Our top five favourite flash screensavers
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- 1 year, 3 months ago by
To kick things off we have a mind melting animation from the super talented presstube. The above image really does not do this one justice as it really is an infinite loop of crazy presstube goodness. The screensaver is available for the mac and pc and is guaranteed to make you feel pretty damn weird after while.
download presstube`s screensaver
The polar clock has been a huge success for fellow Flash blogger Gabriel Bucknall a.k.a pixelbreaker. With 10 trillion downloads, a feature in Wired magazine and more variations than Windows Vista, the Polar Clock once again proves simple ideas are always the best.
Not content with the minimalism of the polar clock? Fliqlo takes it a step further with a modern take on the ubiquitous flip clock. Beloved by design obsessives around the world, Fliqlo is a monitor stable not to be messed with.
The ever impressive Veer offer this retro styled screensaver. A nice little bonus is if you are rocking duel monitors you get different portraits on each one. Its really quite odd, but you can`t put a price on the beautiful graphics and bemused looks from your co-workers.
Finally we have my personal favourite from Detroit underground. Almost as old as the Internet itself and with a logo designed by the legendary Build its a randomised festival of illegible typography. Allegedly there is a clock in there somewhere, but we are more interested in the delightful glitches and stream of abstract animation.
download Detroit Underground`s screensaver
All of these screensavers were built using Flash, if you would like to make your own screensaver check out the excellent freeware instant storm. If your favourite screensaver was not featured, let us know in the comments.
Update:
Thanks to commenter MPD, we have a 6th entry; Uniqlock. A intoxicating mix of music, dance and erm.. time keeping. I am not entirely sure what its all about, but I know i like it!

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