Video Game Genres Explained: From Action and RPG to Roguelike
Definitions, origins, landmark titles and subgenres of the major game genres—action, RPG, strategy, puzzle, simulation, adventure and roguelike.
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History of Jigsaw Puzzles — From 18th-Century Maps to Mobile Apps
How the jigsaw puzzle went from a 1760s London map lesson to a Depression-era craze, die-cut mass production, and digital apps, plus tips to solve faster.
The Portal Series: Valve's First-Person Puzzle Classic
The origins of Portal (2007) and Portal 2 (2011), how the portal gun puzzles work, why they're classics, their influence, and how to play them today.
The History of Puzzle Games: From Tetris to Mobile Puzzlers
From Sokoban, Tetris, Lemmings and Minesweeper to Bejeweled, match-3, Portal and The Witness: how puzzle games evolved through logic and physics puzzles.
The History of Spot the Difference and Hidden Pictures, Plus Tips
From kids' magazine hidden pictures, Where's Wally?, and bar touchscreens to mobile apps: the history of seek puzzles, why we miss differences, and tips.