#193: Brain worms

Solving the biggest puzzle of all: how to make Hit Points feel like less of an idiot.

Puzzle games are my kryptonite. Not all puzzle games, mind you — I can hold my own in a word game, a match-three mechanic, or Puzzle Fighter Turbo if that counts — but those properly thinky ones? Games like Stephen’s Sausage Roll or Baba Is You? Nah, not for me. I can see what they’re trying to do, can appreciate and respect their intricacy and obvious …