The Puzzler

puxxle:

With pixel-projects they imagine what it would be like to lift the pixelized universe from the screen into the real world. Composing in pixel is not solitary work in the computer anymore, but rather a game, a pixel puzzle, where both of them can intervene pixel by pixel and where everything is possible.

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Wired: Solve This Word Challenge Without Cheating, Conniving, or Bamboozling

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Labyrinth: Secrets of the Pedway

Waxwing Puzzle Co. bills itself “Adventure Tourism in Chicago”. Their signature game, Labyrinth, is…

a real-time game played over the course of a few hours in the Chicago Pedway, a system of underground tunnels beneath the heart of downtown. Players will compete against other teams in an open or private event to be the first to track down four “marks,” Waxwing confederates waiting in hidden locations who will give each team a challenge and a piece of the final clue. The first team to find all four “marks” is the winner.

It costs $20 per person. The next one is being held Saturday February 18th. I’m out of town, so someone will have to go and report back on how awesome it is.

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• 2 weeks ago
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derekeads:

38 Days of Groundhog Day: Every day that was shown in the film illustrated by Derek Eads

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If you divide 1 by 998,001 you get all three-digit numbers from 000 to 999 in order. Except for 998.

 (via waldopepper on mlkshk)

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• 3 weeks ago
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Donovan Strain deduces which day was Ice Cube's "Good Day".

Using six lines from the song, he narrows down the possibilities from 12 to 4 to 2 to 1. A masterwork of pop culture deduction.

CLUE 1:
“went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS”. Yo MTV RAPS first aired:  Aug 6th 1988

CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993

CLUE 3:
”The Lakers beat the Super  Sonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…

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Challenge #22: Oscar Food 2012

Time again for the annual Oscar Food Challenge, where you make the puns, and we make the food. The nominees were just announced, which is our sign to start thinking of the menu for our annual Oscar-watching party. For inspiration, here a some of last year’s entries: King’s Peach Melba, Cured Tongue, Like Button Mushrooms (Social Network), True Grits, LeBeouf Stew, Winter’s Bon-Bons, Tron: Eggacy, Exit Through The Pork Chop, The Squids Are All Right, 4-layer Mexican Dip (Inception), Cobb Salad. 

Many of these came from you, via last year’s challenge. I turn to you again. Here’s the list of ten Best Picture nominees to get you started:

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• The Help
• Moneyball
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

Some suggestions have already been rolling in, like:

• The Tartist
• Belly Beane dip
• The Kelp
• Midnight in Pear-is
• Hu-Gomae

Any nominated movie in any category is fair game. Post as many ideas as you have in the comments, or post them to Twitter using the #oscarfood tag. The best ones will get posted in a follow-up — and the cream of the crop will get created in our kitchen for our party on the 26th.

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  • #food
  • #hugo
  • #menu
  • #midnightinparis
  • #moneyball
  • #movies
  • #oscars
  • #theartist
  • #original
• 3 weeks ago
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Democratic Chess is a new interpretation of the traditional chess game. New ways of playing are made possible by the shape of the figures. Pieces taken are not eliminated but stacked, thus creating new figures, which have more abilities. For example, a knight or even a second queen can be made from several pawns etc.

(via Dezeen » Blog Archive » Democratic Chess by Florian Hauswirth)

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Puzzle #89: Pop Song

The title of one of the greatest rock songs of all time can be reversed to get the name of its producer. What’s the song?

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  • #pop
  • #song
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