Hello! Chris and I had a great discussion of puzzle games yesterday for The MoeGamer Podcast, and you can expect this episode to caress your lugholes sometime tomorrow, all being well.
I love me some puzzle games, as you may be able to tell from the Puzzler Essentials articles on my site. It always kind of bummed me out a bit that the puzzle game genre has become the fare of "disposable" mobile games, particularly those rammed with microtransactions, but there's still definitely a market for standalone puzzlers — even with packaged releases. Puyo Puyo Tetris, Soldam and Crystal Crisis (which I will probably pick up next month as I've already spent way too much on games this month!) definitely prove that for sure.
I'm really glad we had the discussion on the podcast, as it provided a good excuse to revisit some old favourites — and to discover some new ones, too. I'm particularly pleased that I discovered Taito's Landmaker, which is a largely unknown but seriously cool game that is absolutely worth exploring if you ever get the chance. The PS1 version has two completely separate game modes that have a very different look and feel to them, with only the core mechanics in common. I really like it and will definitely be revisiting it (and probably writing about it) sometime soon.
Anyway, I hope you've had a good weekend. I'll see you later today for Sunday's actual post; technically this is Saturday's, since I got distracted by all the puzzling! Occupational hazard, I guess…
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