moon logic

noun

The convoluted logic required to solve puzzles in certain adventure games.

Meanings

nounmoon logic (uncountable)
  1. derogatoryinformaluncountablevideo gamesThe convoluted logic required to solve puzzles in certain adventure games.

    […] "moon logic," a fairly common feature of the adventure game genre in which puzzle solutions defy common sense, most of the pleasure and logic of the puzzles offered in the game rely on recognition of and (sometimes loose) associations […]

    2022, Bernard Perron, Kelly Boudreau, Mark J.P. Wolf, Fifty Key Video Games
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