Friday, March 30, 2012

Cast Shark: Hanayama Mechanical Puzzle of the Week

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Here's another fish disentanglement puzzle. Try to free the shark from the jaws of a whale. Again, it's a disentanglement puzzle w...

Inakube: iphone, ipad puzzle app Update

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Ian McColm recently contacted me about an update to his puzzle app Inakube. Which received an honorable mention for best puzzle apps of 201...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Hexagons

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Yesterday's puzzle app was a dog, so here's a good one. Hexagons is very similar to SET, the card game of 81 cards. The object is...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Colorinth: free puzzle app for iphone, ipad Review

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The object is to get the red ball from the upper left corner to the bottom right corner. You can rotate the tiles. I believe that the til...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

A Plumbers Job: free iphone ipad puzzle app

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A Plumbers Job: the object is to put the given elbow pipes and complete the path. 50 levels. I did the first 15 levels and got bored. Defi...
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Monday, March 26, 2012

Number Matrix: free puzzle app for iphone ipad

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Number Matrix comes from the same people who brought us Number Sweeper which I reviewed about 2 weeks ago. The puzzle: a Number Sweeper g...
Friday, March 23, 2012

Cast Seabream: Hanayama Mechanical Puzzle of the week

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I bought this puzzle about 10 years ago. It was part of a series of sea life disentanglement puzzles that do not involve wire, string or ri...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

D Blocks puzzle app for iphone ipad Review

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The object of D Blocks is to swipe away all the blocks that have arrows within a given number of moves. Swipe the green blocks up (and away...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Big Ben Solitaire

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When I was younger, I played many varieties of solitaire. This version is interesting. It's free, so give it a try.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Blockwick: free puzzle app for iphone ipad

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Blockwick was created by Kieffer Bros, the makers of Aqueduct and Aqueduct 101, which are fabulous puzzle apps. The object of Blockwick is...
Monday, March 19, 2012

FrozeN EquilibriuM puzzle app for iphone, ipad Review

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My first thought when I saw Frozen Equilibrium: Lights Out with numbers. Not quite. Like Lights Out: press on any square and that square...

100,000th visitor is it you?

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Loyal viewers, this blog will soon have been visited 100,000 times. If it's you, send me a screen shot and I'll send you a prize.
Friday, March 16, 2012

Cast Radix: Hanayama Puzzle of the week

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Okay everybody, I have a confession: I can't solve this puzzle. I have played with it numerous times over the past 4 years and keep hit...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Sunk!: free iphone ipad puzzle app Review

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Sunk! is a terrific puzzle app where the object is to sink all the enemy submarines while keeping friendly submarines from harm. Place th...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Car Valet: yet another version of Rush Hour

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Car Valet is yet another version of Rush Hour. This version is free. I played maybe 20 levels. Then realized I just cannot play this game a...

Geeky laptop humor

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Click here for some geeky laptop humor.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Sun Stones

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Simon Strange recently contacted us about his new puzzle app Sun Stones. The rules and objectives are not posted on the app, so I won't...
Monday, March 12, 2012

Pattern Puzzle: great puzzle app for ipad iphone Review

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Pattern Puzzle by Hwang Gyu Sung is a topology based puzzle app with many levels of all difficulty ranges. Each big dot has a number whic...
Friday, March 9, 2012

Cast Armour: Hanayama Puzzle of the Week

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The object of Cast Armour is to disentangle the 3 pieces. Valentine's day has passed, nevertheless, you can give this to the one you m...
Thursday, March 8, 2012

Cubler 2: great free puzzle app for iphone ipad Review

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Cubler 2 is a rolling cube maze puzzle. The object is to roll your cube so the yellow face matches the face on the plane. Notice in the ot...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Rows Free: iphone ipad puzzle app Review

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Fans of Tripevo and SET: you will love Rows Free by Nickolaos Kechagias. The object is to score points by aligning 4 tiles in a row that h...
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Red Mix: great free puzzle app Review

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Red Mix comes from Ivan Vassilev, who also made the terrific puzzle app: Tjam. The object of Red Mix is to get the red dot to the red cir...
Monday, March 5, 2012

