XWord #2: Windows 10 Tribute Puzzle
Like many others, I’m very excited for the graphical update that is Windows 11, but it made me nostalgic for days past. One of my most treasured memories from the era of Windows 10 is the inspiration…
Themeless 1: “I can’t hear you along the shore!”
First crossword on this blog! I’d love to start posting more, so I hope at least someone enjoys them This one is meant to be around a NYT Friday level, and it has multiple mini-themes (the less…
Huntinality Recap
Going to try and get back into hunt recaps~~ (spoilers ahead obv) I ended up doing this hunt with only a team size of three as we were a little short-handed due to conflicts, which I felt…
CRUMS Puzzlehunt Recap
This is perhaps a tad late, but I’d like to recap the excellent CRUMS Puzzlehunt that took place the week after December 12th. I was curious what it was going to be like, with just six puzzles…
Recap: DaroCaro’s Pixar Puzzle Hunt
This past Friday I took a shot at the DaroCaro puzzlehunt. I had really no idea where it was going to lie on the puzzle-quality spectrum so I tried to go in with as open a mind…
On the Psychology of Metapuzzles and Short-circuiting
While solving puzzles is satisfying, nothing quite tops the adrenaline of cracking a metapuzzle. You’ve put all this work into gleaning these seemingly random words from these puzzles. You’ve solved the mystery of this set of images,…
