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TUAW's Daily iPhone App: Puzzle Agent 2

by Mike Schramm (Jul 1st, 2011)

I've been looking forward to this one. I first enjoyed Graham Annable's Puzzle Agent last summer actually on the iPhone, even though it was also released for the Mac and PC previously. The sequel is now available on iOS, and I can't wait to play it. Annable's weird mix of homespun comedy and ...

TUAW's Daily iOS App: Casey's Contraptions

by Mike Schramm (May 19th, 2011)

I won't mince words here: I've seen and played a lot of iOS games, and when I first saw Casey's Contraptions back at GDC this year (which is out today for the first time on the iPad), I thought it was the most impressive iOS game I'd ever seen. The Incredible Machine is what jumps to mind to ...

TUAW's Daily App: Look Again!

by Mike Schramm (Apr 13th, 2011)

Many games on the App Store seem to emphasize gaming expertise more than anything else. Either you need to know the genre of the game you're playing, or your fingers just need to be fast enough to win. Look Again! is an interesting contrast to either of those scenarios because it challenges ...

TUAW's Daily App: Scrambleface

by Mike Schramm (Dec 8th, 2010)

Scrambleface is a simple app that does one thing pretty darn well. All it does is take live feed from an iPhone or latest-gen iPod touch's camera (and it does require iOS 4.0 or higher), then it turns that into a sliding puzzle for you to unscramble. It's not flashy or crazy, but it is kind of fun, ...

Telltale releases Puzzle Agent on the iPhone, iPad

by Mike Schramm (Sep 4th, 2010)

Just an FYI before you start your Labor Day weekend (and any associated trips): Telltale Games has released its latest title, Puzzle Agent, for the iPhone and the iPad. The game got middling reviews on Metacritic, but I think that's mostly because of the genre -- if you're a fan of sharp writing ...

Toddler wooden puzzle roundup for the iPad

by Sang Tang (Aug 12th, 2010)

There's nothing like walking around in the middle of the night and stepping on the knob of a wooden puzzle piece. It kind of hurts. Believe me, it's happened to me on many an occasion, and it has resulted in firetruck and dinosaur-like imprints on my feet. If you're tired of stepping on puzzle ...

iAssociate: Mind mapping fun

by Erica Sadun (Nov 18th, 2009)

Last year, I was introduced to Funny Farm while working on a team project with my inlaws. I absolutely loved the idea of a puzzle that grew as you solved parts of it. The game works by associating words with their natural connections, e.g. "On the Farm" could inspire you to think of cow, chicken, ...

3D Realm: Prey coming to the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Feb 11th, 2009)

This is pretty exciting -- 3D Realms has announced that their 2006 first-person shooter, Prey, is coming to the iPhone. IGN has a preview up now, and it looks pretty impressive -- the texture work is very well done, and the gravity-defying puzzles that helped the original game stand out as an ...

Crossword solving software that has reached version 1.0.7, eight letters one space

by Mike Schramm (Oct 9th, 2007)

Daniel Jalkut over at Red Sweater has updated his crossword-solving application, Black Ink (formerly MacXword), to version 1.0.7. This definitely seems like a niche piece of software (not because only a few people do crosswords-- almost everyone does), but because I don't know anyone who wants a ...

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