I was going to blog another of Minoto's oddities next (don't worry, panda fans, it's still on the list), but then we ran into Puzzatales. And Puzzatales, oh friends, Romans and countrymen, is weirdness incarnate.

It's also absolutely brilliant. There are two reasons why it's absolutely brilliant. Here's the first: you solve jigsaw puzzles (nine in total) to advance through wacky little animated films. Sounds boring? NAY. For those jigsaw puzzles are composed of moving images.

Try stitching together a kung fu fight sequence while it's still in progress.

Now for absolutely brilliant bit number two: you can create your own moving jigsaw puzzles using a webcam. I enclose a snap of one of mine, above. Yes, that's what passes for a haircut round these parts.

Play Puzzatales