The latest stable release of Google Chrome comes with Adobe Flash built-in. To highlight the addition, Google has created Google Chrome FastBall, a Flash-based game for YouTube.
The FastBall game tasks users to complete a series of web-oriented challenges that integrate with APIs from a combination of Google (Google) and social services like Last.fm and Twitter (Twitter) in a series of YouTube (YouTube) videos. The idea behind the game is to both demonstrate Chrome’s Flash capabilities and the underlying speed of the browser.
The game itself requires a tad too much thought for this early riser, but the more rested among us should try their hand at completing each of the five challenges as fast as possible. If you’re super speedy, try and get the ball from one end of the obstacle course to the other in 66 seconds — the current record — or less.
We should note, that though the game is meant to highlight Google Chrome (Google Chrome) with Flash, the game appears to play quite well in other browsers too. At the very least, FastBall is a fun distraction that demonstrates how Flash can enhance the YouTube experience.
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