Why Play Chuzzle?
Chuzzle is the "softer" cousin to Bejeweled. Cute Chuzzles observe your every turn with their mischevious, watchful eyes. Moving around the Chuzzle board is like gliding around on a polished wood floor in your coziest furry slippers. At the same time, Chuzzle delivers great fitness benefits. To quote the PopCap website:
"A non-stop explosion of adorable matching action… from PopCap! They’re cute. They’re cuddly. They’re explosive! And there’s only one way to make these googly-eyed furballs happy: give ’em a pop! Just slide, prod and nudge the chuzzles to match three or more, and send fur flying and eyeballs bouncing!
Break free from puzzle locks, and boost your score with colorful cascades and combos. Brighten your day by making Rainbow, Giant and Super chuzzles. There’s never a dull moment — so pop your way to an overflowing Trophy Room today! "
Yes, there are plenty of incentives to play Chuzzle built right in to the game. Chuzzle could likely reduce depression at about the same rate as Bejeweled and Peggle seem to. Playing always generates smile... and great balance training. Because one needs to SELECT a Chuzzle to drag and match the footwork is a challenging blend of balance and cross lateral movement. One foot steps on the one or two FootPOWR squares mapped to the LEFT mouse button while the other foot taps the cursor in the direction the Chuzzle must be dragged. You've got to try it (FREE at PopCap.com) to understand these nuances. If sport, balance and fitness , as well as good brain training are your goals then Chuzzle is your game. Did we mention the fun and cool aesthetics? Terrific!
Check out our Grade 3-8 Project "Chuzzle Chase."
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Bejeweled Benefits |
Bookworm Adventure |
AstroPop |
Peggle Benefits |
Chuzzle Benefits |
Zuma Benefits |
| Patterning, Prediction, Analysis | High benefit | High | High | High | High | High |
| Eye-Tracking | High | Moderate | High | Moderate | High | High |
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Improved motor skills, timing, planning |
Moderate | Low | High | High | Moderate | High |
| Sequencing, Coordination, rhythm, balance | High | moderate | High | Moderate | High - added balance and coordination | High |
| Increased oxygen to the brain | moderate aerobic | low aerobic | High aerobic | low aerobic | High aerobic | High aerobic |
| Increased focus | High | High | High | High | High | High |
| Direct academic application | Calms, reduces stress | Spelling, vocabulary | High activity level | calms, reduces stress | High activity level | High activity level |
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| Bejeweled 2 | Bookworm Adventure | AstroPop | Peggle | Chuzzle | ZUMA |
