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flOw has everything I wish from a good game -- it's simple, yet it sets a great mood; it simply feels good to play it. And although the visuals are abstract it's a very organic game. There is a learning curve, but you're flexible in your approach to playing. And if you get the download version you can also play fullscreen.
The game's only flaw is that you soon reach a point where playing on makes not much sense, because you've eaten all there is to eat. Not being an active gamer I needed a couple of attempts to get into the "flow", and so my first games were way over an hour -- after playing for more than a week I average at about 30 minutes.
As the game is under active development I still have a little hope that Jenova Chen and crew will add a procreation feature (or what gamers like to call "respawn"), and thus stretch the playing time from 30 mins to endless. And maybe one of these days I'll figure out how to activate the cheat mode on my German keyboard...
flOw is also a great backdrop for podcasts. Recommended podcast of the day: Christopher Lydon's Radio Open Source (which, despite the name, is not actually about software -- it's talk radio, and very good at that).
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