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The House of Tesla demo captures the electrifying feeling of scientific discovery

Mairi Nolan, 13 Jan 2025

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    Megan Bidmead, 7 January 2025

    Enjoy organised chaos in the hidden-object job simulator Lost But Found

    Reunite passengers with their lost items, arrange your desk, and try not to panic in the frantic Lost But Found.

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    Rachel Watts, 20 December 2024

    Phonopolis’ 3D cardboard puzzles aren’t just brainteasers to be solved but objects to be admired

    Amanita Design effortlessly pleases players with its hand-crafted worlds and lightweight puzzles, and it looks like the studio’s upcoming puzzle game Phonopolis is no different.

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    Alan Hazelden, 20 December 2024

    Alan Hazelden’s Thinky Third Thursday – December 2024

    Welcome to Thinky Third Thursday, curated by Alan Hazelden of Draknek & Friends – a monthly roundup of thinky puzzle games that have caught my eye.

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    Megan Bidmead, 18 December 2024

    How Lorelei and the Laser Eyes made its reality-bending story into one giant puzzle

    The story of Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is a fantastic puzzle that is well worth the effort of solving.

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    Corey Hardt, 16 December 2024

    New thinky releases from November 2024

    There were some heavy hitters released this November: GMTK's big debut magnet game, the much anticipated Golden Idol sequel, Sudoku happening on 3D surfaces, sticky hedgehog puzzles, a Zachtronics-like logic programming game... the list goes on!

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    Dayten Rose, 16 December 2024

    How The Case of the Golden Idol developers made one of the decade’s best detective games, twice

    The Rise of the Golden Idol developer Color Gray Games followed their Obra Dinn-inspired detective puzzler by embracing player agency.

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    Emma Withington, 13 December 2024

    Meet the Final Fantasy XIV community creating their own puzzle escape rooms inside the game

    Final Fantasy XIV is a hugely popular MMO that's not known for its puzzles, so how is its community scratching that puzzle-solving itch?

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    Rick Lane, 11 December 2024

    A Satisfactory result: How factory builders use logic puzzles to revolutionise the management genre

    Overseeing a system of interconnected machines is it's own type of logic puzzle

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    Dayten Rose, 9 December 2024

    Mystery point-and-click adventure Phoenix Springs tells an experimental story with traditional puzzle mechanics

    This surreal mystery game proudly rejects classic point-and-click tropes but often feels at odds with itself.

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