Showing posts with label Brain Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brain Games. Show all posts

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Nintendo DS Screenshots: thinkSMART

I like the concept of much of thinkSMART, but the actual gameplay is overall quite annoying and disappointing.  For example, I like that it is more than just math as it has some verbal stuff, but the analogies are set up as just the words next to and on top of each other with no clear saying what goes with what.  Sure, the instructions probably say and it is rather obvious, but at the same time it is like a distracting eye sore to see it set up so poorly.
The analogy thing is actually not that bad when compared to the Find in the Missing Word activity.  That one is a total mess.  It basically presents a total gibberish phrase and you have to guess what word is missing in a jumble of words.  For example, it presents the words "learn before you to walk" and the answer is run.  I guess it could be seen as a good challenge, but where are the easy things to ease you into the challenge?

The only thing not too challenging was the math stuff, but maybe just because that is more my thing.  I still got annoyed with it, though, as I had problems with it turning my writing into the numbers I wanted.

Overall, I would not recommend thinkSMART to anyone.  There are just too many issues with the game mechanics and not just the challenge.  I guess if you have great patience and are a genius this is good, but even then I doubt it would be interesting.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Nintendo Wii Screenshots: Guilty Party

Guilty Party is an interesting Clue style game. It is fun and challenging with some mini games as part of obtaining the clues. Overall I had a lot of fun playing through the game and finding out the smaller mysteries that lead to solving the major mystery of who is Mr. Valentine. It is a fun twist at the end, although it is obvious who it is in the last mission and you just have to locate the clues to prove it. Major issue is that there is not much replay value and only 7 missions in the first place. Would be nicer if there were more missions.

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Friday, December 24, 2010

iPhone Game Screenshots: Toy Story 3 Memory Match

Toy Story 3 Memory Match is a very simple matching game. It is kind of cool with a Toy Story theme and you can get wallpapers/backgrounds to download. However, overall it is pretty lame, as there is not even any challenge to it, such as big boards or fast rounds against the clock.

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Toy Story 3 Memory Match - Griffin Technology

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

iPhone Game Screenshots: Online Chess by PlayMesh

I love Online Chess by PlayMesh. It does occasionally have lag issues if you have a low signal, but mostly it runs pretty smoothly. Basically it is just speed chess against random real opponents. Most of the time I like that it is a fast paced thing, but sometimes I wish they had options to have slightly longer games, such as 10 minutes per person.

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Chess Online by PlayMesh - PlayMesh

Monday, March 1, 2010

iPhone Game Screenshots: Animal Mechanicals Memory Match

Animal Mechanicals Memory Match is a simple memory match game. There really is not much to it, but it does have colorful and interesting mechanical looking animals graphics. It gets boring fast, but it does serve as a quick distraction and can be a longer one for kids. Decent to have on hand for entertaining kids when on the go. It is especially nice that it is the game's full version, its free, and also ad free.



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Animal Mechanicals: Memory Match

Sunday, February 21, 2010

iPhone Game Screenshots: Tap Sudoku

Tap Sudoku is a pretty good free game. At least if you like sudoku it is fun. The online challenge thing is not as I think you have to pay to get the things to enter. Or you can earn them by downloading other apps, but I download those free apps to get papayas on Papaya farm, so then I cannot do it for this app. Not a needed feature, though, as even without it there is enough fun Sudoku playing for me to enjoy. I do not play it much, but it is a game app I have kept to enjoy every once and while when I want something different than word games and Papaya Farm.

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Tap Sudoku