{"id":22665,"date":"2022-10-24T00:01:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T00:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=22665"},"modified":"2022-09-21T20:19:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T20:19:22","slug":"maggie-the-magnet-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/24\/maggie-the-magnet-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Maggie the Magnet (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/maggie_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-22634\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MAGGIE_BOX-108x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"108\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MAGGIE_BOX-108x150.jpg 108w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MAGGIE_BOX.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 108px) 100vw, 108px\" \/><\/a>Maggie is a scientist who likes to experiment with magnetic fields.\u00a0 And luckily for Maggie, she\u2019s also a magnet!\u00a0 Help Maggie by turning off and on her magnetic field to navigate around mazes in her lab.\u00a0 Maggie the Magnet is available on all current game systems and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n<p>In each single screen maze sits Maggie, but you can\u2019t control her directly.\u00a0 Elsewhere in the maze is another magnet and when you press a button, you turn on Maggie\u2019s magnetic charge and she\u2019ll be pulled toward the other magnet.\u00a0 The trick is to know when to push the button and when to let go to fling Maggie around the maze.\u00a0 Your goal is to guide Maggie to the exit in the maze.<\/p>\n<p>In each stage are three metal nuts to collect.\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to get them to complete the level, but getting enough of them is how you unlock new areas so you want to try and get as many as you can.\u00a0 As you play you\u2019ll encounter new obstacles like spikes, lasers, switches, springs, and more.\u00a0 My only problem is that the imprecise controls make avoiding those obstacles very hard, and the game gets frustrating very quickly.\u00a0 But at least you can skip levels and unlocked worlds to try new ones if you get stuck.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/maggie_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22635\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MAGGIE_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MAGGIE_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MAGGIE_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MAGGIE_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maggie the Magnet is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 If you hit a spike or a laser, Maggie just disappears and starts back at the beginning of the maze.\u00a0 Reading skill isn\u2019t needed, but younger gamers may find it too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maggie is a scientist who likes to experiment with magnetic fields.\u00a0 And luckily for Maggie, she\u2019s also a magnet!\u00a0 Help Maggie by turning off and on her magnetic field to navigate around mazes in her lab.\u00a0 Maggie the Magnet is available on all current game systems and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here. 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