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This Origami-Inspired Puzzle Game Is A Short And Sweet Adventure
23.5.2024
The first thing that will jump out to you when starting the new indie puzzle game Paper Trail is how damn good it looks. A gorgeous color palette, lovingly crafted characters and environments that look like an arts-and-crafts project, and an almost tangible feel to the visible fold lines on...
Bitcoin puzzles traders as BTC price targets $40K despite declining volume
9.11.2023
"Something doesn't feel right" about the latest BTC price uptick, a warning tells traders, as Bitcoin open interest passes $17 billion
I Am Embarrassingly Bad At The New York Times’ Connections Puzzle
19.10.2023
As a young girl, I would spend hours sitting around the kitchen table watching my mom and Yia-Yia complete the New York Times crossword puzzle in pen, sipping too-strong coffee while they argued over potential answers and begrudgingly grabbed the Wite-Out to fix a rare mistake. They didn’t let...
The New York Times' Latest Puzzle Seems Awfully Familiar
19.6.2023
Last week, the New York Times announced its latest puzzle had gone live for beta testing on its puzzling site. Joining the world famous crossword, and of course Wordle, is Connections. It’s a four-by-four grid of words, that you need to rearrange into four connecting groups. And if you happen...
New Rubik's Cube World Record Gets Set At An Absurd Three Seconds
13.6.2023
Rubik’s Cubes are perplexing puzzles, especially if you don’t know the rotations required to solve them. Doing so has become a speedrun of sorts, as folks the world over compete to finish one as fast as possible. Well, someone recently set a brand-new world record for solving a Rubik’s Cube...
Tears of the Kingdom: What To Do For Those Dandelion Korok Puzzles You Keep Seeing
25.5.2023
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has a ton of Korok missions, just like its predecessor Breath of the Wild, but there’s a new type of Korok quest that left me confused: the dandelion.Read more
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Fans Are Using Penises To Solve Puzzles, Kill Bosses
15.5.2023
Since The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom dropped on May 12, fans have been obsessed with the game’s new creation abilities. Thanks to Link’s new skills, particularly Fuse and Ultrahand, players are building absurdities like planes and tanks to commit war crimes in Hyrule Kingdom. But there’s...
11 Escape Room Tips (For When You Absolutely Must Find The Damn Exit)
4.5.2023
Escape rooms have gotten massively popular, and they’re a unique experience, standing out from outings at the movies or museums. They can be an amazing time, but the expectation that you’ll have to solve some puzzles can make them intimidating if you’ve never tried one before. And because...
This Perfectly Reasonable Wordle Answer Is Stumping 30% Of Players
25.4.2023
Today’s Wordle answer is evading nearly 30 percent of players, The New York Times—which has been publishing Josh Wardle’s beloved word puzzle since buying it in 2022—said on Twitter. Read more
Top 5 VR puzzle games
10.4.2023
VR puzzle games provide a unique and immersive gameplay experience, with challenging puzzles and captivating storylines that draw players in
The Hardest Resident Evil 4 Remake Puzzles Have Easy Solutions
5.4.2023
When you’re not getting lost in Resident Evil 4 remake protagonist Leon’s dreamy abs, you might find yourself trapped in an uncomfortable reality filled with puzzles—some difficult, and some simply annoying. I don’t know why RE4’s imposing castle and outskirts are packed with elaborate, burdensome...
Even God Of War Ragnarök Voice Actor Wants To Turn Off Hints
4.4.2023
God of War Ragnarök is known for having excellent combat, a simultaneously epic and intimate story, great accessibility features, and a billion puzzles to solve. For many players, it wasn’t the puzzles’ difficulty that frustrated them the most. It was the frequency with which Atreus would provide...
When Things Go Wrong With Players Solving Escape Rooms
15.12.2022
Escape rooms, those lock-in experiences where you and your group have to solve esoteric puzzles to make your way out, are designed to stretch players’ problem-solving skills in an interactive environment. Any expectations beyond just having a good time are usually tied to a theme, and the scarier...
Railbound Is A Beautiful Puzzle Game About Dogs And Trains
9.9.2022
Do you like trains? And beautiful animation? And dogs? And puzzles? And video games? Of course you do, which is why you’re going to like Railbound as much as I did.Read more
Kim Dotcom on the ‘Great Reset,’ Strong Russian Ruble Puzzles Economists, and More — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review
12.6.2022
This week, entrepreneur and activist Kim Dotcom said the “U.S. is beyond bankrupt,” and minced no words about a potential “controlled demolition of global markets.” Meanwhile, American economists are interested in the ruble’s strong performance in spite...
Wordle’s Creator Just Endorsed An Excellent New Word Puzzler
2.5.2022
Friends don’t excitedly text me their black, yellow, and green Wordle clusters anymore. They no longer boast about how quickly they completed the daily word puzzle game, nor do they complain about how the New York Times totally rigged it after buying it from its creator, Josh Wardle. For the most...
14 Games Like Wordle That Will Keep The Serotonin Flowing
13.4.2022
Wordle has brought us a lot of wonderfle things, not least a surge of freely available, one-a-day puzzles to enjoy, without the faff of having to install apps or register accounts. Played in a browser, whether on your phone or laptop, Wordle and the many, many games it’s inspired have become a part...
Wordle Prototype's Obscure Word List Makes Its Current Puzzles Look Easy
26.3.2022
Wordle’s creator, Josh Wardle, gave a talk at this year’s GDC, which has been bringing people joy. Described by one member of the audience as “the opposite of every NFT and Metaverse panel,” during the talk Wardle explained the hit game was created as long ago as 2013.Read more
Sneaky NY Times Crossword Breaks Star Wars, Star Trek Fans’ Brains
7.2.2022
The debate between Star Trek and Star Wars is older than time—I know it’s older than I am anyway—and it reared its head as recently as the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle, which poses a brain-breaking question.Read more
A Troll Bot Is Ruining Wordle By Forcing Innocent Players To See The Next Day's Answer
24.1.2022
Clearly someone hasn’t learned about the Curse Of Wordle. A grade-A prick has created a Twitter bot that looks for those tweeting their score for that day’s word puzzle, and replies with a spoiler for the following day’s word. The bot’s goal, apparently, is “to terminate Wordle bragging.”Read more