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Game reviews for puzzle, editors' picks

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  • 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, Windows, PlayStation Vita
    (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
    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
    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
    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
    Panda Poet

    Clever word game with added strategy of using letters that will earn you panda bears.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    Select
    Platforms: Mac, Windows
    (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
    Cubic Ninja

    Navigating mazes by tilting the 3DS is a unique way to play a video game.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    Select
    (Game, 2011)
  • Review
    The Tiny Bang Story

    This pretty and polished hidden-object game will challenge even the most seasoned puzzler.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    Select
    Platforms: Mac, Windows
    (Game, 2011)
  • Review
    Super Scribblenauts

    Players find solutions to various puzzling scenarios by adding objects, animals, or people into the scenes.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    5
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
    (Game, 2010)
  • Review
    Professor Layton and the Unwound Future

    Full of clever puzzles and brainteasers, plus a twisting plotline that provides a great mental challenge for kids.
    AGE
    12
     
    Learning
    Select
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
    (Game, 2010)
  • Review
    Guilty Party

    Add a little mystery to your next family game night with this challenging, Clue-style "whodunit" everyone can play.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    Select
    Platforms: Nintendo Wii
    (Game, 2010)
  • Review
    I Spy Universe

    Seek-and-find action is broken up by mini-games that test kids on pattern recognition and strategic planning.
    AGE
    6
     
    Learning
    Select
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
    (Game, 2010)
  • Review
    Picross 3-D

    Strategy is the name of the game in this tough but challenging puzzle game that'll keep your brain active.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    Select
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
    (Game, 2010)
  • Review
    Hamlet

    With fun adventure games and challenging puzzles, this time-travel game may get kids interested in Shakespeare.
    AGE
    12
     
    Learning
    Select
    Platforms: Windows
    (Game, 2010)
  • Review
    The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom

    For gamers who love a challenge, this time-travel puzzler offers a unique style of play that rewards perseverance.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    Select
    Platforms: Xbox 360
    (Game, 2010)
  • Review
    Simplz: Zoo

    Downloadable zoo-builder provides hours of economical family fun with almost limitless match-three puzzles.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning
    Select
    Platforms: Mac, Windows
    (Game, 2010)
  • Review
    Gotcha! Celebrity Secrets

    Satisfying puzzler stumbles on the backstory: main character is rewarded for exposing salacious celebrity missteps.
    AGE
    16
     
    Learning
    Select
    Platforms: Mac, Windows
    (Game, 2009)
  • Review
    Puzzler World

    With over 1,000 word, number, math, and logic games in video-game format, there’s a brainy challenge here for everyone.
    AGE
    12
     
    Learning
    Select
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi, Windows
    (Game, 2009)
  • Review
    Scribblenauts

    In this unique game, when kids scribble the name of an object, it magically appears on the screen to help solve puzzles.
    AGE
    11
     
    Learning
    Select
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
    (Game, 2009)
  • Review
    Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box

    Cool puzzles work seamlessly inside the larger challenge of solving a mystery, mixing education, logic, and fun.
    AGE
    12
     
    Learning
    Select
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
    (Game, 2009)
  • Review
    Bookworm Adventures: Vol. 2

    Kids practice spelling and vocab with this clever word game that uses Scrabble-like puzzles to improve language skills.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning
    Select
    Platforms: Windows
    (Game, 2009)
  • Review
    Boom Blox Bash Party

    First you solve the puzzles, then you knock 'em down in this game that mixes logic and destruction in equal measure.
    AGE
    7
     
    Learning
    Select
    Platforms: Nintendo Wii
    (Game, 2009)