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From ftrtts, 12 Word Searches. A book of 12 small puzzles that get trickier as you progress. For 1 or more solvers: as foxtongue describes in the comments, "puzzles in puzzles in puzzles." Just something cool that we didn't manage to point out amid the holiday bustle (and thread archived here now, sorry!), but Mefi puzzle lovers should take note of the seductive Itch.io tags: "Difficult," "secrets," "Text based," "Trivia," "Word game," "word-search." Maybe just the thing for a little decompression during these puzzling times.

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Would you like to learn how to play the board game Go? "This website is visually appealing, simple to use, and easy to understand." Thanks bq!

Screenshot of an elevator from Riven.

Now this is what the internet was made for, wonderous geekery! Come enjoy the visual splendor of almost every elevator in the video game series that started with Myst. Shared by rivenwanderer, this post does such a good job of showing how the series was able to enthrall people in its various worlds!

Virtual poker game at Puzzmo

mecran01 wants to know about your favorite online social puzzles.

screenshot 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.

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!

Squardle screenshot via setsideb.com

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

Portal 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..."

crossword 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.

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.

Ghostball by Neil Kremer (cc by-nd)

AskMe recommends movies, books and places that are bad, weird, or fun: Most obscure bad movies?

Tragic sad-ending movies, that you would willingly watch again?

Truly singular unique movies and tv shows?

Weirdest book in the history of English?

Places with unique events, festivals, attractions?

Normally-bustling places that have predictable moments when they're totally deserted?

Fun puzzle contests or hunts?

Cauliflower 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.