Passion For Puzzles

In Planet Sudoku special with Free Printable Sudoku's of yesterday there are also seven printable Masya Puzzles and one example how to solve Masya Puzzle. The puzzle looks a bit like Slitherlink puzzles only there are no numbers but symbols to guide the one single loop path you have to find. Although the rules are a bit more complicated than Slitherlink the can be described in a few lines.
- Draw a single loop path which goes through the squares horizontally or vertically.
- The path must pass through all the squares containing circles.
- At the center of a black circle the path must change direction by a right angle.
- The path must also pass right through the two squares next to the black circle. The path must pass straight through a square with a white circle.
- Also, it must make a 90-degree turn in either the square before the one with the white circle, or the square after the one with the white circle, or both of them.

Here you can download the Planet Sudoku Special with seven printable Masya Puzzles for free ... and don't forget to enjoy puzzling.

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At TimesOnline.co.uk you can find again a free printable pdf version with eight pages full of different Sudoku puzzles, like the original Sudoku, Fendish Sudoku, Killer Sudoku and Samurai Sudoku. As an extra they have also included a new variant of Sudoku called Planet Sudoku.
More information about this Planet Sudoku Special can be found at the 'Games and Puzzle' pages of TimesOnline and here is a direct link to the Free Sudoku pdf-file.

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Via JayIsGames I found a simple Flash puzzle game called 'Red White Yellow' which I will call RWY. RWY shows again that something simple and basic can be very interesting. I like this puzzle game very much though it's just another variant of Tetris. Your objective is to create groups of 6 or more block of the same color. But you must create the blocks is order as indicated on the right top of the screen. If you create a group of 6 or more blocks of the wrong color, the blocks will become shaded and will remain that way until you clear a group from the other color(s) first.
User control of RWY is easy and just like any other falling block game.

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No right answer or winning move, Nueve is designed solely to artfully amuse and entertain. Unlike traditional puzzles or games with only one solution or outcome, Nueve offers countless beginnings and endings. Nueve's set of handcrafted wooden cubes can be assembled in any combination to create billions of different patterns (68, 719, 476, 736 possible combinations). There is not right answer or winning move. Nueve is designed solely to liberate your perception, challenge your creativity and delight your soul.
Nueve is made of hardwood and silk-screened in red, the nine cubes are held in a black MDF tray. Each cube is 1 3/8" square, comfortable for both kids and adults. Handsomely presented in a gift box (6 x 6"), Nueve will be appreciated by the curious and creatively spirited. Nueve is designed by NewArtifacts, a group of artists, designers, and entrepreneurs from Uruguay. The Nueve puzzle is available via PaperAnimations.com will cost you US$ 24.95

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Just like Cubicus Puzzle, Cella Puzzle is another beautiful design puzzle by Peer Clahsen. The Cella Puzzle consists of nine divisible shells that fit into each other to make chambers and rooms, flowers and leaves. Cella is made of
sustainable-harvested maple wood and painted with non-toxic paints. The puzzle is made by Naef Spiele AG from Switzerland, which are known worldwide for their extreme precision and quality in manufacturing.

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Rome - the greatest, most known, legendariest city for all times. You have the rare chance to manage Ancient Rome, develop it and lead to greatness!

Rome Puzzle is the unique combination of a puzzle and city management; in this game you should solve weight of puzzles and develop settlement into the real heart of the ancient world. Start with purchasing of a fountain and a tavern, make a choice between a watermill and a blacksmith, earn money, construct larger buildings, and then... You can construct the Colosseum, erect the Pantheon and pass a way from the emerging leader up to Emperor. Solve all puzzles of this game - and doors of the Olympus, a dwelling of gods will open.

Open for itself the world of Caesars, the world of greatness of Ancient Rome, the world of blossoming and glory of empires!


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Australian actress Nicole Kidman will be spearheading the European marketing campaign for the latest Brain Training title, due out in Europe on June 29th 2007. The sequel to the immensely popular Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? [called Brain Age in the US], the imaginatively titled More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?, will feature more of the same with Sudoku, daily training, and quickplay.

The 40-year-old actress commented, "I love the concept that Nintendo is reaching out to new audiences with their self improvement products like Brain Training. Most importantly, I've quickly found that training my brain is a great way to keep my mind feeling young." The advert will feature the star relaxing at home and playing the new title by memorising numbers and speaking into the DS's microphone. Via gamespot

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For all fashion ladies who love crossword puzzles and handbags this is your change. This Crossword puzzle handbag is double interlined with 2 large pockets outside and 2 large pockets inside with a magnetic snap closure and rivets holding handles to two rings. The crossword puzzle handbag measures 11x8x3 with a handle drop of 17" and fits nicely on the shoulder. The crossword puzzle handbag will cost you US$ 27.95

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Cubicus Puzzle is a beautiful looking puzzle designed by Peer Clahsen. The nine individual pieces of this cube make it possible to create again and again something entirely new. Cubicus puzzle is made from sustainable harvested maple wood, non-toxic paints and manufactured by Naef Spiele AG from Switzerland.

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StarShine is a simple, but clever, little Flash puzzle game in which the player must choose the one star that will light all the rest. StarShine comes with 100 different puzzles. This addictive Flash puzzle should keep most people busy for awhile.

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Publisher Winning Moves have a Rubik's Cube Junior especially for kids. Children as young as five can now experience that sense of accomplishment that comes from solving a Rubik's Cube. This Junior version of Rubik's Cube features two fun colors (instead of six), pink and green, as well as a friendly monkey face. Kids can now solve the puzzle in stages, completing the green side first, followed by the monkey face and finally the whole cube. Rubik's Cube Junior is for children of age 5 and up and costs around US$ 5.95. [available via Amazon.com]

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Help Tom to catch Jerry in this flash puzzle game called Trap-o-Matic. Connect pieces from a library to create a crazy contraption and help Tom finally catch Jerry. You can do this in a kitchen or in a living room. Make your choice, start puzzling, make a strategy and start building your own trap in Trap-o-Matic.
Some people will know this as a Rube Goldberg Machine (complex devices that perform simple tasks in indirect and convoluted ways.

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The latest puzzle of my puzzle collection is Smarts Pyramid Soccer Puzzle. Regular visitors of Passion of Puzzles will notice that the complete website has now the same lay out as this puzzle weblog (menu of the website can be found on the right side).
The challenge of Pyramid Puzzle is to stack the ten sets of connected balls without identical colors touching on the inside or outside of the pyramid. Smarts Pyramid is available in your favorite sport (soccer, football, golf, baseball or basketball). