Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Lock Nested Cube

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Bram Cohen is quickly designing a slew of interesting puzzles. 3 identical pieces. 8 moves to assemble. Made with yellow heart, blood wood,...
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Bram's Cube

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This Mechanical Puzzle Correspondent is the proud owner of Bram's Cube - $440. The top and bottom resemble a normal 2x2x2 Rubik's Cu...
Thursday, March 25, 2010

Magnetic Tower of Hanoi

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This Mechanical Puzzle Correspondent is at the Gathering 4 Gardner Convention. Uri Levy from Israel has created a new version of the timeles...
Monday, March 22, 2010

LOST -Inconsistency

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Season 2 Jack is performing surgery on Ben. As soon as Ben is knocked out with anesthesia, Danny (one of the Others who is guarding Sawyer ...
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Friday, March 19, 2010

Akari - iphone puzzle app

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As iphone puzzle games go, this one costs a bit more: $2.99 for just 50 levels. Nevertheless, when viewed in the context of playing time - i...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Rocky Chiaro

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Rocky Chiaro has been making exquisite brass puzzles for about 20 years. Besides being clever & fun, they look great in a display case. ...
Monday, March 15, 2010

Rubik's Wood Cube

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It's been 30 years. Back to the future. The Rubik empire has produced a wooden version. Except for the stickers - it's wood insid...
Sunday, March 14, 2010

More about LOST

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In the most recent episode, John Locke announces that he's leaving the island (with others). Is he going to Los Angeles to meet up with ...
Friday, March 12, 2010

Spin Doctor iphone puzzle app

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Seth Lipkin has created this admirable puzzle app. The object is to get the swinging white wand to a certain location and avoiding swinging...
Thursday, March 11, 2010

Blockhouse iphone puzzle app

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Kory Heath has done an admirable job creating 100 tilt maze puzzles. Tilt mazes: the object moves all the way until it hits a wall. 99 cen...
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Puzzles for the bathroom

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Many people read in the bathroom. Some do crossword puzzles. It is never recommended that one do mechanical puzzles in the bathroom - for ob...
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Sunday, March 7, 2010

Math Puzzles

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Ed Pegg's site: mathpuzzle.com is superb on so many levels. Bookmark it & enjoy!
Thursday, March 4, 2010

Fling! - Iphone puzzle

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I've written before about Fling! There are 25 levels. Having just completed level 18, the message says: By making it this far, you are...
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Slime Lumia - iphone puzzle

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Slime Lumia is identical to the Nintendo DS puzzle game Prism. The object is to illuminate the funky aliens with the correct colored light....
Sunday, February 28, 2010

New LOST theory.....

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In the most recept episode: we discover that if the plane had never crashed....Jack has a teenage son & Hurley is the luckiest man alive...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Atsumari iphone puzzle

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Terrific puzzle game
Thursday, February 18, 2010

New York Puzzle Party Symposium Summary

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Thousands of puzzlers across the globe have inquired about attending the NYPPS. A brief summary: there were 5 presentations/lectures about c...

Tucker Jones Tavern Puzzles

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A big issue with puzzle collectors: how does one display them? The Tucker Jones group is offering a good deal on a handsome puzzle stand. h...
Thursday, February 11, 2010

New York Puzzle Party Symposium

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The New York Puzzle Party Symposium has been an annual event since 2002. It will happen this Saturday 2/13 9:30 – 4:30 Scheduled talks Ins...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Valentine's Day

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A classice Simpsons episode: Homer gives Marge a bowling ball for her birthday. Being so thoughtful, Homer decides to even have his name or ...
Monday, February 8, 2010

New York Puzzle Party Symposium

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The big event is fast approaching. People interested in attending - contact me for further details.
Friday, February 5, 2010

Mystical Colors

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http://loveyao.info/mysticalcolors The object of the puzzle is to move mirrors anywhere in the grid to illuminate the stars. Purple stars ne...
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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Rubk's TouchCube

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Look for the April 2010 issue of Games Magazine for my 2 page article called: Rubik Goes Electronic. It will be on the newsstands in a few ...
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

LOST Theory

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It appears that Jacob has inhabited the body of Sayid. So now the battle will pit Locke against Sayid.

New Hanayama Puzzle

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We have not gotten our hands on this yet. It appears to be similar to a 4 piece puzzle produced by Thinkfun. http://www.mrpuzzle.com.au/pro...
Monday, February 1, 2010

New LOST theory.....

