The game I'm playing all weekend: Vector

Vector for Android/iOS is one of the coolest takes to date on the endless runner.

(Credit: Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET)

Mirror's Edge. Rush City. Temple Run. Subway Surfers. Agent Dash. Pitfall. If endless runners are your thing, you'll find no shortage of them in Android and iOS app stores.

So when Vector (Android | iOS) came along, I thought, "Meh, big deal, more of the same." So why can't I stop playing this game?

Because it's awesome, that's why. A side-scrolling endless runner (aka "free runner") that borrows its formula (if not its dystopian plot) from the likes of Mirror's Edge, Vector grips you from the first frame of its dramatic opening movie.

You're a drone. A faceless, mindless worker among millions of the same. Big Brother is watching. Suddenly, you can take no more. With an anguished cry you break free of your workstation, dash down a hallway, and crash through a window. Careening through the air, you land on a rooftop, where begins your endless run toward freedom -- with enemy agents in hot pursuit.<... [Read more]