Friday, August 6, 2010

Subway Shuffle iphone puzzle app

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Is there a better set of puzzles for the iphone than Subway Shuffle? Last night I finally conquered level 97.
Thursday, August 5, 2010

Tappi Adventure - iphone puzzle app for kids!

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The Grabarchuk family has a long history of producing interesting, innovative puzzles. Tappi Adventure is perfect for kids! Tap on 2 of the...
Monday, August 2, 2010

The New York Puzzle Party Symposium

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Plan ahead! The Next NYPPS will be Saturday February 12, 2011. This is the day before the Toy Fair commences. If you are interested in att...
Friday, July 30, 2010

3 Musketeers Puzzle

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All Four One & One Four All is the real title. The puzzle is to stack the three Musketeers, Athos, Porthos & Aramis, joined by d...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Puzzle Furniture

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http://www.hannahavery.co.uk/ Hannah Avery informed us of her Burr puzzle stand for her tables. Nice!
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Monday, July 26, 2010

The Oskar van Deventer Puzzle Fan Club

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For many years, puzzle aficionados have had trouble keeping up with the numerous design inventions of Oskar van Deventer. Now you can keep a...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Minoru Abe puzzle

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Remove the center piece. Note the red piece on the left - it doesn't move. The object is to switch the animals. The tail of the green cr...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Lexomino Puzzles - Custom made for your name!

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My puzzle friend Eric Harshbarger has produced some very interesting packing puzzles. Check out his Lexomino puzzles! http://www.ericharsh...
Monday, July 19, 2010

Minoru Abe Egg puzzle

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http://www.puzzleworld.org/SlidingBlockPuzzles/abe.htm Years ago I solved the Egg Puzzle online. At the IPP in Japan, I was fortunate to fin...
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Friday, July 16, 2010

Back from the IPP

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Katsuhiko Okamoto is the inventor of the Void Cube. A brilliant design. At the IPP in Osaka, Okamoto declared that his designs are being sto...
Friday, July 2, 2010

Heading to the International Puzzle Party

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This Mechanical Puzzle Correspondent is preparing for a long distance trip to the annual International Puzzle Party. Soon thereafter, we...
Sunday, June 27, 2010

Bram's Cube - solved!

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I put this puzzle down for the last 2 months. Decided to pick it up while watching a movie. 1 new idea....and the puzzle became simple! So...
Friday, June 25, 2010

Dedalo: iphone puzzle app

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My Italian publisher produced an iphone puzzle app for Lab Mice Puzzles. The user interface has a different feel to it. Please download Ded...
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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Colorbind: iphone puzzle app game

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Colorbind is the brainchild of Daniel Lutz. The object: move and wrap the blue ribbon over the blue dots. Do the same with each color. There...
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Saturday, June 12, 2010

Gold Mine iphone puzzle app

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Do you watch the news? CBS? CNN? FOX? MSNBC? I usually listen to the news while playing various puzzle apps on the iphone. Gold Mine is pret...
Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Great Paradox

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Many years ago, a Law teacher came across a student who was willing to learn but was unable to pay the fees. The student struck a deal sayin...
Sunday, May 30, 2010

Spinin iphone puzzle app

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http://www.klogia.com/spinin.html My puzzle friend from Israel Boaz Feldman designed Spinin with Alex Polonsky. Even the easy levels are di...