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The final season of LOST starts tomorrow. Jacob & the Smoke Monster - have been around for centuries. The Island does not let women bea...
Friday, January 29, 2010

National Puzzle Day

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Help celebrate this National Holiday by teaching somebody about your favorite puzzle. While we're at it: post a comment about your all-t...
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Kuku puzzle

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http://www.sonicgames-uk.com/kuku/#home Mr. Andrew Reevess of the United Kingdom recently sent my office a copy of his Kuku puzzle. Kuku has...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

George Miller has retired

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For the past 8 years George Miller has produced amazing puzzles in very limited quantities. He pioneered the use of 3D printers to create pu...
Monday, January 25, 2010

Strimko for the iphone!!

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http://www.strimko.com/iphone/ The Grabarchuk Family: Serihy, Serihy Jr & Peter have consistently produced clever, fun puzzles. Their i...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Fling! - Iphone puzzle

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Fans of Lunar Lockout, an amazing series of puzzles by Nob Yoshigahara and ThinkFun, will love FLING! The concept is similar with 2 minor ru...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

New York Puzzle Party

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The annual New York Puzzle Party Symposium will be Saturday February 13 from 9:30 - 4:30. Please email me if you wish to attend.
Friday, January 15, 2010

Oskar's Maze Cube iphone app

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Did you pay $5 - $10 for Oskar van Deventer's Cube Maze? It's been available in plastic and metal. Check bitsandpieces.com for the r...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

LOST Theory

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Fans of LOST know that the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 & 42 are significant. But where do these #s come from? One theory - from a middle ...

On line Phyics Puzzles

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ROLY-POLY Canon 2 is a series of 30 puzzles. Object: shoot the canon ball, from a fixed canon, and kill the bad guys. Fans of billiards wil...
Monday, January 11, 2010

YOT - 3 VERSIONS

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The YOT comes in 3 varieties. We were the first to buy versions II and III. Version III is plated with gold. We bought ours at $80. It n...
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Friday, January 8, 2010

Helicopter Cube

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The Helicopter Cube - created by Adam Cowan - good guy. It will be available for sale at http://www.TheTwistyStore.com I had the opportunit...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Master Skewb

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Once upon a time, there were maybe a dozen 'twisty' puzzles. Thanks to Tony Fisher and a new generation of custom twisty puzzle inv...
Monday, January 4, 2010

Best On-line Puzzle of the Year! (So far)

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http://www.continuitygame.com/ Ragtime Games consists of Elias Holmlid, Dmitri Kurteanu, Guy Lima Jr., and Stefan Mikaelsson. They reside i...
Friday, January 1, 2010

Happy New Year Puzzle

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Arrange the digits 0, 1, ... , 9, using one of each (no repeats) into the expression a^b + c^d + e^f + g^h + i^j to obtain the current year....
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Lab Mice Puzzles - now in Finland!!

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It started in America, then crossed the Atlantic to Italy. And now, Lab Mice Puzzles are all the rave in Finland. From one of the local new...
Monday, December 28, 2009

Custom Extended Rubik's Cube Ebay

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This 4x6x7 works almost like the 3x4x5. You must turn the top and bottom layers before you can start mixing completely! This adds to the uni...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Oskar's Cube Now an iphone app

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Oskar's Cube (http://www.bitsandpieces.com/product.asp?pn=42745) can also be played on iPhone now. The design and programming was done b...
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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Strimko

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People who say "I'm bored" are boring. The Grabarchuk Family has consistently produced challenging, fun, online puzzles. Stri...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Reflex Game

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Block Dodge http://www.aggrix.com/games/blockdodge Takes 2 seconds to learn and 30 seconds to play. My high score: 44. Beat that!!
Monday, December 14, 2009

Games Magazine current issue

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The February 2010 issue is on the newsstands. Look for this Mechanical Puzzle Correspondent's article about laser-cut jigsaw companies. ...
Friday, December 11, 2009

Ternary Burr !!!!!

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Years ago, this Mechanical Puzzle Correspondent had the opportunity to buy the Binary Burr from Bill Cutler and passed! I spoke with Goh Pi...
Thursday, December 10, 2009

Micro-Conundrum X3

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GarE Maxton has quietly been producing some very interesting heavy metal puzzles. Expensive, but cool. This Mechanical Puzzle Correspondent ...