Review by Ginny W. The Switch hasn’t exactly had a dearth of puzzle games in its first year. In fact, some of the games in this genre have been best-selling titles. However, if you’re too lousy at mathematics to make a real dent in Picross, or not after a game…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. I think it must just be something about the latter half of this decade – we’re experiencing a revival of well-designed puzzle games. Whereas in the early 2000’s, puzzle games found it difficult to maintain its market share due to increasing budget sizes and a move…
Read MoreReview by Priscilla M. Vesta is a puzzle game disguised as an isometric action-adventure game; brought to life by a FinalBoss Games, a developer team of only five people. I admit that puzzle games normally aren’t my forte but over the past six months I have opened myself up to…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Gorogoa is one of the most beautiful puzzle games ever made, and it’s an experience which would enrich the lives of anyone who played it. It’s part picture book, part adventure game, reminiscent of Loveshack’s Framed and Nyamyam’s Tengami, and yet predating both those games. Developed…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Back when I was at university, I had a professor that was somehow every university academic cliche you could imagine; he was softly spoken, as far from a fashionable dresser as you could imagine (tweed jacket and all), and had hair that didn’t look like it…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. “You come at the king, you best not miss.” Aside from being an iconic quote from one of the best characters seen on television to date, that’s evergreen life advice. It’s especially useful for anyone in a creative industry. We all have our influences and every…
Read MoreReview by Jim S. There are a few games out there that mash-up RPG leveling and puzzles, like Puzzle Quest or Puzzle & Dragons. Most of them are match three games, drawing inspiration from Bejewelled, but SwapQuest does something very different and unique; it melds together RPG and Pipe Mania.…
Read MoreReview by Trent P. It is called many things in film and literature; unobtainum and smurf berries to name a couple. Always fictional names, always rare, always powerful. They always have the same purpose, too; these fictional resources exist to put up a mirror and show the great lengths humans…
Read MoreReview by Moshe R. The first brain training game, 2006’s Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training for the Nintendo DS, set off a bit of a trend. The fad was based on the assumption, which was usually just hinted at but often claimed outright, that one could make oneself smarter by simply…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. I honestly expected a much darker game from the title of Death Squared, but the newest arrival from Sydney indie developer, SMG Studios, brings puzzle gameplay backed with lots of laughter. It’s a simple puzzle game about getting squares to their end-states. It’s also wickedly difficult.…
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