Cosmic Tiles: free puzzle app for iphone ipad Review

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Cosmic Tiles is an action puzzle game. I played this for about 20 minutes. It's a little too Star Wars-y for my taste. Kids will like ...
Friday, March 2, 2012

Cast Medallion: Mechanical puzzle of the week

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Cast Medallion comes from Oskar van Deventer. It is a double sided maze made from 4 discs. The object is to dismantle the puzzle into 4 pie...
Thursday, March 1, 2012

Number Sweeper: free puzzle app for iphone ipad

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Number Sweeper is very similar to Mine Sweeper. But better.(If you don't know about Mine Sweeper, find out about it.) The directions ...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

iWoodPuzzle: free iphone ipad puzzle app Review

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iWoodPuzzle is yet another version of Rush Hour. However, this time the red rectangle can move up and down, as well as side to side. The ob...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Quartzic: great free iphone ipad puzzle app

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The object of Quartzic is to color the map (squares and rectangles) with only 4 colors such that, no 2 adjacent countries have the same col...
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Monday, February 27, 2012

Doodle Shape: iphone ipad puzzle app Review

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Doodle Shape is an action puzzle game. Tap on the correct shape and color that matches the top line. It changes every 5 seconds or so. V...

Fan Mail

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It's nice to know that my efforts are appreciated. This from a new follower: "My friend Bashi mentioned your blog, so I took a lo...
Friday, February 24, 2012

Isis: Mechanical Puzzle of the Week: Review

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Isis is a magnificent metal puzzle. The object is to open it. Inside, you will find a code. Enter the code on the company's website to...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Snake Slider: iphone ipad puzzle app Review

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Snake Slider looks a lot like Wriggle, which is one of the best puzzle apps of all time. The object of Snake Slider: wriggle the snakes ar...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Help Out: another puzzle app version of Rush Hour

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How many versions of Rush Hour do we need? This is identical to the famous Rush Hour produced by ThinkFun. Help Out does have one nice fe...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Digitron: puzzle app for iphone and ipad

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Digitron: basic mathematics meets Tetris. Numbers fall down to the grid. Basic math symbols also fall down. Arrange them strategically to m...
Monday, February 20, 2012

Hog Frog: free puzzle app for iphone ipad

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The objective of Hog Frog is to catch all the flies in 3 flicks of the tongue. The tongue will have to ricochet off the wood to bend around...
Friday, February 17, 2012

Cast Loop: mechanical puzzle of the week

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Cast Loop was designed by my Finnish Puzzle friend Vesa Timonen. Object #1: take apart the 2 pieces - not hard. Object #2: restore them -...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Triple Town: iphone ipad puzzle app

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Triple Town is very similar to one of my all-time favorites: Tripevo. Triple Town has received a couple thousand ratings so far on the app...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Word BullsEye

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Word BullsEye is similar to Mastermind. The object is to guess the correct 4 letter word. Suppose you guess B-L-U-E. If the bull says you g...

Rubik's Cube in the News

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Click here for the NY Times article which mentions our friend Jerry Slocum.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Photon: puzzle app?

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Photon is listed as a puzzle app, but it's really an arcade game. Discs fall down. Drag your finger across discs of the same color to s...
Monday, February 13, 2012

Pipeman: free puzzle app for iphone and ipad

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Pipeman is a free puzzle app where the objective is to connect the pipes so nothing leaks. I was able to do 2 levels, but the controls were...
Friday, February 10, 2012

Cast Plate: mechanical puzzle of the week

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The object of Cast Plate is to remove the ring. Swivel it around from hole to hole until it escapes. This is actually a maze puzzle: with...
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Pudding Battle: free puzzle ap for iphone ipad

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Pudding Battle is similar to Bejeweled. Switch adjacent colors to get 3 or more in a row or in a column. There is a time limit, so hurry ...
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Games Magazine: March 2012

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The March 2012 issue is now on the newsstands. Read my review of what's new in the world of mechanical puzzles. Games Magazine does no...
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Addictive Puzzle SquarO: puzzle app for ipad iphone

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The title of this puzzle is 'Addictive Puzzle: SquareO'. The number in each square indicates how many corners should be lit. Your ...