In that way, it is kind of like Sudoku, as the makers suggest. No story line, and a fairly simple progression (no hidden levels or minibosses or things of that nature), but plenty of puzzles to keep you occupied. So overall, it’s pretty good for a puzzle game. I play games on the plane, in waiting areas, at home laying in bed next to my sweet Sami, and all kinds of other places where the sound would be a distraction to others, and I don’t like wearing the ear-buds. One of the things that I like best is, when you start the game, you are asked immediately if you want the sound on. It will definitely keep you occupied for a while. The puzzles start with the fairly simple, to give you a chance to learn the “tricks,” and then become more and more complex. There are a lot of puzzles–over 300, according to the Handy Games folks. “Solid” is the best word to describe it, and I mean that in a good, rather than stodgy way. I like the game’s look and feel the graphics are not spectacular, but are well-rendered and reliable–you don’t get block pixels or visual glitches or any of that other annoying hoo-haw. And not because of the game itself, really–well, I’ll tell you all about it.įirst, the good. And if ever there was a game I had severely mixed feelings about, it’s this one. With that in mind, I tested out infeCCt, a new game by the folks at Handy Games.

(Also card games, but that’s another review.) Thumb-twitch games are tough on the heavy traveler. I travel a lot, and so even though I enjoy things like Dark Nebula, Earthworm Jim (yay!), and Cro-Mag Rally, puzzle games like Myst or Beneath a Steel Sky or Bookworm or Glyph are better for me, as they are easy to stop in the middle, the time pressure isn’t a big issue, and I don’t have to worry about being jostled or hitting air-pockets and losing a life as a result.

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