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Meet Your Maker: Harriet Cody, Minty Noodles // Interview

This week, I catch up with Harriet Cody, Head of Creative at Minty Noodles and Lead Designer for the company's debut game, Interstellar Adventures: The Sincerest Form of Flattery. Harriet…

October 3, 2025

Funded Puzzle Games Reviews

Interstellar Adventures: The Sincerest Form of Flattery (Minty Noodles) // Review

Interstellar Adventures: The Sincerest Form of Flattery is a cooperative narrative puzzle game from Minty Noodles. Work cooperatively to solve escape room-style puzzles, complete tactile challenges, and unravel a captivating…

October 1, 2025

Crowdfunding Funded

Mission: Rogue Protocol (Kickstarter)

Red Herring Games has just launched its latest puzzle box on Kickstarter. Mission: Rogue Protocol, as you can probably guess from the title, is a spy-themed game with high stakes.…

September 30, 2025

Crowdfunding Funded

Ministry of Lost Things: Finders Keypers (Kickstarter)

Ministry of Lost Things: Finders Keypers is the second case in the whimsical puzzle series from PostCurious. After a very successful Kickstarter campaign for the first game, M.O.L.T. Scouts from…

September 30, 2025

Puzzle Games Reviews

Ministry of Lost Things: Case 2 – Finders Keypers (PostCurious) // Review

Ministry of Lost Things: Finders Keypers is the second case in the whimsical puzzle adventure series from PostCurious. Whether you are a veteran Scout for the 'Department of Returns' or…

September 29, 2025

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Puzzle Games Reviews

Dinner with Anonymous (Scarlet Envelope) // Review

Dinner with Anonymous is the eighth chapter of a puzzle game anthology series from Scarlet Envelope. Horror comes to the fore in this instalment, which offers up a creepy mystery…

September 27, 2025

Puzzle Games Reviews

Ministry of Lost Things: Case 1 – Lint Condition (PostCurious) // Review

Ministry of Lost Things: Lint Condition is the first case in a whimsical puzzle game series from PostCurious. Take up the role of Scout at the Ministry of Lost Things…

September 22, 2025

Interviews Meet Your Maker

Meet Your Maker: Emilie, Detective Box // Interview

My latest Meet Your Maker features Emilie Bernier O'Donnell, the founder and CEO of Detective Box. She is an entrepreneur who loves games so much that she has created several…

September 19, 2025

Murder in Prague (Whodunnit) // Review

Ministry of Lost Things: Case 2 – Finders Keypers (PostCurious) // Review

Pandora’s Legacy (TED-Ed & PostCurious) // Review

Meet Your Maker: Harriet Cody, Minty Noodles // Interview

Interstellar Adventures: The Sincerest Form of Flattery (Minty Noodles) // Review

Mission: Rogue Protocol (Kickstarter)

Ministry of Lost Things: Finders Keypers (Kickstarter)

Ministry of Lost Things: Case 2 – Finders Keypers (PostCurious) // Review

Dinner with Anonymous (Scarlet Envelope) // Review

Ministry of Lost Things: Case 1 – Lint Condition (PostCurious) // Review

Meet Your Maker: Emilie, Detective Box // Interview

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