Puzzles & Romance Department

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-9G7hCBHS8 We have long said that Oskar van Deventer is the smartest man on the planet. And now, Oskar shows...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

Helicopter Cube

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Spent a fun hour taking apart the Helcopter Cube by Adam Cowan. The image above shows the component pieces. The puzzle can be jumbled - me...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

icut - new iphone app

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The Grabarchuk family keeps churning out interesting puzzles. icut is the latest. Download it NOW, while it's free. http://grabarchukp...
Sunday, May 23, 2010

Martin Gardner has died

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Martin Gardner was a great puzzler. He wrote a column for Scientific American for many years about recreational mathematics. This Mechanica...
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Saturday, May 22, 2010

LOST final prediction

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Locke must die! Who will kill him? Logically, it should be Jack. Recall: Jack pulled the trigger on him after Locke killed Naomi. But the...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Axis - Iphone puzzle app

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Dan Norcott is the brains behind Axis. Hard to describe. It's brand new. This Mechanical Puzzle Correspondent played the 1st 8 levels....
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Games Magazine current issue

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Read this Mechanical Puzzle Correspondent's article Stupid Toys....Compelling Fun in the August issue. Mysteriously - on sale now. Pag...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Lab Mice App

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480 people have downloaded Lab Mice puzzles.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Lab Mice Puzzles - iphone/ipod app!

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Please download the free version and give it an honest rating. Written responses will help make improvements for future versions. Thanks! ...
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Twisted Mind Puzzler

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Finally got my copy of this great sliding tile puzzle. The knob in the back lifts the 4 corner pieces and rotates them in place. Solved in ...
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Monday, May 10, 2010

LOST Apollo Candy Bar

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Throughout the series, we see various characters eat an Apollo Candy Bar. In the hatch, we see Kate, Hurley & Locke all eat them. Ben ...
Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Mindware - great puzzle company

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So many people have emailed me about puzzle companies. Yes, ThinkFun & Bits and Pieces are terrific. But don't forget Mindware! S...
Friday, April 30, 2010

Logix Arrows Iphone App puzzle

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Object: click on each star and turn them into arrows. Each arrow can point either up/down left/right or diagonally. If a cell has #5, that...
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Monday, April 26, 2010

LOST thoughts on Shannon & Ben & Jacob

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Shannon's father died suddenly - this set her on a course to travel the world. Theory: Jacob, is an evil SOB. He killed Shannon's f...
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Sunday, April 25, 2010

LOST thoughts on Hugo & the smoke monster

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We've seen Ben lie many times. But Hugo? In the episode of Richard's origin, we see Hugo being a medium at the end of the show to ...
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Friday, April 23, 2010

Kugellager puzzle

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This puzzle is similar to Tower of Hanoi, The Brain etc. The object is to slide the balls to the opposite end by shifting right and left the...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Fadi Cube update

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Scroll down a bit to see photos of the Fadi Cube. This Mechanical Puzzle Correspondent scrambled it - bravely. So far - unsolved. Corners...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Fun Math Problem

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Arlene is a serious runner. Every morning she runs one loop of her route. She runs downhill at 6 mph. She runs uphill at 2 mph. If Amy r...
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Monday, April 19, 2010

Puzzle Blog in Canada

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Our puzzle friends of the north now can tune in to the puzzle scene with a homegrown puzzler: Nancey Vanstone! Follow her & stay appris...
Friday, April 9, 2010

Viva La France!!

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The Great Nation of France is definitely on the rise. First, the President had the good sense to marry the lovely Italian Carla Bruni. And...
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Thursday, April 8, 2010

St8ts - new iphone puzzle app

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Jeff Widderich has created an interesting version of sudoku here.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Buttonia - iphone puzzle app

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Buttonia is a Lights-Out puzzle game. In a normal Lights-Out game, pressing one button changes the status of all the surrounding orthogonal ...
Sunday, April 4, 2010

Fadi Cube

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The Fadi Cube from Oskar van Deventer has an interesting turning mechanism. Observe the photos. This may be the only 'twisty' puzzl...
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LOST - Kate & ,Mikhail

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Season 2: Kate, Locke & Sayid find the crazy Russian mercenary named Mikhail - he with the patch over his right eye. They fight, his hou...
Thursday, April 1, 2010

LOST - Prediction

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In the last episode, we are given a surprise - Desmond is back - seemingly without Penny. I have no idea why. However! We have not seen the...
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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...