| When we were children, me, my brother and | | | | completed, they take on life and begin moving |
| sister would sit in the family room and do jigsaw | | | | about the screen. Way too cool, as my son would |
| puzzles. I don't want to say exactly how old I am, | | | | say. Somehow, they've managed to give the |
| (my mainly salt and little pepper beard gives a | | | | puzzles a 3D effect, which makes them even |
| good indication), but back then there was no such | | | | more beautiful when they are completed. The |
| thing as cable television. There were only 4 | | | | details are so fine, that you feel like you are |
| channels that were hard to get, even though you | | | | actually in the room shown in the puzzle.Another |
| tried positioning the antenna a thousand different | | | | of my favorite puzzles blends objects into the |
| ways. You had to be able to make your own | | | | picture and you have to find them all in a certain |
| entertainment and our family's favorite was | | | | amount of time. Some of the objects are easy |
| jigsaw puzzles.My brother and I would make a | | | | to locate, but others are so well hidden, it's hard |
| contest of it, while my sister would calmly find | | | | to locate them. You can get hints to their location |
| the pieces and fit them into the puzzle. She | | | | and I am always shocked that I didn't see them |
| always completed more of the puzzle than we | | | | earlier, since they appear to have been "hidden" in |
| did, but that didn't stop us from proclaiming that | | | | plain view. These games are excellent to sharpen |
| we had done the most to complete the | | | | your observation skills and provide exercise for |
| puzzle.Now, instead of buying puzzles at the store, | | | | your mind. Body fitness is given tons of attention, |
| I put them together online. I have to tell you, of | | | | but little is given to how to keep your mind in |
| all the advanced technology out there, the ones | | | | shape. Puzzle games are a great way to do this |
| that have been put into puzzle games amaze me | | | | and provide a lot of entertainment at the same |
| the most. These are interactive puzzles that allow | | | | time.If you really want to get on a mental |
| you to drag the pieces around the screen to | | | | treadmill, try the games that make you find the |
| form it. It may sound boring, but nothing could be | | | | differences in pictures. It might seem easy, but it |
| farther from the truth.My favorite game site, Big | | | | isn't. This weekend my sister is coming for dinner |
| Fish Games, has puzzles that come to life as they | | | | and I'm going to introduce her to these games. |
| take shape. There's one particular game that uses | | | | Finally, after all of these years, I think I may |
| the ocean as a background. You start putting the | | | | actually best her at a puzzle.Gregg Hall is an |
| puzzle together and as the fish shapes are | | | | author living in Navarre Florida. |