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Article on Puzzle Hunts

There’s a great article on the MIT Mystery Hunt in a local Cambridge Newspaper which is currently in progress.  The article does a good job of explaining what a puzzle hunt is for the uninitiated.  There’s a brief summary of the history of the MIT Mystery Hunt along with descriptions of a few of the puzzles.  We’re told that these puzzles, including one written in an archaic Minoan language, were too easy.  We also get a taste of the kinds of puzzles that have made it into recent hunts.  What’s interesting is that every year the winning team has to create the hunt the following year.  This leads to very different styles of puzzles showing up in the hunt.  The article points out the difference between puzzles that attempt to confuse you by providing too little information and those that attempt to confuse you by providing too much.  It’s a fun read.

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Posted by Josh in In The News (Saturday January 19, 2008 at 4:49 pm)

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