![]() ![]() One of the major differences between Arino’s level-1 difficulty and my big-brained level-3 is that easier difficulty levels place an arrow above your bombs that can be seen through the blocks. It might also possibly be 15, but let’s ignore all the less positive outcomes. Not only that, but did you know I have an I.Q. If you manage to clear every block without destroying a forbidden qube, a voice cuts in to declare, “perrrrfect!” I need to hear that more often. Not only did I get to feel superior to Arino for completing it with less difficulty, it feels like it’s designed to make you feel like the smartest person in the room. Surely I could complete it on medium (difficulty level 3). That was part of my reason for playing it. While he’s had a lot of success with puzzle games in the past, it took him 15 hours, and 30 minutes to clear Intelligent Qube on the easiest difficulty. Screenshot by Destructoid Worship meĪrino wasn’t very good at it. You can get by on your beefy thumbs and ability to concentrate for short periods at a time. There’s no need to do any math or articulate good. While it may bake your noodle at times, it actually leans heavier on the typical video game tenants of pattern recognition, situational awareness, and reaction speed. Thankfully, you don’t need to be smart to play Intelligent Qube. I do perfectly well with my undiagnosed stupidity. I don’t need something like that to feel superior to everyone else. without it being an insufferable way of explaining why they’re insufferable. ![]() From a psychological standpoint, I can see the reasoning for having a metric for measuring intelligence, but I’ve never had someone tell me about their I.Q. Intelligent Qube is a play on the concept of Intelligence Quotient, which is a measurement of how superior or inferior someone should feel in comparison to others. Screenshot by Destructoid Undiagnosed stupidity There are a lot of tense moments when you’re running out of room, and a lot of thought is needed to clear the sets of blocks as efficiently and safely as possible. That’s the whole of it, but in practice, it’s a lot more hectic than it sounds. There are also green qubes that will clear out a 3×3 row and can be detonated separately from your normal bomb block. Ideally, you clear as many blocks as you can while avoiding the black “forbidden qubes.” Allowing too many good qubes to fall off the edge or destroying a forbidden qube will slice a row of blocks off the runway, giving you less room to maneuver. ![]() The strategy goes deeper than just survival, however. You need to drop bomb tiles to clear them to get through. You’re placed on a grid-like runway, and a horde of qubes try to run you down. Imagine playing Tetris while trying not to get crushed by the tetrominoes. Intelligent Qube is a puzzle game that drops you on the field. Having it flanked by games like Crash Bandicoot and Parappa the Rapper was pretty distracting. He had a demo disc, which I.Q.: Intelligent Qube was demonstrated on. Most of my experience with it comes from playing on a friend’s. I didn’t own a PlayStation when I was younger. Screenshot by Destructoid Forbidden qubes ![]() It’s a game I did experience in my youth, but it was such a perfect fit for the show’s dramatic embellishments that I felt compelled to play it again. One of the more recent examples is a Playstation game called I.Q.: Intelligent Qube. I sometimes like playing the games “alongside” Arino, experiencing them as he does. Beyond that is the usual parasocial reasons. I love it because it’s a great way to discover games from Japan. He has his successes, but even after two decades of hosting the show, he’s really not that great. The joy comes from the dramatic focus on his struggles. Something of a precursor to the various skits and shows today, it involves a comedian named Shinya Arino as he tackles a wide variety of retro games. There’s one exception to this, and that’s GameCenter CX, a Japanese video game show that started in 2003 and still runs today. I don’t watch much of anything, regardless of it’s TV or movies. If you want the snarky response, I’d say that I prefer to play games rather than watch them, but that’s not really true. I don’t really watch video game shows or streamers. ![]()
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