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JiG Review: Use Boxmen

JiG writes: "It sounds fairly simple and straightforward, but it's not, really. You are a little blue boxman. Correction, you are a "strange, superior figure" that controls the cheerful looking little blue boxman in his quest to collect the spinning box at the end of every level. Why? Because the narrator told you to, that's why. Sounds easy enough, sure, but now let's throw in some spikes, switches, traps, big giant black tooth looking things that can kill you with a tiny touch, and some death defying leaps and all of a sudden what seemed simple just got a whole lot tougher."

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IGN: Indie Pick of the Week: Use Boxmen

In the spirit of games like N and Fancy Pants Adventures, Use Boxmen is a puzzle platformer that gives players disposable friends they can use to reach each level's goal. As the title suggests, you can use these boxmen as stand-ins to trigger switches or pull levers for you while you make your exit. You only have a limited amount of men at your disposal, though, so you'll have to think carefully about how best to make use of them.