puzzle

Puzzle. The very word itself may make your head hurt. Or it may serve as a clarion call to action. It just depends on what type of person you are and how you view the word. Solving a puzzle can be a very satisfying and cathartic event for many people. They enjoy the journey and the hunt for answers. On the other hand, some people avoid puzzles like the plague. They run away from puzzles with their arms flailing over their heads.

Erno Rubik, the inventor of the Rubik's Cube, once said, "A good puzzle, it's a fair thing. Nobody is lying. It's very clear, and the problem depends just on you." This is perhaps the best definition of a puzzle.

When it comes to puzzles, you can pick your poison. Whether you enjoy the wordplay of riddles, the mental gymnastics required by crossword puzzles, the mathematical dynamics of Sudoku, the contemplation of a Jigsaw Puzzle, or the deliberation of a game like Tetris, puzzles have intrigued peoples the world over for millennia.

And it doesn't count if you just get close to solving the puzzle. Remember, close only counts in slow dancing and hand grenades. When it comes to puzzles, it’s all or nothing. So find a puzzle you enjoy today and start the noodle-scratching.

Bloggers speaking about puzzles can be found at sites like puzzle-blog and games2puzzles.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “puzzle”

 

• Blob: Escape from Lab-16B

  
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  Blob: Escape from Lab-16B is a Platform, Puzzle game where you play as a large green blob created in Lab-16B. You must escape Lab-16B by splitting and merging your Blob to solve the puzzles of the lab. Have fun! Continue Reading about Blob: Escape from Lab-16B
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• Weekend Puzzle Challenge Solution: 27th May 2012

  
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  Hello Bin Weevils! If you’ve been searching for the solution to the Weekend Puzzle Challenge, you’ve come to the right place!  Solve the puzzle today and you’ll have the code for a Super Bling Wall Mask nest item! Of course, you don’t have to solve the puzzle yourself,  because Weevily World blog viewer ...
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• Indian boy solves 350-year Newton math puzzle

  
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  London, May 26 (IANS) A 16-year-old Indian origin schoolboy in Germany has managed to crack puzzles that baffled the world of maths for more than 350 years, it was reported here Saturday.Shouryya Ray, from Dresden, has been hailed a genius after working out the problems set by Sir Isaac Newton.Ray solved two ...
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• Melting Mindz – Abyss

  
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  Abyss is the latest Adventure game from Melting Mindz by Selfdefiant. You were exploring this strange old place with some friends and got lost. Now it seems that a strange force has you locked inside. Before you lose your mind you should start trying to figure out how to escape this abyss! Have fun! Continue ...
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• Tex Murphy – Project Fedora

  
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• Mind Booster Books Scam -Five New For You To Solve Math Problems

  
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• 4an – Jelly Tower

  
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  Jelly Tower is a Physics based, Skill game from 4an.com by playspal. If you think building a card tower is hard wait till you try it with jelly! Have fun! Continue Reading about 4an – Jelly Tower
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• GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Answer: That Darn Achilles

  
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  Sean S.s awesome contribution to projectile motion: "Wow, projectile motion, I havent done this since high school; this is great!" This week’s puzzle asked how to shoot an arrow as far as possible from the walls of Troy. Ah yeah, projectile motion, baby! (Or as Laurion wrote, “Oooh, trajectory calculations!” ...
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• Photo Jigsaw Puzzle of AMERICAN WEDDING, 1900. An American wedding party from Granger Art on Demand

  
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  Photo Jigsaw Puzzle of AMERICAN WEDDING, 1900. An American wedding party from Granger Art on Demand This Photo Puzzle features a cropped image chosen by Granger Art on Demand. Estimated image size 356x254mm. 10×14 Photo Puzzle with 252 pieces. Packed in black cardboard box of dimensions 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 1 ...
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• 20 Sides of Nerd S02E15 – Policing the Internet

  
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  Draeno and Emdee return for another fun filled hour of... oh, who are they kidding. Its more of the same. Two opinionated guys try to sort out the volume of tech and gaming news that rattled all of our cages this week.
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• Spoof Games – Diggin Gold

  
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  Diggin Gold is a Physics, Skill game from Spoof Games. Use your mouse to toss the gold nugget to your miner pals as fast as you can. Have fun! Continue Reading about Spoof Games – Diggin Gold
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• Practical chess tactic

  
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  White to move. How should white proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess daily news from Susan Polgar
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• Friday Games

  
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• A Google-a-Day Puzzle for May 25

  
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• Train your brain with puzzle games

  
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• Apple Starts Their Own "Free App of the Week" Promotion

  
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  The ability that developers have to completely control the pricing of products they put on the App Store has really turned traditional software pricing models on their ear. Now 99¢ seems to be the price many game developers try to target, and finding any excuse to have a sale has proven a popular marketing tactic for ...
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• Apple Starts Their Own "Free App of the Week" Promotion

  
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  The ability that developers have to completely control the pricing of products they put on the App Store has really turned traditional software pricing models on their ear. Now 99¢ seems to be the price many game developers try to target, and finding any excuse to have a sale has proven a popular marketing tactic for ...
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• SQL SERVER – A Puzzle – Fun with SEQUENCE in SQL Server 2012 – Guess the Next Value

  
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  Yesterday my friend Vinod Kumar wrote excellent blog post on  SQL Server 2012: Using SEQUENCE . I personally enjoyed reading the content on this subject. While I was reading the blog post, I thought of very simple new puzzle. Let us see if we can try to solve it and learn a bit more about Sequence. Here is the ...
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• Cardboard Unicorn Head

  
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  Not quite the real thing, but still worthy of mounting, this Cardboard Unicorn Head will make a fun addition to any believers room, office, or entertainment area. Made from recycled cardboard, you can spend a few minutes adding personal touches to the design as you build this puzzle….maybe eyes or some color? If you ...
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• Review: Cut the Rope: Experiments (Games / Puzzle)

  
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  iPhone was $0.99 iPad was $1.99 Cut the Rope: Experiments (Games / Puzzle) Appstore rating 275 Ratings Quick Rating: 9/10 Pro: ► Prefect casual game: level difficulty is just right ► Refresh gameplay: each level introduces a new element to the puzzle ► Cute characters ...
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