Mind Machine

A new week-end is about to start so let me bring to your attention a new game. This time it is not a puzzle, a quest, a shooter or stuff like that, but it's a mind game. Basically, the mind games that go around this business are never so entertaining or funny. But most of them have a really bad graphic.

This game is not the best of the best either, but at least it has the capacity to keep you hooked on it and not for a little while.

Mind Machine is a game that contains 8 or 10 other games. You can start with whatever mode you feel like. This because all of them have various difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard or Insane. The Easy levels are basically easy. But the Insane ones - those are pretty... confusing.

After you finish a challenge and you've seen on the screen how the points gather, at the end of the game you will end up with 0 points and a failed test. When this happens you don't know exactly if it's a bug or you simply could not make it.

On the other hand, this game can be played alone, which is a good thing. You can choose from games like Match Maker, where you have a board filled with pairs of objects. Look carefully where the objects are placed, because after a few seconds the board will go blank and it is your job to discover the pairs.

Toten Recall is another nice game, even if it's a bit shorter than the others. You have a whole totem statue with two missing pieces. On the right and on the left side you have eight different tiles of the totem, but only two of them will match the puzzle. Those two are pretty easy to find. This is a test that you must pass by all means.

MisMatch puts you in the simple position to choose the twin object that is shown in the centered picture. You'll find the game-play fun, but eventually boring. You would fail just in case you're blind folded.

MathemAntics is, let's say, a more challenging game. You have to pay much attention to the question that is asked. You'll have 3 dices and sometimes the request is to show the lowest value, the higher value or the middle one. You'll find yourself losing this one if you don't read the question.

Are they the same? is another game that will put in scale two objects. This is a tricky one. Sometimes the question is: "Are they the same?" or "Are they different?". The funny part is that after you got two twin objects and suddenly on the scale two fruits appear (ex: apple and grapes) and the question is "Are they the same?" you tent to click NO. But then again... Are you sure? They're both fruits.

Here you will encounter another annoying thing. You will never know what exactly to choose when a situation like this comes. Because sometimes the answer is good, but other times it is not. But if you at least answer to the "twin images" good, you'll pass this one.

The Twilight Phone is a game that will make you use your entire attention. The computer will dial a number and then you have to repeat the same dialing. At first it will be easy, but as you go on the dialing will speed up and it will be pretty hard for you to catch up.

Mind Machine has a few other games that wait to be discovered and which you can enjoy. Anyway, if you get bored playing alone, there is a multiplayer section in which two or more players can compete.

In other words, Mind Machine has its bugs, but also it is fun. It's challenging and time consuming, so that makes it the perfect candidate for a work break or a boring afternoon.

Enjoy!