puzzle video games
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The Man Who Made Sudoku Famous Dies At Age 69
While Maki Kaji didn’t necessarily invent Sudoku, he’s credited for coining the name and popularising the game in Japan.
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The Nintendo Download: Colour Dots Connect Colour Dots
There are 39 games coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop this week. One of them is called Colour Dots Connect. Another is called Connect Colour Dots. They are two different versions of the same sort of puzzle game. Nintendo really needs to rein this nonsense in.
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That Dusk Puzzle Game? Not Actually An April Fool’s Joke
Dusk, the decidedly old-school first-person shooter from 2018, is getting an even older-school demake that riffs on classic puzzle games like Chip’s Challenge and Sokoban. And no, this isn’t a joke, despite first word of its existence having dropped on April 1.
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Puzzle Quest 3 Does The Match-Three RPG A Little Differently
The game that kicked off the match-three/RPG genre in 2007 is back for a third go with Puzzle Quest 3. An early preview of the Android version of the threequel reveals a somewhat more dynamic take on the genre mash-up. Giving players two seconds to map out their moves makes a big difference.