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Monday Mind Teasers: I saw her standing there

 . . . but then she was a zombie. This enjoyably simple game popped up on Reddit over the weekend and its concept and music carry it a long way beyond its sparse graphics and easy difficulty. The KrangGames flash game on...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: I saw her standing there photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July! For those of you who didn't get a chance to enjoy any fireworks tonight, this Destructoid header image goes out to you! You know how it works by now. With the help of each other, try to figure out all of th...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Happy 4th of July! photo


Monday Mind Teasers: Happy 4th of July! photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Happy 4th of July! photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Happy 4th of July! photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Happy 4th of July! photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Happy 4th of July! photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Happy 4th of July! photo



Monday Mind Teaser: Otomata

Since you guys liked Sembeo sound matrix so much, here's another spatial sound synthesizer program that lets you create music. This one feels slightly more like a game in that each note has an intended direction to it, so by ...   more

Monday Mind Teaser: Otomata photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Z-Type, Word Shoot, Ys Typing Tutor

I saw this wonderful vocabulary game on Reddit a few months ago and have been meaning to post it ever since. I've been busy with the Flixist launch for the last few months, but now that things are stable and awesome on a dail...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Z-Type, Word Shoot, Ys Typing Tutor photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Super PSTW RPG

This week I'm taking it easy on your brains. Really easy. Super incredibly hyperbole easy. So easy that reading this paragraph might be harder for some of our readers than actually beating this game. If you're ready to set ou...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Super PSTW RPG photo

Monday Mind Teaser: Sembeo sound matrix

No, that's not a piece of pixel art, nor is it a Myst puzzle key. It's a lovely spatial sound synthesizer flash program that lets you plug in notes like a monochromatic Lite-Brite toy that creates music depending on which axi...   more

Monday Mind Teaser: Sembeo sound matrix photo

Monday Mind Teasers! Doodle Devil

Remember the addictive Doodle God flash game that was online for free and extended on the iPhone for $1? Well JoyBits has brought us Doodle Devil, with more evil Halloween influenced spells this time around. It's still j...   more

Monday Mind Teasers! Doodle Devil photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Depict1

From mirosurabu -- the man who brought us the much loved Tower of Heaven port -- comes another intriguing flash game port of a free, downloadable PC game. It's pretty impressive that Kyle Pulver made this entire game in ...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Depict1 photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Worm Food (Hell yeah! Tremors game!)

Reasons why you should play this game: You play as a Tremor grabboid creature.  Tremors is probably the best monster movie ever made. Playing as a Tremor is basically Tony Hawk meets Echo meets Black & White. You ge...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Worm Food (Hell yeah! Tremors game!) photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Particle Destroyer

Recently on Reddit, I discovered quite the artistically pleasing recreation of the old Breakout game. Those of you who are flash code fanatics can dig through all of its lines of code here, but since its code credits are in J...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Particle Destroyer photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Doodle God

The previous Monday Mind Teaser game Fault Line was a big hit with readers, and I think this week's game will be too! For those of you like me, who refuse to upgrade to an iPhone or similar device, you can play nearly 100% of...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Doodle God photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Fault Line

I've lost count of how many Portal styled map manipulation flash game spinoffs I've posted for Monday Mind Teasers, but I have yet to find one I didn't like. It's impressive how many different directions the mechanic can be t...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Fault Line photo

Monday Mind Teaser: The Company of Myself

Let me be very clear: The Company of Myself is brilliant. I'm a lifelong defender of the gaming industry as one of the best art mediums the future has to offer, but due to my high expectations I often find myself not agreeing...   more

Monday Mind Teaser: The Company of Myself photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Towlr

In the previous Monday Mind Teaser we gave Closure another look, and since then it went on to win an award in "Excellence in Audio" at the Independent Games Festival. Closure definitely has other strong points, but for going ...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Towlr photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Closure

This week's puzzle game will either fascinate or terrify you. Maybe both. Oh, and unlike recent mind teasers, it's so impressive that it's being remade for a PC release, which is up for three IGF award nominations and will be...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Closure photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Starmageddon

After last week's Blosics 2 physics box bonanza I was in the mood for a dark and deep puzzle adventure game this week, but Gateway ended up being way too short, and its sequel is barely more than a buggy remake. So this ...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Starmageddon photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Blosics 2

Do you like explosions? Of course you do. Pixel art adventure games are fun and all, but sometimes I just need digital destruction to keep me amused. Throw in some slingshot game design, particle scatter physics, 30 levels an...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Blosics 2 photo

Monday Mind Teasers: One Button Bob

Hey, this is certainly no Robot Unicorn Attack, but I'm still confident this gorgeous pixel art game will be one of the better flash games of 2010. If Boomshine was the Fl0w of indie flash games this year, and Adult Swim's Ro...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: One Button Bob photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Robot Unicorn Attack

