Puzzler World (Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi, Windows)
common sense media says
Varied puzzle collection, but some references to alcohol.
parents & educators say
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that while kids can have fun with -- and do well at -- most of the puzzle types in this minigame collection, the crossword puzzles are strangely adult in their clues. There are simply a lot of clues that would go over kids' heads, such as references to alcoholic beverages, auction lots, and Uma Thurman. However, the crosswords are only a small percentage of the total game count.
Educational value:
In addition to working the logic centers of their brains and testing their memory, kids can also learn new vocabulary words along the way.
Positive role models:
The game encourages players to use their brains, and to challenge themselves with increasingly difficult puzzles.
Ease of play:
The play controls are well designed, especially those for Word Search and Crossword puzzles (other similar video games have given such simple puzzles unnecessarily difficult control schemes). The puzzles start out reasonably simple and gradually grow to be much harder, but it is very easy to win hint coins along the way that can be spent whenever a player is stuck.
Violence:
Not applicable.
Sex:
Not applicable.
Language:
Not applicable.
Consumerism:
Not applicable.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking:
Some of the crossword puzzles contain clues and/or answers that reference cigarettes or alcoholic beverages. For example, the clue, "Cold one" leads to the answer, "Beer." One word search puzzle has alcoholic beverages as its theme and requires players to find words like "gin" and "rum" hidden in the word grid.
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