February 23, 2023
The Signals Discord
Sandy Weisz
drimal scream
UChicago puzzle class, EnigMarch, Will Shortz in the New Yorker, Shift Happens, my kid the Super Bowl star
February 2023
Think of a place where you might find outlets. Turn the first letter 180° and you’ll end up with a word for another place where you might find an entirely different kind of outlet. What words are these?
February 10, 2023
Super Bowl ad, starring my son. Cain's Jawbone postcards. Puzzle workshop updates.
February 2, 2023
Chronophoto, A new crossword substack, Mystery Updates
January 26, 2023
Mystery #9, Community puzzle-writing, Disfrustrating Puzzles, It's Morbin' Time
Unflappable
A collection of sketches from my travels around the world.
January 19, 2023
Scuffttlebufftt
Hello from the other side of the 2023 MIT Mystery Hunt, which finally ended on Monday after 66 hours and 23 minutes, making it one of the longest hunts in history. Mystery Hunt weekend is an annual highlight for me, mainly because I get to hang out with my puzzle-solving
January 2023
Think of a hyphenated word for a kind of book that contains salacious details. Remove four of the same letter from that word, and what remains will be a word for the kind of content you'd find in such a book. What are the words?
January 10, 2023
December 23, 2022
Stocking Stuffers
A new Hanukkah tradition.
December 15, 2022
A new puzzler, final projects for my puzzle design class at UChicago, Me on Hey Riddle Riddle, AI-generated palindromes, and dirty limericks
Jack Alantberry
Gift guides, new Puzzler, Midjourney promptmanteaus, puzzle podcasts, and other news from the world of puzzles.
December 9, 2022
News from LA, Glass Onion experience, new Scrabble words, HORSE but better.
December 2022
Think of an animal in 6 letters, and two things you might feed that animal. Say those three words together aloud, in that order, to get the full name of a famous literary character. What character is it?
November 29, 2022
I'm coming to LA; gift guides; new games; and a board game-smelling candle.
November 14, 2022
Cryptic of the week, HOUSE puzzle book, Oulipo twttr, and Mystery updates.
Mentor Thunderbolt
Mystery #7, Trace Room Escape game, Words Against Strangers