Article
by Andrew Martonik
Jan 30, 2013
There's no shortage of quick and fun puzzle games on Android, and Shift It still stands out as a great one. When you start up Shift It and play the first level, you'll instantly draw compari...
Article
by Andrew Martonik
Jan 14, 2013
Sand Slides, an interesting puzzle game with a large iOS user base, is making the move to launch on Android today as well. In typical puzzle game fashion, the concept of Sand Slides is quick to pick...
Article
by Andrew Martonik
Nov 24, 2012
Quantro is a puzzle game that we wouldn't blame you if you thought was Tetris at first glance. There are plenty of these types of games out there so what makes this one special? Well now with it...
Article
by Simon Sage
Sep 14, 2012
To-Fu 2, a free and addictive puzzle game, is now on Android. Some of you might have played the original, which also featured the headband-toting wobbly white cube which you stretch and release to f...
Review
by Simon Sage
Aug 21, 2012
Mushroom Age has recently ported its iOS adventure game to Android, offering a younger audience a chance to jump into a world time travel, mystery, and puzzle-solving.
Mushroom Age is ultimately a ...
Review
by Simon Sage
Aug 16, 2012
The free version of Trainyard was recently launched on Android, which was our queue to get up close and personal with the full version. The premise of laying down tracks so trains can get to their d...
Review
by Simon Sage
Aug 05, 2012
Einstein Brain Trainer made the port to Google Play not too long ago in an attempt to get players to sharpen their wits with a series of brain teasers. The game keeps close tabs on your progress ove...
Review
by Simon Sage
Aug 03, 2012
Dragon’s Lore (99 cents) is a simple block-matching puzzler that recently launched on Google Play. The game pulls players through a series of islands where they have to overcome a variety of c...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 22, 2012
Any self-respecting nerd out there has seen WarGames at least 30 times. If not, hit up Netflix and come back when you're appropriately familiar with Joshua and the WOPR and Global Thermonuclear ...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Mar 19, 2012
YouTube link for mobile viewing
If there's one thing Android isn't hurting for, it's puzzle games. Knowing that, I wouldn't be putting another puzzle game in front of you if it was...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Mar 15, 2012
YouTube link for mobile viewing
The fleeting feeling of nostalgia, a quick virtual swipe of the credit card, and everything is new again. Well, that's not quite true. World of Goo has still be...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Mar 14, 2012
Building on its ever-growing back-catalog, SEGA has just released primate-based puzzler Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition for Android. Monkey Ball, which rolled its way onto iOS months ago, j...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Mar 07, 2012
YouTube link for mobile viewing
Tetris has been all the rage since, well, whenever it came out, as far as I can tell. The classic block-dropping game has an official Android port and a free, ...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Dec 07, 2011
YouTube link for mobile viewing
Music has always held a special place in my life. I did choir, play the tuba, and am majoring in music in college. Unfortunately, music doesn't usually make a c...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Dec 03, 2011
YouTube link for mobile viewing
Sometimes I come across a game that makes me feel really dumb really challenges the ol' noggin of mine, and I know I just have to share it with yo...
Review
by Jared DiPane
Nov 04, 2011
Looking for something a little more challenging for yourself than flinging some birds across a screen? The folks at Second Lion have released Revolutionizer for Android, a rather interesting a...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Sep 19, 2011
YouTube link for mobile viewing
I don't like bugs but I do like puzzles. I'm not particularly fond of spiders, either (too many eyes and legs for my taste), so the idea of depriving them of...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Sep 05, 2011
YouTube link for mobile viewingI think I've already established that I like me some words. Give me something that forces my noggin to make sense of a nebulous jumble of letters and I'm a happy m...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 01, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewing Here's one for all you Lego geeks out there (which includes us, of course). The popular Creationary game has come to Android. Like the traditional board game, the premi...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Jul 30, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewingAndroid tablets are great educational (and babysitting) tools. And it's with that in mind that we take a look at Kids Maps, as reviewed by a soon-to-be 5-year-old.Kids ...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Jul 22, 2011
YouTube link for mobile viewing We were all kids once (right?), and a staple of kid-dom was stacking up dominoes only to knock them down. Easy, dumb simple, clean fun. Now we're old and haggard, but t...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Jul 22, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewing Let's face it: If you want to properly review a kids' app, you've got to get a kid to do it. So we armed Daughter No. 1 with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the &q...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Jul 11, 2011
The video up there says it all. Wiz Kid Jr. is a fast-paced, puzzle-based game that challenges not only your finger dexterity but also your forethought and ability to adapt on-the-fly. The idea i...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Jun 28, 2011
X Construction is a titular, physics-based game focused around building a safe enough bridge for a train to pass over it without plunging to its doom. It's entertaining, challenging, and definit...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
May 13, 2011
As long as I'm on a kick with games that make me think of movies, I've got to mention Micronytes. This is an absolutely incredible platformer that just reeks of Fantastic Voyage. Instead of a blood c...
Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 28, 2010
Games in the Android Market are growing, both in number and in quality, by leaps and bounds, and now we have a top notch logic puzzle to waste countless hours on -- the Impossible Level Game. Th...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
May 07, 2010
Legos? Check. Droid? Check. Puzzle problem solver? Check. What you see above is being used to trumpet the ARM processor inside the Motorola Droid (as well as any number of other smartphones). The...
