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I’m recovering from the 55-hour puzzle marathon that is the MIT Mystery Hunt. My team, Palindrome, placed 3rd, just an hour or so out of first place. I’m still processing all the production and clever puzzle design that went into the event. Once Death & Mayhem (the organizing

I’m recovering from the 55-hour puzzle marathon that is the MIT Mystery Hunt. My team, Palindrome, placed 3rd, just an hour or so out of first place. I’m still processing all the production and clever puzzle design that went into the event. Once Death & Mayhem (the organizing team) posts the puzzles online publicly, I’ll link to a few of my favorites. Meanwhile, you can enjoy their Reddit AMA from last night.

Puzzler

Damn this Traffic Jam!

Traffic Jam: Welcome!

As a warm-up to the main event, Palindrome created a pre-Hunt puzzle hunt for ourselves, which I contributed to. We’re now releasing it for anyone to play for free. Lots of awesome puzzles in there.

Gorogoa: The Puzzle Of A Lifetime

The Puzzle Of A Lifetime
The first time I played Gorogoa, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.

An article about the making of Gorogoa, the best iOS game … I’ve ever played? It’s the rare game that makes you rethink the limits of the medium. And it’s gorgeous to boot.

The College Student Who Decoded the Data Hidden in Inca Knots

The College Student Who Decoded the Data Hidden in Inca Knots
Manny Medrano cut loose on spring break by analyzing a set of khipus.
Manny Medrano cut loose on spring break by analyzing a set of khipus.

Heatmap of NYTimes Crossword grids by day of week

r/dataisbeautiful - Heatmap of NYTimes Crossword grids by day of week [OC]
27,167 votes and 959 comments so far on Reddit
Source: I work for the NYT Games team and though it’d be fun to see if I could find patterns within all historic puzzles. Thought it was interesting to see the similarities between Thursday and Saturday (themed puzzles), as well as the tendency for diagonal lines to slant right.

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