Many moons ago, when mammoths ruled the plains, we had no idea of how awesome Zombieland was going to be, and House was still a good series. That's right, this week's Vault takes a look at some of my personal favourite games of 2007. Featuring a puzzle, a piece of art, and a very big stump (one might even say... tall?) these games represent some of the best the year had to offer.

• The Tall Stump - There's a good reason this puzzle/platform/physics/shooter took home not only first place but also the audience award in the 4th Casual Gameplay Design Competition... actually, there's a lot of good reasons, like the surprisingly engrossing gameplay and the visuals that seemed designed for the express purpose of making you grin. But the long and short of it is that it's simply rad. Both wildly imaginative and exceptionally clever, TeamMAW's weird and wonderful creation is ready to lurch on into your heart if you haven't already made a place for it.
• 3D Logic 2 - Sometimes the best puzzle games are the ones that take a simple concept and present it to you in one well-polished package. All you have to do is connect two coloured squares across a 3D cube in this game, making sure none of the lines overlap when you're working with different colours. 3D Logic 2 is one of those games that made me go "huh", but it's also one of those games that ate up a big chunk of my afternoon before I'd even realised what was happening. The lovely, clean visuals and maddeningly simple concept (why is this so ha-ha-haaaard?!) makes it a wonderfully clever puzzle that's hard to put down until you're finished with it.
• Seed - My husband is a gardener by trade and by talent. Me? Not so much. I can practically hear our vegetables shrieking in horror whenever I come near... I only want to help, but it seems all I can bring is ruin. Maybe that's why I took so well to this soothing, beautiful webtoy where the goal is to hybridize new breeds of flowers by simple means of point-and-click. It may not sound terribly exciting, and while it's not exactly a rollercoaster of thrills, there's something incredibly addictive about experimenting with different plants and seeds. Seeing the results of your crossbreeding (sometimes a simple colour change, sometimes more drastic) makes for the sort of simple, breezily enjoyable gameplay I could do with more of.

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