Slither.io is the classic game Snake, but massively multiplayer and with the ruthless eat-and-grow mechanic of Osmos. The "eat" mechanism is subverted: hitting other creatures results in death, so you must instead outmanoever them and force them to hit you. On my best run, I got eaten at 7,000. Can you do better? [Thanks, Joel!]
Slither.io is an addictive mutiplayer snake game
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The Zebra checks your car insurance options for free to make sure you're paying the lowest possible rate
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