After breaking the seal on my MSP, I picked up another XBLA game with my points. This one is called Chime and is a puzzle game related to Tetris and Lumines.

You have to make “quads” which are squares or rectangles larger than 3×3 by putting odd shapes together on the board. It’s a bit different from Tetris in that you can put pieces over other pieces in some instances. There is a music aspect to it because the soundtrack is embellished depending what pieces are on the board.

To me it’s like a spiritual successor to Rez in that it is a simple concept where you can really get into the music. I played the demo a few times and bought it since it was only 400 MSP (about $5). And really, it’s not even that much because something like 60% of it goes to charity.

Now, if I only end up powering up my 360 to play it…