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Put your brain to the test with 3D puzzles

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Why you can trust SCMP
James Whittle

PQ: Practical Intelligence Quotient is a 3D puzzler for the PlayStation Portable from D3 and Now Production. It takes place in a world that looks and feels like a cross between the movies Tron and Cube.

Unfortunately, your avatar does not look like Jeff Bridges wearing a one-piece suit and resembling a circuit board with a bicycle helmet.

The game is a collection of 3D logic puzzles that requires players to move their avatars from the room entrance to the exit located at the opposite end. To do that, gamers must push, pull and carry blocks, navigate around obstacles and avoid laser beams and guards.

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The game claims to measure your intelligence by calculating how many turns and how much time it takes you to solve each puzzle. It is based on the modularity theory of intelligence, which looks for answers on how the mind works and its development.

The game's producers claim that Kyoto University psychology professor Masuo Koyasu has researched PQ and verified the accuracy of its title scoring system.

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I would not put too much stock in the claim that this is a genuinely quantifiable intelligence test. So treat it at face value: PQ is a simple 3D puzzle game and fun to play. There is, however, one flaw with the scoring system. You can cheat to increase your score by simply quitting, going back to the main menu and doing the problem again.

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