accomplishment, though I do like the graphics when you move on.

I am on level 86.  My son-in-law is on 300-something.  I wonder if there is talent in this game.  Can someone really be good at it?  Can you see three or four moves ahead, like in chess?  Or is it the luck of the draw?   Maybe, as in most things in life, it is a little of both.

I never really WANT to play Candy Crush.  It is more of just a time filler.  When I have some idle time I pick up the iPad and play and then get annoyed when it tells me I have to wait 22:13 minutes to play again.  The nerve.

There is a love/hate relationship to this game.  In the meantime, my Sunday New York Times has not arrived at my doorstep.  Think I will play some Candy Crush until it comes.