I love the recent rash of physics-based games for portable devices. My seven-year-old son loves them, too. He'll spend hours devising ways to solve the puzzles. I was lucky enough to have The ...

In the early 1990s, there was a fantastically geeky game called The Incredible Machine. I was a young adult, probably older than the intended demographic, but I ate it up. (I’m sure some of you out in ...

Fantastic Contraption, one of the first (and still one of the best) VR puzzle games out there, is finally coming to PSVR on July 11th and has been specially tuned for the platform, including unique ...

Ever since Fantastic Contraption [UploadVR review: 8/10] released alongside the HTC Vive earlier this year, it’s been a staple of any Vive gamer’s library. The simple premise of getting the thing to ...

Nearly two years after its initial release for the HTC Vive, VR puzzler Fantastic Contraption is getting a major new update bringing on more levels and new gameplay elements. The 2.0 update is ...

Pacing back and forth across the green floor, I don’t think I’m any closer to solving the puzzle. I’ve spent probably half an hour on this one alone. I pull piece after piece from over my shoulders, ...

Welcome back to The Jewels of Apator, a biweekly column from Ann & Jeff VanderMeer about the intersection between art and the fantastic. In La Jolla, California, a very unusual art exhibit called ...