by locksmith | Feb 18, 2015 | Puzzle Autopsy, puzzles
Time for another Puzzle Autopsy! Past entries in this series have focused on more famous virtual escape-the-room-games. This time out, we're playing a much lesser-known title called Baba Yaga, which comes recommended by the writers at JayIsGames.com. Go play the game,...
by locksmith | Feb 17, 2015 | neat, puzzles
We're happy to announce that Toronto is the sixteenth city to host Puzzled Pint! Puzzled Pint is a free monthly event for fans of puzzles, camaraderie, and pub food. Each month, the Puzzled Pint volunteers will post a brain-bending puzzle online. Once you solve it,...
by locksmith | Feb 12, 2015 | crime, puzzles
Someone's bound to get spanked for this. Parents in a Pennsylvania school district are turning 50 shades of red over word search puzzles given to middle school students based on an erotic novel and movie. Read Middle School Students Given 'Fifty Shades of Grey'...
by locksmith | Feb 9, 2015 | neat, puzzles
LucasArts (nee LucasFilm) created the adventures that inspired us to become gave developers. Here's a great chunk of early history from the millionaire-founded dream team: Read AN ADVENTURE THROUGH THE EARLY DAYS OF LUCASARTS WITH DAVID FOX - IGN
by locksmith | Feb 1, 2015 | escape game puzzle design, Puzzle Autopsy, puzzles
It's time to discuss another online room escape game! Here's how Puzzle Autopsy works: go play the game or watch a walkthrough (or don't), and then read on for a critique of the puzzles (or don't). Where and who am I (again)? Like Crimson Room before it, 2005's...
by locksmith | Jan 31, 2015 | puzzles
PC Gamer has a list of the 10 most nonsensical puzzles in adventure games today (only 10?): Two things here. First, water is not in fact bright blue. Second, that's a green glass bottle, so even if it was, it wouldn't be. This being Limbo of the Lost though, of course...
