State Annexation
The state of crossword puzzles, by Charles M. Deber.

‘Triple Town’ creator David Edery talks copycat apps, Zynga, and the future of original gaming
All is not well in Triple Town. The much buzzed-about puzzle game, which successfully launched on Facebook and Google+ in

Mathematician Claims Breakthrough in Sudoku Puzzle
By Eugenie Samuel Reich of Nature magazine An Irish mathematician has used a complex algorithm and millions of hours of supercomputing time to solve an important open problem in the mathematics of Sudoku , the game popularized in Japan that involves filling in a 9x9 grid of squares with the numbers 1-9 according to certain rules. Gary McGuire of University College Dublin shows in a proof posted ...

Google Docs Goes Offline, Sync Photos to DropBox, Stream Music, and Play a Darwinian Puzzle Game [Video]
# androidappsoftheweek Managing content on your Android gets to be a pain pretty quick. How much music can I put on here? Did I sync all those photos to my computer? Is this document the most up-to-date version? This week's app picks help make managing those things a snap. Oh, and we've got a pretty sweet game, too. More »

Real life puzzle escape game comes to Singapore
Leaping off virtual reality and into the real world this weekend is a Japanese game concept that promises puzzle fans an experience they can actually live out. Racing against the clock, participants have to find and solve a variety of puzzles, such as pattern and logic problems as well as cryptograms in order to escape a location. In this case, the Chijmes cathedral. Related Stories Hougang MP ...