Professor Erno Rubik has made a career out of frustrating us and making us all feel a little, well ... stupid. Oh, he also provided hours of entertainment with his iconic Cube, launched in the '80s. Ladies and gentlemen, the nutty professor is back: and his new Rubik's Cube is badder than ever.

Rubik's 360 looks like something out of a sci-fi movie, but that belies the new, less cerebral sine qua non of the game. Instead of matching those colorful, infuriating squares in the perfect order, the new game requires players to shake six balls into six spheres within one large sphere. To do this, you have to shake those balls through one of two holes in the center of the clear sphere to their appropriately colored home. Sounds like good, frustrating fun--and exercise.

Rubik's 360 looks like a work of art. And indeed, the original is on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. When released later this year, Rubik's 360 promises to bring what the original gave our parents--a beautifully designed puzzle that makes us work our hands and our brains.

Telegraph via Crunchgear

Post by Alex Ivey