A Slow Week In Gamey Town

I haven’t had time to sink my teeth into anything particularly meaty of late, but in the spare moments I can grab, I have been playing Picross.

My strengths do not lie in mathematics or logic (for example, I can do algebra, but not geometric proofs), and I have avoided the subjects as much as possible since leaving school. This type of puzzle (known as a nonogram) helps me exercise those little-used areas of my brain. In fact, I was feeling so good about my puzzling ability that I (successfully!) tried my hand at a few of the traditional-style logic puzzles on Puzzlers Paradise.

But after two sessions of “whose wife with which last name prefers what sport” and “which puppet show discussed what topic at what time”, I had to give my brain a break, and clicked on over to Orsinal’s soothing pastels and gentle background music. I love how balanced these games feel; they’re never complicated or strenuous, and they tend to loop, so as long as you’ve got enough skill, you could continue playing forever.

Speaking of forever, that’s how long I could gaze at this gif of a panda rolling down a hill: