Friday, December 31, 2010

Pengu Push: iphone puzzle app review

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Very similar to BoxWorld and other sokoban puzzle sets. Cool penguin though!

Boxworld: iphone puzzle app review

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In 1995, this Mechanical Puzzle Correspondent spent $5 for Boxworld. It's sokoban. 100 levels. Took maybe 20 hours to solve. That c...
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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Mad Triad

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Mad Triad was invented by Heng-Chun Ku. It is becoming very rare. But it at http://www.biffleys.com/playroom-games/mad-triad.htm or do...

Tessellate: iphone puzzle app review

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Arseniy Banayev created this interesting app. He calls it a 2D version of Rubik's Cube. His version has over 4,500,000,000,000,000,000,...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Zealot Cube: iphone puzzle app review

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Do you aspire to learn how to solve Rubik's Cube? Li Zhijian has produced a new iphone puzzle app to teach you! Very nice job!

Cube Wizard: iphone puzzle app review

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There are innumerable Rubik's Cube app games on the itunes store. Recently Ingo Eichenseher, from Germany, produced this gem. Open the...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Intersection: iphone puzzle app review

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Bobby Nakanelua has created an interesting version of the 8 Queens puzzle. The original 8 Queens puzzle: place 8 queens on a chess board s...
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Dots & Lines: iphone puzzle app review

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Object: move the dots around and make the lines not cross any more. There is an online version called planarity. Overall - good fun from ...
Monday, December 27, 2010

Super Flood: iphone puzzle app review

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The object of the puzzle is to flood the board just 1 color. The top left corner is the starting point. If the neighboring polygons are b...
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Get Me Out: iphone puzzle review

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Get Me Out is similar to dozens of 'Rush Hour' apps that are available. This version has a sleek interface. The 'Lite' ver...
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Thursday, December 23, 2010

NY Times Crossword Puzzle Editor Will Shortz

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Will Shortz is interviewed, yet again, this time by his own employer. http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/shortz/

Binary Sudoku Puzzle iphone puzzle app

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Sudoku has become a phenomenon. Dozens of variations have been produced. Michiel Allessie has produce an appealing new version called Binar...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Dedalo: iphone puzzle app Youtube demo

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNXOVNN5EaQ Very sleek graphics!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Game Magazine article

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http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rh5k-isn/Puzzle/ The February issue of Games Magazine is now on the newsstands. This Senior Mechanical Puzzle Co...
Monday, December 20, 2010

Chess Puzzles

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The Huffington Post has expanded their menu. Yes it is pro-democrat & anti-republican. More importantly, Ariana is educating/entertainin...
Friday, December 17, 2010

Puzzling way to mulitiply & divide

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/16/ancient-egypt-math-computer_n_797806.html
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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Rave Review of Lab Mice Puzzles

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http://www.parentsconnect.com/product-review/toys/lab-mice.html
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Blockoban: iphone puzzle app

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Blockoban is an outstanding puzzle app that belongs on every serious puzzler's iphone/ipod/ipad. The object is to move the colored squa...
Monday, December 13, 2010

Dedalo: iphone puzzle app

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Mama Mia! The Dedalo iphone app is red-hot in Italy right now. And the reviews are steller! Dedalo is the Italian version of Lab Mice Puzzl...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

Try Cube Iphone Puzzle App

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http://dexetra.com/apps.php?id=42 Try Cube is a cross between MonoSpace (another great puzzle app) and Rubik's Cube. Object: turn the la...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

NY Times Science Section

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/science/07memory.html?_r=1&ref=science The entire section of the NY Times Science section is devoted t...
Monday, December 6, 2010

Stone Flood Iphone Puzzle App

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Andreas Katzian has produced a nice, fun series of puzzles. 54 levels. The object is to make all the stones 1 color. The bottom left corner...
Monday, November 22, 2010

Good Puzzle Collector's Web Page

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Gisela Wittingen, from the Netherlands, has a nice section in her puzzle web page of photographs. Check 'em out! http://wittingen-puzzel...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Rubik's Slide: iphone puzzle app

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Last month I met with the publicity staff of Rubik's Slide. They reported: while on QVC, they sold 40,000 copies in the first 10 minutes...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Michelle Nataniel Yugie, Rubik’s Cube Champ

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Seems like 99% of the time, Rubik's Cube Fanatics are male. This young lady is an inspiration! http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/myjakarta...
Monday, November 15, 2010

Hex Slide 10,000 Iphone puzzle App

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This Mechanical Puzzle Correspondent completed all 625 Expert levels of Rush Hour. Relieved and sad that there were no more challenges. And ...
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Puzzle for Pets?

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Oskar van Deventer found this Stewart Coffin puzzle sold in his local pet food store. If your dog, cat or rabbit can't dismantle it and ...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Monospace - Iphone Puzzle app

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Daniel Lutz created Colorbind - one of the top 10 intelligent puzzle apps. Monospace is his encore. 60 levels. Impossible to describe. Just...
Monday, November 8, 2010

Puzzle Friend in the News: Washington Post

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/06/AR2010110604245.html In the puzzle world, Bill Ritchie is best known for his...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Up! Iphone puzzle App

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Csaba Tamas has created 20 levels of this interesting maze puzzle set. Each level consists of 3 or 4 puzzles. Object: move your man from th...
Thursday, October 7, 2010

Lab Mice Puzzles - Mindware Game

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Because the Lab Mice Puzzle books have sold so well, Mindware has adopted the genre and created 100 new puzzles ranging from easy to hard. T...
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Monday, September 27, 2010

Lab Mice Puzzle - book review in French Women's Magazine

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This summer, a dear friend was en vacance in France. She was thumbing through her favorite magazine: Femme Actuelle. She saw my name, then t...
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Rush Hour: The Iphone App

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About 10 years ago Binary Arts, now known as ThinkFun, released Rush Hour. Its 40 challenge puzzles swept the world. 3 more versions were re...
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Monday, September 13, 2010

New Puzzle Article

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http://gamesmagazine-online.com/ The November issue features my article Tower of Hanoi and Similar Puzzles. It's not on the newsstands y...
Friday, September 3, 2010

Fermat's Room (2007)

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This foreign film about mathematics is terrific. Reminds me of The Cube. Can you name 5 films that feature mathematicians as the main charac...
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Office Max

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Office Max is running a 'Back to School' ad on TV. The ad shows a Rubik's Cube being solved. And yet, if you go the Office Max ...
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