Yes, you read that correct. This week's Monday Masculinity Teaser is none other than the famous phantasmagorical stallion sidescroller game, Robot Unicorn Attack. It's already sold 2 million copies worldwide, won three Game o...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Robot Unicorn Attack photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Epsilon [Update]

Did you survive the last mind teaser with your brain intact? Good! Because it's time to put your head to good use again with this temporal puzzle game. If you even remotely enjoyed Portal, then this is a flash game you defini...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Epsilon [Update] photo

Monday Brainssss Teasers: zOMGies

This week's Monday Mind Teasers game is a lot like the last one . . . except with zombies. Okay, so not really. Instead of a sidescroller where you constantly dodge different shaped obstacles, you're challenged to outrun a ne...   more

Monday Brainssss Teasers: zOMGies photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Drag Box

Last week's Boomshine game did a phenomenal job at keeping things as simple as possible while still being thoroughly enjoyable. This week's game does a great job of taking a similarly simple concept, but instead making it mor...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Drag Box photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Boomshine

Did you survive the last Monday Mind Teaser challenge? There were many casualties and a lot of great men, women, and robots were lost to The World's Hardest Game. I contemplated slapping everyone in the face with the game's s...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Boomshine photo

Monday Mind Teasers: The World's Hardest Game

Warning: The following may not be suitable for minors who are living completely happy lives. Do not, under any circumstances, attempt to play this game if you have any other plans for the rest of your night, or if you or your...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: The World's Hardest Game photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Road Blocks

Many of you will know exactly how this week's game is played just by looking at the picture above. There's been dozens of these ball bounce puzzle mazes over the years, and they never get old to me. With this one being releas...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Road Blocks photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Electric Box

Now that we're done with the mushy feelings involved with last week's series of emotional mind teaser games, it's time for another brainiac physics puzzle game! This one offers fifteen levels that will teach and torment you w...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Electric Box photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Colour My Heart & Colour My Dreams

Last week proved that great music in a game can make all the difference, and easily turn a decent game into something much more impacting and memorable. This week we visit the Colour series once again, as we get caught up wit...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Colour My Heart & Colour My Dreams photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Colour My World

This week's mind teaser uses even less color than last week's fun hacking simulator game. Colour My World was rated as one of the top five Newgrounds games of October, and when you beat it in just five minutes, but still feel...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Colour My World photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Exploit

Last week's outdoors creature killer tactics game was inspired by a recent camping trip, whereas this week's hacking mind teaser is inspired by the start of dropping temperatures and my winter recluse phase. I might be a comp...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Exploit photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Bloody Fun Day

Did everyone escape the clutches of last week's locked room game? Great! This week we face a whole different type of mind teaser game, with both turn-based and path-based strategies to consider at each step along the way.I ju...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Bloody Fun Day photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Sagrario’s Room Escape

Calling all claustrophobics! Step right up, and don't bother closing the door behind you because it's already closed. And locked. And, oh, look at that. The handle is missing. I hate it when that happens! That's right, we've ...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Sagrario’s Room Escape photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Tank Search

With a name like Tank Search, you might expect another violent game like last week's KOI2, but instead we'll just be looking for tanks -- not using them. Paperbat's game is very simple and very addictive, and if you've ever s...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Tank Search photo

Monday Mind Teasers: KOI2

Last week was full of violence as Karoshi (Japanese for "death by overwork") brought us countless levels involving suicide strategies. If you thought that was the peak of Japanese odd vocabulary and Japanese-themed ...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: KOI2 photo

Monday (mutilation) Mind Teasers: Karoshi series

Last week we played through a game where your future self torments you. This week we just plain old fashion torment ourselves. "Karoshi" is a Japanese word for "death by overwork" and with our hard working...   more

Monday (mutilation) Mind Teasers: Karoshi series photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Time Fcuk

So how did last week's browser Diablo 2 clone game go? Did you point and click to your heart's content? Good. Because now I've got much more of a "mind teaser" game for you, and it comes in the form of everyone's fa...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Time Fcuk photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Merlin's Revenge 2

Are you done walking in circles from last week? This week we have a spectacular game that shouldn't be too hard to convince you to play. First question: did you love Diablo 2? Thought so. Last question: do you like flash game...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Merlin's Revenge 2 photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Walking In Circles

On our previous flash adventure we ran into yet another locked room and most of us promptly conquered the “escape the room” in record time. However, this time around the block won't be as easy, and will constitute...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Walking In Circles photo


Monday Mind Teasers: Walking In Circles photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Walking In Circles photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Walking In Circles photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Walking In Circles photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Walking In Circles photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Walking In Circles photo



Monday Mind Teasers: Swan's Room

Last week had not one, but twelve puzzles for you to peruse over in the past week, and I encourage you to go back and give them each a try if you haven't yet. However, if you're all caught up and ready for a few more mind tea...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Swan's Room photo

