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simple pixel art of a creature inside an enclosure containing nooks where blocks must goscreenshot of opening level of the game I Have No Mouth, And I Must Create Blocks On All Sides Of Me

"charming, handcrafted, fiendishly difficult puzzle games with a retro 8-bit feel": Lovingly Crafted Puzzle Games Since 2013, a passel of Puzzlescript, iOS and Android games to while away the hours, 8-bit at a time.

11/28/23
by taz

A Puzzling Request

Image from page 148 of Image from page 148 of "The Phynodderree, and other legends of the Isle of Man" (1882) by Internet Archive Book Images

"I already do Set, Wordle, Guess My Word, Worldle, and Spelling Bee ... Math, logic, word-based: I love them all. What else might I like?" DrGail asks Give me your daily puzzles!

07/25/23
by taz

How Puzzling!

Squardle screenshot via setsideb.com

Daily puzzles in art, geography, and more (also, see this Ask Metafilter question)

06/29/22
by taz

gaming without the grinding

PortalPortal by AaronPriestPhoto

In Ask Metafilter, unus sum says, "I'm looking for a longish video games to sink my teeth into. I find it nice to have a video game where I can solve interesting problems that don't actually matter as a way to relax..."

06/27/21
by taz

Get a Clue

crosswordcrossword by yoohoojuju (cc by)

For aspiring cruciverbalists jcreigh fills in the blanks with info on developing, designing, writing, editing, constructing, and where to submit crosswords, plus where to find advice, communities, software, and blogs.

11/24/19
by taz

Live Long and Puzzle On

image of a logic puzzle

Wolfdog has posted the logic puzzle blog, Grandmaster Puzzles, featuring "elegant, hand-crafted designs written by some of the world's best puzzle constructors" ... and Mefites have some more recs in comments.

10/12/19
by taz

Unlike any other

Insatiable curiosity?

Cauliflower earCauliflower ear by tutincommon (cc by-nc)

I heard a story on This American Life ... about a sausage maker who inadvertently ruins their product by getting a new building. In the end, it turned out the problem was they had shortened the route of the final delivery of the sausages and removed what was thought to be the unimportant work of a clerk named Irving. I thought it was fascinating and I want to find other stories like that. Where would I look for them?

rileyray3000, ISO real life food mysteries.

09/27/14
by taz

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