Plants v. Zombies

When I first clicked on the link to website for Plants v. Zombies I thought to myself 'Is this for real?'. So then I decided to play the game to see what all the craze was about. When I started to play it seemed pretty dull and boring to me. It seemed like something a 5 year old could probably play never mind a college student. I decided to play for about three levels before I gave up. It was a fairly easy game and pretty mindless consisting of getting enough sun to plant certain plants all of which served a different function to kill the zombies.

Personally I did not find this game addicting at all. The only seemingly interesting part to me was getting the different types of plants that killed the zombies in different ways. I have never heard of this specific game before but it reminds me of a game like Angry Birds which you can download onto your phone as well as play online. They are both mindless and don't benefit the player in any way. But somehow they seem to be addicting to some as the stakes get high with each level and some people just can't stop wanting to beat all the levels.

I do see online gaming remaining popular as more and more people play these games for diversion and entertainment when bored.