Worthplaying Preview: I Heart Geeks

WP reports:

”Ah, to be a geek. Geekiness used to be verboten and undesirable. Sure, being smart was useful, but being a geek meant constant comparisons to Steve Urkel and always being the butt of sophomoric humor. My, how times have changed. Thanks to the success of Google, being a geek is now chic, and game developers have picked up on the trend with brain teasers like Brain Age, Capcom Puzzle World, Puzzle Quest and Tetris DS. Building on the theme, CDV is ready to kick things up a notch with its upcoming I Heart Geeks, which just might be a contender for best puzzle game of the year.

As the protagonist, you play a geek on a quest to outsmart the bullies by using your brains rather than your brawn. Along the way, you’ll get lessons from other geeks, as they explain how different puzzle pieces work. You see, unlike a traditional puzzle game where you focus on matching up blocks, I Heart Geeks has you building basic machines. Engineer the machine correctly, and you move on to the next level. Fail to get everything working as it should, and you have to start from scratch.”