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A textbook example of recursive Sokoban, structured as a master class in pedagogy.
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Grill a sausage evenly on all six sides. The difficulty is almost a joke.
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Search a police database of live-action video clips to reconstruct the story of a missing husband. An FMV mystery.
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A robot solves trials in Roman-style ruins while a voice in their head questions their selfhood and divinity.
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Inside a white box, push, raise, and bounce off colored blocks. A first-person physics puzzle.
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Gels and lasers expand the portal vocabulary into a larger, co-op-ready peak of the genre.
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Dive into other characters' minds and solve the puzzles their inner worlds present. A peculiar 3D adventure.
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