I love the recent rash of physics-based games for portable devices. My seven-year-old son loves them, too. He'll spend hours devising ways to solve the puzzles. I was lucky enough to have The ...

In the early 1990s, there was a fantastically geeky game called The Incredible Machine. I was a young adult, probably older than the intended demographic, but I ate it up. (I’m sure some of you out in ...

Ever since Fantastic Contraption [Review: 8/10] released alongside the HTC Vive earlier this year, it’s been a staple of any Vive gamer’s library. The simple premise of getting the thing to the goal ...

Pacing back and forth across the green floor, I don’t think I’m any closer to solving the puzzle. I’ve spent probably half an hour on this one alone. I pull piece after piece from over my shoulders, ...

Welcome back to The Jewels of Apator, a biweekly column from Ann & Jeff VanderMeer about the intersection between art and the fantastic. In La Jolla, California, a very unusual art exhibit called ...

We are continually amazed by the things people do with LEGO and Technics, especially those that require incredible engineering skill. There’s an entire community based around building Great Ball ...

While many Minecraft players are aware that flying contraptions can be used to fly above the ground terrain, most are completely unaware that flying contraptions have some uses while in the water. In ...