For prizewinning puzzle creators, the devilish ideas are in the details. By Siobhan Roberts Friction is a force that opposes the motion of one object relative to another — and it’s always an important ...

Strange Jigsaws presents as a series of puzzle rooms with overlapping elements you need to untangle as you make your way through its ever-expanding “world” of jigsaws. The game opens with a ...

When you make a purchase using a link on this page, we may receive a commission. Thank you for supporting The New Yorker. I’ll start with a caveat: the games in this guide are mostly screenless. Video ...

It’s easy to dismiss games as a distraction with all that's going on in the world today. Crossword puzzles, word searches, Sudoku — they might seem like frivolous pursuits compared to the stream of ...

Squaring a square sounds simple, but the math behind it is one of the strangest puzzles ever created. It requires cutting a square into smaller squares—all different sizes—with a pattern that doesn’t ...

How to activate the discount: To get the 50% discount on one puzzle, you'll need to add atleast two of the eligible puzzles to your cart. Amazon will apply the discount to your order as you checkout.

Netflix Puzzled will offer puzzle games themed after franchises like Stranger Things and Bridgerton. Netflix Puzzled will offer puzzle games themed after franchises like Stranger Things and Bridgerton ...

I love binge-watching shows, playing video games and taking naps as much as the next person, but nothing beats unwinding with a jigsaw puzzle. They also happen to be good for you: studies show that ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. “Brain games” have become a popular way to stay sharp ...

Despite that, or perhaps because of it, The Times only occasionally releases new game offerings—typically one per year. So that makes Monday’s release of Pips, the latest permanent addition to the ...

I love puzzles in games as much as the next guy, but even I have to acknowledge some lack of originality. Case in point: I think we’ve had enough “move mirrors around to direct a beam of light" ...

The rules of Sudoku dictate that every row, column and 3×3 bolded box in the completed grid must contain the digits 1 through 9 exactly once. A surprising fact emerges from these simple rules. In ...