Lumines

Since the videogame's world has so much to offer when it comes to puzzle games here's another one. This time we bring you Lumines, created by Q Entertainment for the PSP, it released in Japan on December 12, 2004. It's one of the most well known PSP titles and recommended for anyone that has the system. It's somewhat inspired by Tetris since it...

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Alexander's Star

We can't enough of mechanical puzzles so we bring you yet another one of those, this time it's Alexander's Star. It seems like a rubik's cube, except for the cube part, but it also looks a little bit more complex due to it's shape. Invented in 1982 by Adam Alexander, an American mathematician it was comercialized by Ideal Toy Corp. General view: Objective: Simple...

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Soma Cube

Seems like we can't get enough of cubes apparently. This time a different kind of cube, one that needs to be dissected. Piet Hein is the man that invented it 1933. It's formed by 7 wooden pieces, all uniquely shaped, made of unit cubes that must be assembled in a 3x3x3 cube. The pieces are not randomly made, instead they represent every possible...

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Brainteasing Riddle 1.0

As said in our introductory post its not only puzzles we talk about but also brainteasers such as riddles for instance. Riddles are a fun way to pass time, develop logic thinking and keep the brain active. As this is a first time thing on the blog we'll start with a special one that supposedly came from the mind of Albert Einstein himself: There...

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Puzzle Bobble

And we're back into the videogames world once again, this time covering an arcade favorite that every afficcionado knows, the classic Puzzle Bobble. Puzzle Bobble is a a puzzle game from 1994 owned by Taito Corp. based on another company title Bubble Bobble. It spread widely across the globe and became a timeless classic even after leaving...

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Rubik's Cube

Another classic puzzle that we couldn't ignore this time a mechanical one. in the year 1974 a professor of architecture in Hungary name Emõ Rubik invented the Rubik's Cube, originally called Magic Cube, it licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toy Corp. Wins the Best Puzzle Game Award in Germany in 1980. It is to this day the top-selling...

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Tower of Hanoi

From the virtual world we go into a more physical puzzle, this time we're going to talk about another well known puzzle, the Tower of Hanoi. The Tower of Hanoi is a mathematical puzzle, meaning, if you use math you win, or at least it's advised to have a sort of logical path to follow or you'll take way more time than you should. As for the origin...

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