Puzzles
Playing With a Walkthrough Is Totally Fine on Today’s Open Thread
Solving puzzles in 'Thimbleweed Park' was a lot of fun... until it wasn't.
We Talk Bad Hair Stories, Bad Puzzles, and Good ‘Mario Kart’ on Waypoint Radio
If you want to join my 'Mario Kart' tournament, meet me at the Dunkin’ Donuts.
This Picture Has No Red Pixels—So Why Do the Strawberries Still Look Red?
Color constancy continues to confound us.
Scientists Used a Little Bee Puppet to Teach Real Bees How to Play Bee ‘Soccer’
A new experiment tests out bees’ abilities to learn new skills.
Why Tiny Ripples on Icicles Baffle Scientists
“It’s kind of ironic that we understand exotic things like the Higgs boson particle, [yet] icicles remain mysterious, even in the 21st century.”
The Wonderful and Terrible Annoyances of 'The Last Guardian'
I love 'The Last Guardian,' but this game may send me to an early grave.
These Jigsaw Puzzles are Breaking the Law
Art van Triest makes puzzle sculptures that feel dangerous to put together.
Alternate Reality Game Experts Built An Advent Calendar To Help You Understand How ARGs Work
If you've ever wanted to become one of those people who spends a dozen hours staring at EXIF data and source code for clues, now's your time.
Never Defeated, Rubik's Warrior Rises Again to Build World's Largest Cube
Made of 2,691 different parts printed with a consumer-grade 3D printer, this massive puzzle has 4.3 x 10^1795 possible combinations, or “scrambles.”
Why a Mathematician Spent Years Mulling Over How to Slice a Pizza
We spoke to mathematician Joel Haddley about his new solutions and the puzzles that pizza still poses.
Eleven Years Later, Only 34 People Have Solved the 'Not Pron' Internet Puzzle
You’d think all the answers would be on Pastebin by now, but surprise! They’re not.
With 100 Hours of Puzzles, 'The Witness' Is the Kind of Gamble Gaming Needs
It's a kind of puzzle epic I don't think we've seen before.