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Game reviews for puzzle, thinking & reasoning

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  • Review
    Mario and Donkey Kong Minis on the Move

    Kids don thinking caps to play and create puzzles.
    AGE
    7
     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
    (Game, 2013)
  • Review
    Color Commando

    Basic puzzle platformer starts out easy, gets pretty tough.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    1
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS
    (Game, 2013)
  • Review
    Thomas Was Alone

    With minimal physical character detail, this game is able to weave a deep and meaningful tale about friendship.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Mac, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Windows
    (Game, 2013)
  • Review
    Fluidity: Spin Cycle

    Fun, downloadable 3DS puzzler lets kids play with physics.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
    (Game, 2013)
  • Review
    Crashmo

    For the 3DS, a nifty set of puzzles plus a puzzle-creation area.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Scribblenauts Unlimited

    Vocabulary-exercising puzzler is an imaginative treat.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii U
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Little Inferno

    Players burn possessions in dark, anti-consumerism puzzler.
    AGE
    13
     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Mac, Nintendo Wii U, Windows
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Smart As...

    Playful brain workout provides social media bragging rights.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: PlayStation Vita
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask

    A fantastic mystery mixed with more than 100 brainteasers makes for an armchair sleuth's dream.
    AGE
    12
     
    Learning
    5
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    The Unfinished Swan

    Innovative and poetic game with an uplifting life message.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: PlayStation 3
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Puzzler World 2012 3D

    1,200+ puzzle collection offers variety and challenge.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Angry Birds Trilogy

    Puzzle compilation for consoles is fun but too pricey.
    AGE
    7
     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Living Classics

    Fun puzzle game for young kids; too bad it's on Facebook.
    AGE
    13
     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Facebook
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Wreckateer

    In this Angry Birds-type game, kids move their bodies to direct projectiles to hit goblin-infested castles.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Xbox 360
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Quantum Conundrum

    Inventive puzzles about changing physics provide delightful brainteasers.
    AGE
    9
     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Splice

    Fun but tricky puzzler provides players little guidance.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Mac, Windows
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Madagascar 3: The Video Game

    Simple platform puzzler lets kids play with animal stars.
    AGE
    7
     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    The Splatters

    Fun physics-based puzzler about flinging blobs of paint.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Xbox 360
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Gogo's Crazy Bones

    Angry Birds-like game suffers from lack of variety.
    AGE
    6
     
    Learning
    2
    Platforms: Nintendo DS
    (Game, 2012)
  • Review
    Pushmo

    This collection of 3-D puzzles is surprisingly entertaining as well as intellectually challenging.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
    (Game, 2011)
  • Review
    Professor Layton and the Last Specter

    Brilliant puzzle enmeshed in a compelling story makes this thinking game a winner.
    AGE
    12
     
    Learning
    5
    Platforms: Nintendo DS
    (Game, 2011)
  • Review
    Drawn: Trail of Shadows

    Beautiful storybook adventure game incorporates puzzles and brainteasers.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Mac, Windows
    (Game, 2011)
  • Review
    Triple Town

    Social network "match-3" puzzler fun with or without paying.
    AGE
    13
     
    Learning
    3
    Platforms: Facebook, Google+
    (Game, 2011)
  • Review
    Puzzler Mind Gym 3D

    Collection of mental challenges is hard but rewarding.
    AGE
    9
     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
    (Game, 2011)
  • Review
    Portal 2

    Inventive and enjoyable spatial puzzler with mild violence.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    4
    Platforms: Mac, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360
    (Game, 2011)