Monday Mind Teasers: GROW Games

Anyone beat last week's mind teaser yet? Didn't think so. Okay, no more games until we get past that hellacious hurdle -- see you next week!Okay, okay, okay. I'm not that cruel. But I am cruel enough to introduce you to the G...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: GROW Games photo


Monday Mind Teasers: GROW Games photo
Monday Mind Teasers: GROW Games photo
Monday Mind Teasers: GROW Games photo
Monday Mind Teasers: GROW Games photo
Monday Mind Teasers: GROW Games photo
Monday Mind Teasers: GROW Games photo



Monday Mind Teasers: Not Pr0n

Last week's trip down mind teaser memory lane brought us back to the clicking nightmare known as Crimson Room. Now that some of us have escaped once again with our sanities intact, we run in fear to the first door we can find...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Not Pr0n photo


Monday Mind Teasers: Not Pr0n photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Not Pr0n photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Not Pr0n photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Not Pr0n photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Not Pr0n photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Not Pr0n photo



Monday Mind Teasers: Crimson Room

"Ahhhh!" "The horror!" "Minimize in fear!" These screams might well describe your reaction to this game back in 2004 when it first hit the Internet. And boy did it hit us hard. Don't let its simp...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Crimson Room photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Samorost 1 & Samorost 2

After last week's little game Little Wheel, I decided to make this week dedicated to the game that heavily influenced it and countless of other online flash games back in the day. Is Samorost older than the Internets? Yes. Is...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Samorost 1 & Samorost 2 photo

Monday Mind Teasers: Little Wheel

Hey guys and gamer girls, I hope your minds are extra alert tonight since I'm introducing a new direction for this weekly feature. This mind teaser column was the first reoccurring article on the site, and after mor...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Little Wheel photo

Monday Mind Teasers: "I have GOT to get me one of these!"

You know how it works! With the help of each other, try to figure out all of the disguised game covers. They all share a common theme that, once solved, can help you figure out the harder ones. This week's theme is both relev...   more

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Monday Mind Teasers: "You stay classy"

You know how it works! With the help of each other, try to figure out all of the disguised game covers. They all share a common theme that, once solved, can help you figure out the harder ones. This week we have a lot of diff...   more

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Monday Mind Teasers: I ain't afraid of no teasers!

You know how it works! With the help of each other, try to figure out all of the disguised game covers. They all share a common theme that, once solved, can help you figure out the harder ones. This week we have a bunch of me...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: I ain't afraid of no teasers! photo


Monday Mind Teasers: I ain't afraid of no teasers! photo
Monday Mind Teasers: I ain't afraid of no teasers! photo
Monday Mind Teasers: I ain't afraid of no teasers! photo
Monday Mind Teasers: I ain't afraid of no teasers! photo
Monday Mind Teasers: I ain't afraid of no teasers! photo
Monday Mind Teasers: I ain't afraid of no teasers! photo



Monday Mind Teasers: Mind Teasers to my ears

You know how it works! With the help of each other, try to figure out all of the disguised game covers. They all share a common theme that, once solved, can help you figure out the harder ones. This week we have a large quant...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Mind Teasers to my ears photo


Monday Mind Teasers: Mind Teasers to my ears photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Mind Teasers to my ears photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Mind Teasers to my ears photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Mind Teasers to my ears photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Mind Teasers to my ears photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Mind Teasers to my ears photo



Monday Mind Teasers: Saints Row

You know how it works! With the help of each other, try to figure out all of the disguised game covers. They all share a common theme that, once solved, can help you figure out the harder ones. This week's headline hint is a ...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Saints Row photo


Monday Mind Teasers: Saints Row photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Saints Row photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Saints Row photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Saints Row photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Saints Row photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Saints Row photo



Monday Mind Teasers: Sheeptoid

You know how it works! With the help of each other, try to figure out all of the disguised game covers. They all share a common theme that, once solved, can help you figure out the harder ones. Last week I almost had you guys...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: Sheeptoid photo


Monday Mind Teasers: Sheeptoid photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Sheeptoid photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Sheeptoid photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Sheeptoid photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Sheeptoid photo
Monday Mind Teasers: Sheeptoid photo



Monday Mind Teasers: G-g-g-g-g-U-nit!

You know how it works! With the help of each other, try to figure out all of the disguised game covers. They all share a common theme that, once solved, can help you figure out the harder ones.This week we have a very simple ...   more

Monday Mind Teasers: G-g-g-g-g-U-nit! photo


Monday Mind Teasers: G-g-g-g-g-U-nit! photo
Monday Mind Teasers: G-g-g-g-g-U-nit! photo
Monday Mind Teasers: G-g-g-g-g-U-nit! photo
Monday Mind Teasers: G-g-g-g-g-U-nit! photo
Monday Mind Teasers: G-g-g-g-g-U-nit! photo
Monday Mind Teasers: G-g-g-g-g-U-nit! photo






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