Devin Stone's articles

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   Review

   Devin Stone, 16 September 2025

   Neyyah review: A seven year love letter to the best point-and-click adventure ever made

   Neyyah is a Linking Book to the golden Age of first-person point-and-click adventures—and proof they deserve a comeback.

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   Review

   Devin Stone, 1 September 2025

   Öoo review: A game that detonates expectations on its way to puzzle platformer greatness

   Öoo brings modern minimalism to the puzzle platformer genre, but isn’t afraid to get messy when it counts.

3. 
   Feature

   Devin Stone, 11 August 2025

   How some of the best puzzle games are a lesson in magic and misdirection

   Puzzle games don’t make us feel smart, nor inspire us to 'be smart', but quite the opposite. They make fools of us. Dazzled, starry-eyed fools. And with ignorance comes bliss. Well…most of the time.

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   Feature

   Devin Stone, 6 June 2025

   Thinky Direct 2025: Cryptic glyphs and xenobiology collide in upcoming metroidbrainia EMUUROM

   Get to know the local wildlife and seek secrets worth deciphering.

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   Feature

   Devin Stone, 13 May 2025

   Lab Rat synthesizes comedy and logic into a compound worth testing

   Assume the role of playtester for an unhinged, “AI-generated” Sokoban, designed in reality by avant-garde puzzle crafters Gwen Frey and Lucas Le Slo.