Dash 4 is a puzzle hunt that takes place in different cities around the country on the same day, April 28th. Click through to see if it’s coming to your city and maybe sign up a team.
Here’s a new book from Ben Tausig featuring crossword puzzles that were published in alternative newspapers.
Crossword Puzzle Theme Park | The Nation
Cruciverbalists take note. The Nation is adding themes to their cryptic crossword puzzles.
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‘Quantum Conundrum’: ‘Portal’ designer shares next project
For video game fans. A sneak peek at what’s next from the creator of Portal.
An American-style crossword with a 15 15 grid layout. (Photo credit: Wikipedi
The 35th Annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament was held this weekend in Brooklyn. Congratulations to Dan Feyer for his third straight win. For those, like me, who couldn’t attend, here’s some coverage of the event that includes a video and a look at what it’s like to be a judge in a crossword puzzle tournament from the NYT Wordplay blog. Oh yeah, and there was also this thing about a computer program competing in the tournament. It turns out that computer have yet to top human beings in crossword puzzles, as they have with chess and Jeopardy. Dr. Fill would have come in 141st, had it been an official participant. Apparently the program was tripped up by one puzzle that required clues to be filled in backwards and another that had diagonal clues in the puzzle.
Human gamers outdo computers in genomics puzzle | SmartPlanet
This is an interesting look at how human gamers can outperform computers at some tasks.
Guardian Crosswords – Android Apps on Google Play
This free Android app allows you to play daily Guardian crosswords. Great for fans of the cryptic crossword.
Core Dump: Puzzle Games | GeekDad | Wired.com
This Wired article provides a rundown on some of the best puzzle games available now for your mobile device.
And last… a flash, point and click. puzzle game.
Circadia: A Simple Yet Devilishly Tricky Puzzle Game That You Must Have — AppAdvice
Another iOS puzzle game with a unique premise.
Tapbounce is Bouncy Ball Puzzle Fun
Here’s an iOS game.
Puzzle Treasure offers brain-teasing tangram fun
The theme of this weeks links is puzzle games. Starting off, we have a puzzle game for Facebook.