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All games have a theme (let's say, space) and a game mechanic (shooting). So what can we get if we jumble all that up?

Poem Puzzle - displays a poem on the screen with a word missing - can you guess what it is? Might be really nice to record what people type and display stuff like "1% thought, 'I wandered as lonely as a leopard.'

Tea Sokoban - shunt the teabag into the cup to make a lovely cup of tea.

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    kaolinfire
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    Fri Mar 6, 2009 at 02:42 am
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    Thank you. My brain's needed jump-starting all week. I don't know if this will have done it, in the end, but is seems like it has a good chance of it. :)
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    Mon Sep 1, 2008 at 07:59 am
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    I'm sorry to say this but this game is sokoban with different graphics!It's not a new game,there's nothing original about it.a new game should have something different in the game-playing, otherwise why would anyone switch from the original?
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    Sat Aug 16, 2008 at 02:46 pm
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    Just thought I'd point out that it'll never sell to the Merkins as they use 911 to call the emergency services. Other countries mainly use 112 but just to be different, Australia uses 000. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_call
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    Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 08:37 am
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    ...there's something weirdly addictive to us about sorting, ordering, fixing. I think most truly addictive games fall into this 'tidy up gaming' categry. So there you go, secret to making the next tetris. No need to be tabloid friendly.
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    Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 08:34 am
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    There's something in our human nature that drives us to tidy up. Throw in some simple rules and you're on to a winner. It could be clearing the scattered balls on the pool table, solving a rubik's cube, aligning shapes, ordering cards, eating dots..
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