First Impression:  Boring

Second, and third, impression: Intriguing

First off I apparently use 9 percent of my brain, while Matt and my sister only use 8 percent, so ipso facto I’m more intelligent than Matt Banks and my sister.

Now to the game– Brain Challenge by Gameloft, a 1000 point Wii Ware download.  It’s fun, and definitely a great game for a large group of people who might want to embarrass themselves in front of friends (if only they had to spell words and do math problems).  Playing this game by yourself is not only slightly depressing, but rather boring.  But fighting to the death in brain challenges against your friends and family (mortal enemies) is invigorating.  There are 5 different sections when you play single player; Logic, Math, Visual, Focus, and Memory.  It’s pretty obvious what each section involves.  Logic involves completing puzzles while the math section involves equations and cubes where you have to go around the cube adding, subtraction, dividing, or multiplying a specific number (this one is hard to describe so deal with it).  The focus section tests you on which ball bounces higher; memory tests how well you remember different paths; and the visual section tests you on which items weigh more based on items on scales (sometimes a carrot weighs more than an airplane), as well as matching faces.  Some of the specific tests are described poorly and are difficult to understand what they in fact want you to do, but after playing a little while it’s easy to eventually figure it all out.

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