Monday, June 30, 2014

Perfect Paths: puzzle app for iphone, ipad

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  My puzzle app colleague Nicola Salmoria sent me a few emails to try Perfect Paths. I always follow his advice. But the price was $3.99 a...
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Thursday, June 26, 2014

Puralax: puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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  Puralax is color painting game by Luis Bricker.  It's hard to describe.  Look at the first image. See how the very top is red? The ...
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Titanic By SmartGames: puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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Raf Peeters recently contacted me about an update to Titanic. The original game came out in 2012. (Click here to read my review back then....
Monday, June 23, 2014

Stop Crows: puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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Vasile Dediu is one of 10 people in the last week to contact me about their new puzzle game apps. That's right, this blog is becoming a ...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

TRUpuzzlE: puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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  Vladimir Semenko came out with TRUpuzzlE in 2011. But I just noticed it. TRUpuzzlE is the perfect example o...
Monday, June 16, 2014

Escape the Room NYC

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Seems like yesterday when I did Escape from the Werewolf Village. On Saturday I participated in Escape The Room NYC with 10 other people. ...
Friday, June 13, 2014

Zen Triangle: free puzzle app game

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Sanmoy Ray recently contacted me about his puzzle app game Zen Triangle.  The objective is to fit the pieces into the tray. I've d...
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Thursday, June 12, 2014

TwoDots: free puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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  Lots of people are playing TwoDots. The objective is to solve each level by achieving various goals. Essentially, it's a lot like...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Blokkology: free puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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Blokkology is a free puzzle app game from http://www.blokkology.com/ . You can play it on any device - even a regular old fashioned com...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Watch this couple assemble the 17x17x17 Cube

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Want to buy one for yourself? It will cost you $1599.73 http://www.shapeways.com/model/64058/over-the-top-17x17x17-read-instructions.htm...
Monday, June 9, 2014

2 puzzle stories from this weekend

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There are 643,817 people playing FOLT according to the Game Center. In terms of 'levels completed', I'm ranked 41. The Endless...
Thursday, June 5, 2014

Oskar van Deventer's Gear Fold

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I got my first Oskar puzzle back in 1988.  At my first IPP (International Puzzle Party) in 2000, he was the one I wanted to meet.  On th...
Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Folt: free puzzle game app for iphone, ipad

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  I found my cure from Threes! This past weekend I downloaded Folt from Daniel Lutz. He has an outstanding track record of producing terrif...
Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Escape From the Werewolf Village

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This weekend I went to Webster hall with 5 puzzle friends to play Escape From the Werewolf Village. You are locked in a room and must so...
Monday, June 2, 2014

BoxOff: free puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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    Michael Gilbert has come up with a terrific puzzle app game called BoxOff. The object is to remove all the circles. See the first ima...
Friday, May 30, 2014

Book Review

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http://www.amazon.com/Night-Film-Novel-Marisha-Pessl/dp/140006788X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401452139&sr=8-1&keywords=night+film ...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

WrapSlide: free puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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    When I first saw WrapSlide on the app store, I immediately came to the conclusion: looks like another 'slide the rows & column...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Connect Cubes: free puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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   Connect Cubes is an edge matching puzzle. Red squares can be rotated, but not moved. The blue ones can move, but not rotate. The pinks ...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

10s Challenge - Hardest Game in The World: free puzzle-y type game for iphone, ipad

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10s Challenge - Hardest Game in The World may or may not be the hardest game in town. But it is tough. You must drag the red circle to pic...
Monday, May 26, 2014

Petaminx Tutorial - 8 hour video

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Friday, May 23, 2014

Nixie - Challenge Your Brain: free puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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  Nixie - Challenge Your Brain comes from Andrew Zaharek and Joshua Levesque.  It's a free puzzle app game that took me extra time ...
Thursday, May 22, 2014

Block N Roll 3D: free puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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Rolling block mazes have been around for a while.  After one of my students showed me Bloxorz, I gave him a 10 point bonus on his next tes...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

RubiCube: fee puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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RubiCube is another 'slide the rows & columns to match the pattern' type puzzle. We've seen at least a hundred of these. ...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Numoo: free point scoring puzzle app

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Numoo is a point scoring tilt/dodge game. You are the circle and can slide up and down the rope. As the numbers slide in from the right an...
Monday, May 19, 2014

Rubik's Cube turns 40

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/05/19/rubiks-cube-google-celebrates-40th-anniversary-of-toy-puzzles-invention-with-in...

Square - Push Square: free puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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Square - Push Square is a sokoban type puzzle game. The circle is supposed to push the blue squares onto the white dots.  When that happen...
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Thursday, May 15, 2014

EnigmOn: puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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EnigmOn is a puzzle app game that is similar to 100 Floors and all of its clones.  There are 28 levels to solve.  See the key? That's ...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Good article on puzzle apps for classrooms

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http://www.edutopia.org/blog/game-apps-in-math-class-patrick-feeney#comment-186746

Jewel Keeper: free puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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 Jewel Keeper is a sokoban type puzzle app. Your task is to push the jewels onto the green spots. I first came upon the sokoban type pu...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Threes! Update

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Hello loyal puzzle app blog readers, above is the game that I'm obsessed over. I told myself that I would stop when I got to th...
Monday, May 12, 2014

Nino: puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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The object of Nino is to get your man, the puffy white cloud, from one side to the other without being attacked by the dark clouds. Good...
Friday, May 9, 2014

Frozen Ice Cubes Fall Strategy Challenge: free puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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Frozen Ice Cubes Fall Strategy Challenge is a deceptively good set of puzzles.  The object is to move one ice cube to one pail. The ice c...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

OverColor: puzzle app for iphone, ipad

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OverColor is an interesting puzzle app game.  The object is to match the shape in the left square by placing the various shapes in a certa...
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500,000 visitors!

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Want to win a prize? This blog is about to get its 500,000th visitor. If it's you, take a screen shot & mail it to me: Mylastname @h...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

WonderCube: free puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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WonderCube is a free puzzle app game that's surprisingly difficult. The object is to score a certain number of points within a certain...
Thursday, May 1, 2014

Don't Click Me: free point scoring game for brain speed

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Don't Click Me is a great game for folks worrying about Alzheimer's.  The directions are so poorly written! See the green square...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Grid Puzzle the Brain Training Game: free puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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Maiaz Rahman recently contacted me about his puzzle app game: Grid Puzzle the Brain Training Game. It is a Nonogram type puzzle, whic...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Magic Hexagon Ultimate: free puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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  There's a mechanical puzzle called Mad Triad. The object is to swivel the center circles to rotate the triangles around. Magic Hex...
Monday, April 28, 2014

The Impossible Dodging Game: free point scoring game for iphone, ipad

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Diego Acevedo is the author of The Impossible Dodging Game. The object is to place your man, a small square, anywhere on the board and t...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

Percepto: puzzle app game for iphone, ipad

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Recently I discovered Percepto which came out 2 or 3 years ago. Percepto is very difficult to describe. Here goes: your task is to get you...
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