A lot of times, educational games wind up being so exclusionary they alienate everyone who doesn’t have mad hair, coke-bottle glasses and the ability to follow an electrical circuit through a blueprint.

Speaking of electrical circuits, Electric Box is a fun diversion that requires some minor brain-stretching while you try to rig up electricity to a generator. Electricity converts from light, steam, and magnetism across a series of increasingly convoluted or deceptively complex boards. Devices like magnets, steam detectors, and IPS batteries, and a technical layout help make would-be and veteran engineers alike feel right at home. Check out the game at http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/483818, and try out Candystand.com if you get geeky enough to make your own electrically undernourished levels.