List/Grid Tag Archives: problem solving
Tale of a Snowflake, The
Review Excerpt: This eBook introduces children to the concept of the water cycle. In the story, a little girl captures a talking snowflake, who explains how she started as a drop of ...
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
Review Excerpt: Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon is the sequel to the 2001 GameCube release. This time, Luigi explores six haunted Mansions to find the pieces of the shattered Dark ...
Victorious: Taking the Lead
Review Excerpt: Based on the Nickelodeon television show starring Victoria Justice, this game lets you play as Tori Vega as you hang out with the Hollywood Arts crew and try to win ...
Ben 10: Omniverse
Review Excerpt: Based on the new Cartoon Network TV Series, this E 10+ game features both Young and Teen Ben Tennyson, and introduces a hero sidekick, Rook.
Rook is a skilled but inexperienced ...
Flow Free
Please note – we mistakenly called this Free Flow in our December issue. The correct name is Flow Free.
Review Excerpt: The goal of this app is to connect large colored dots on ...
NASA Rocket Science 101
Review Excerpt: Can you match the rocket, and all it’s components, with the NASA space mission? If so, you can get your satellite (or Mars rover) into orbit. If not, your rocket ...
Madagascar 3: The Video Game
Review Excerpt: They’re baaaack, for more two-player, co-op problem solving adventures, the zany Madagascar movie animals.
This time, you explore a circus, assuming the identity ...
LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes
Review Excerpt: In this sequel to LEGO Batman, Batman and Robin join forces with other famous DC super heroes including Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern to stop bad guys that ...
Monster Mutt Rescue
Review excerpt: This is a virtual pet simulation that lets you raise a pet monster, starting as a larva. The more you play, the more stuff you can unlock. This includes access to other ...
Monster Physics
Review excerpt: This invention construction kit contains 50 puzzles sorted into five challenge categories. In addition, an open-ended “build” mode lets you freely experiment ...
Putt Putt Saves the Zoo (iPad)
Review excerpt: This title has been rereleased several times over the years (this is the 16th Putt Putt title in our database). In 2008, it was sold at retail computers.
In case you ...
Little Deviants
Review excerpt: Designed specifically around the unique attributes of the Sony Vita handheld game system, Little Deviants is a collection of thirty games that provide a good test of ...
Team Umizoomi
Review excerpt: This one player problem solving adventure features Milli, Geo, and Bot from the Umizoomi Nickelodeon show. In order to rebuild a submarine, children move through 25 ...
Frogger 3D
Review excerpt: Those frogs can now jump right out of your 3DS screen, in this new edition of the classic arcade game. Content includes six worlds to hop through, including New York, ...
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land
Review excerpt: In the story, an alien spaceship crashes in the otherwise peaceful realm of Planet Pop Star, and its pieces are scattered throughout the land. You must guide Kirby ...
Super Mario 3D Land
Review excerpt: Along with Mario Kart 7, this title marks Mario’s debut on the Nintendo 3DS. By combining the motion sensing abilities of the Nintendo 3DS with a 3D screen, you ...
Moshi Monsters: Moshling Zoo
Review excerpt: Now Moshi Monsters (the popular virtual world)can fit in your pocket, in the form of this one player Nintendo DS game. Your mission is to explore eight areas of the ...
Puzzle Pop
Review excerpt: Drag-and-drop puzzles abound these days in the app store, but not many have animated pieces. The animated features bring a new type of timed problem solving to the challenge. ...
Mercury Hg
Review excerpt: If you’ve ever tried to roll a marble through a maze (by tilting the game board), you get the idea of the Mercury games. In this new edition, called Hg (the element ...
Crazy Machines
Review excerpt: Nearly identical in spirit to The Incredible Machine (1995, Sierra Online), this is a virtual invention lab with 100 levels, and 100 gadgets. The title is part of the ...
Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident
Review excerpt: In this seek and solve game you must unravel the mystery behind the Malgrave Island by using the Wii Remote to search for clues, solve puzzles and find concealed items ...
Roxie’s a-MAZE-ing Vacation Adventure
Review excerpt: This maze game (search “A-Maze-ing” in the app store) lets you navigate through 16 detailed, hand-drawn scenes by dragging vehicles through a map. As you ...
Milk and Coffee
Review excerpt: Like the Incredible Machine, this physics puzzler let’s you try to unite two cats — Milk and Coffee, by dropping different widgets and gizmos such as balloons, ...
Cataline HD
Review excerpt: This 60 level physics game from Singapore lets you try to launch a kitten to catch fish. In order to advance to the next level, you have to calculate the angle correctly. ...
SpongeBob SquigglePants 3D
Review excerpt: This game for the Nintendo 3DS features more than 100 timed Nanogame (very short game) challenges. Like WarioWare, the challenges that last no more than five seconds ...
Phineas and Ferb Ride Again
Review excerpt: This is the second Phineas and Ferb adventure for the Nintendo DS we’ve reviewed. Like the first, you can swap between characters to work your way through each ...
The Sims 3 (3DS)
Review excerpt: This first ever 3D Sims title works only on the Nintendo 3DS, which means some additional new control mechanisms not available in the past. Besides the 3D graphics, ...
Nintendogs + Cats
Review excerpt: There are 27 dog breeds, depending on which cartridge you buy. Each pet comes with a different personality, unique accessories and a cat companion. As with previous ...
Disney Tangled: The Video Game
Review excerpt: Inspired by the 3D animated film, Disney Tangled, this game is full of stereotypes, and fun. Following the movie story, you can explore different environments like Rapunzel’s ...
Rock Band 3
Review excerpt: This third edition of Rock Band plays the same as previous versions, but includes more music (up to 1,500 songs via download), a new handheld keyboard peripheral, and ...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
Review excerpt: Featuring a darker theme and limited game play, this mostly one player action adventure lets you explore a beautiful 3D rendition of the Deathly Hallows, as Harry Potter. ...
Disney Epic Mickey
Review excerpt: Borrowing from techniques pioneered in games like Super Mario Bros. and Kirby Epic Yarn this one player adventure breaks new ground in the way it uses classic Disney ...
Sims 3, The (Console & DS)
Review excerpt: This edition of The Sims gives you millions of hair/clothing/facial feature/body type combinations; along with many of the features of the Sims games. You can give your ...
Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet
Review excerpt: This interactive comic book lets you become either Iron Man or The Incredible Hulk as you save the universe. In the story, the Super Hero Squad must find the lost Infinity ...
Galactic Taz Ball
Review excerpt: In this DS game, Taz gets caught up in the evil plot of Marvin the Martian, who is on a mission to steal the Earth’s landscape for Mars. Hungry Taz is on a journey ...
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Review excerpt: Based on the movie of the same name, this one player exploration game lets you become one of the main film characters, who must find evil Kitty Galore and her gang. ...
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Review Excerpt: Like it’s 2007 predecessor, you find yourself immersed in a planetary hopping theme, where the conventional rules of physics don’t always apply. You steer ...
Club Penguin: Herbert’s Revenge
Review Excerpt: The Club Penguin gang (complete with Puffles) comes to life, in this one-player problem solving adventure for the Nintendo DS or DSi. In the game, you become one of ...
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Review Excerpt: Designed for one player, you play as either Ratchet or Clank, as you run, jump, fly and fight your way through over five levels. Each character has unique abilities ...
Mini Ninjas
Review Excerpt: This one player adventure game lets you become a pocket-sized Ninja warrior. As you explore the peaceful countryside, you try to protect the balance of nature from the ...
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