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3D Block [NES]

What the naked silhouette is doing on the title screen, I have absolutely no idea. There’s no girls, tits, or stilettos in 3D Block. No, the “Block” you’re going to encounter is not a 3D penis. All...

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Q.U.B.E.

Q.U.B.E., or Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion, is a sterile, yet colourful, and overall absolutely fantastic first-person puzzler from British rookies Toxic Games. The aesthetic style, however,...

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Trine 2

Back in 2009, Shadowgrounds developer Frozenbyte released Trine, an innovative little puzzle-platformer whose gorgeous, colourful graphics and clever character-swapping gameplay mechanic earned it...

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MacGuffin’s Curse

Oh no, I thought. A grid-based, cube-pushing puzzler. I’ve played countless puzzle games that force you to push blocks in specific patterns – and then, if you make one wrong move, you have to reset...

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Splice

I honestly can’t think of any soothing puzzle games. Not serious ones, at least. I mean, there’s Quell Reflect for mobiles, but can you name even one puzzle game for PC that manages to be both tough...

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A Virus Named TOM

A Virus Named TOM. What a strange name for a video game. Maybe I’m just to used to names like Painkiller, Max Payne, Dead Space, you get the drift, but A Virus Named TOM immediately grabbed my...

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Gateways

The following article is not a game review, but a public service announcement. Gateways is, hands down, the single most brain-meltingly difficult game that I’ve ever had the pleasure of playing. I...

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The Bridge

The Bridge is a neat little puzzler that demands similar levels of mind-bending-ness as Portal and Antichamber, with the average player probably spending a lot of time staring at their screen...

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Nihilumbra

Early last year, I heard about an iOS puzzle-platformer with an impossible to pronounce yet attractively mysterious name and my interest was instantly piqued.  As you might assume given the title of...

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Project Temporality

Independent games were once renowned for the extra effort invested in original plot, characters and at least an attempt at interesting dialogue, while triple-A titles pushed forward interesting...

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Particulars

Particulars is a unique title and brand new poster child for well-rounded independent games. It demonstrates the capability of independent developers to create a moving story, believable, relatable...

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The Bridge console release this month

An infinite loop. Classic Herbert… Dazzling 2D logic puzzle game The Bridge is making the jump to console this week, and we’re excited for the chance to revisit the gravity-defying and troubled life of...

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Agatha Christie – The ABC Murders

  Designing any interactive media that pits the player as an ingenious and brilliant detective while retaining a sense of free will would be, I’d expect, rather difficult. To suggest the player should...

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Unravel

From a tumbling ball of cotton yarn a hero is birthed. Yarny is the aptly and unimaginatively named embodiment of Unravel’s central themes; bravery, persistence, and a desire to connect. While these...

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Life Goes On: Done to Death

Death has always been used a core mechanic in gaming, typically as punishment and a definitive indication that yes, you sure did miss that jump. This is not always a Game Over scenario; upon death in...

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3D Block [NES]

What the naked silhouette is doing on the title screen, I have absolutely no idea. There’s no girls, tits, or stilettos in 3D Block. No, the “Block” you’re going to encounter is not a 3D penis. All...

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Q.U.B.E.

Q.U.B.E., or Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion, is a sterile, yet colourful, and overall absolutely fantastic first-person puzzler from British rookies Toxic Games. The aesthetic style, however,...

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Trine 2

Back in 2009, Shadowgrounds developer Frozenbyte released Trine, an innovative little puzzle-platformer whose gorgeous, colourful graphics and clever character-swapping gameplay mechanic earned it...

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MacGuffin’s Curse

Oh no, I thought. A grid-based, cube-pushing puzzler. I’ve played countless puzzle games that force you to push blocks in specific patterns – and then, if you make one wrong move, you have to reset the...

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Splice

I honestly can’t think of any soothing puzzle games. Not serious ones, at least. I mean, there’s Quell Reflect for mobiles, but can you name even one puzzle game for PC that manages to be both tough...

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