Happy Friday! Here’s a puzzle to do while you’re pretending to work. Use the comments if you want to collaborate, but avoid them if you’d rather work it out yourself! If you’re still stumped, we’ll reveal the answer on Monday.
You Should Play Nuts
Nuts is a puzzle game where players must set up a series of surveillance cameras to hunt down a squirrel and find their hidden stash of food. Wandering through a hazy maze of trees to find the perfect space to drop a camera is a surprisingly tricky mind teaser that challenges memorization skills. The game’s concept is…
The Gorgeous Indie Game Vane Won't Be Out For A Long While
Vane is an exploration game where you play as a young kid that sometimes transforms into a bird. The trailers released since it was revealed in 2014 have each been beautiful, moody cinematic shorts unto themselves. It was supposed to be released last year, but wasn’t. And it might not come out this year, either, said…
The Puzzle Of A Lifetime
The first time I played Gorogoa, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.
Colorful and quirky PS4 puzzle box game Gnog is now available on iOS. The game works well on touchscreen devices, using taps and swipes to open hatches, flip switches and generally poke about in order to solve a series of clever mechanical puzzles. Check out our PS4 impressions for more on Ko-op Mode’s charming little…
Adorable Puzzle-Platformer About Mushroom Men Is Surprisingly Hard
In Mushroom Heroes, I’m looking at a fast-moving platform over a bed of spikes. Timing my jump is one thing, but figuring out which character should jump first is another. There could be a monster on the other side of the ledge, and there’s only one person who uses arrows. There might be blocks to push around,…
Look At This Bad Mario Puzzle
Nintendo has released a one thousand piece Mario puzzle, and there’s something wrong with it. Can you guess?
Killer Goat Man Chases You In This Puzzle Based Visual Novel
When you think of a visual novel, you probably think of pursuing super sexy romantic interests (or pigeons). Most of the interactions in these games involve choosing which way to compliment your virtual crush. At first I thought Let’s Meat Adam would be another dating simulator (only this time with goats). But it’s…
Old Man's Journey Is As Wistful As It Sounds
Old Man’s Journey is a gentle storybook like adventure through an elderly man’s scattered memories as he walks his way to an inevitably sad conclusion.
A Look Back At Fez's Unsolvable "Black Monolith" Puzzle
Vibrantly-pixelated indie darling Fez turned five years old this week, so it’s the perfect time to celebrate the game’s strangest puzzle and the community of players who devoted themselves to solving it.
The Talos Principle, last year's terrific puzzler from the developers of Serious Sam, is getting an expansion called The Road to Gehenna. Following a different character, it'll launch on PC this spring, and come to PS4 and Nvidia Shield later this year.
The First Five Minutes Of Parallax, First-Person Portal Puzzler
Traversing portals to solve puzzles split between two worlds, one black and white, the other white and black? Sounds like a simple enough concept to grasp in five minutes.
How To Get The Good Ending In Five Nights at Freddy's 3
Unlike previous Five Nights games, Five Nights at Freddy's 3 has multiple endings. There is a bad ending, where you beat the game and the animatronics continue being haunted. And there is a good ending, where you put the spirits of the dead children to rest.
Someone Might Have Solved The Silent Hills' Teaser's Biggest Puzzle
It didn't take long for people to "beat" the Silent Hills teaser—but nobody understood how exactly they did it. There were theories, sure, but nothing concrete...until now.
I Admit Defeat. The Icarus Box Has Bested Me.
I have stared and poked at this image for more than an hour over the past two days. I touch it, a red card pops up and a buzzer sounds. I have no idea what to do here, and The Icarus Box isn't keen to tell me.
Ridiculously Obscure "Black Monolith" in Fez Rallies Gamers To A Group Effort
Fez is no stranger to obscure puzzles. The game is absolutely littered with them, some more complicated than others.
Portal 2, The Best Game of 2011 is the Kotaku Game Club's First Game of 2012!
Welcome back, Game Club! It's a brand new year, and we should make sure to start it on the right foot, right? There's no better way to do that, I think, then to play a game we know is going to be great. Since we just gave Portal 2 our Game of the Year Award, I'm pretty sure it's a good choice.
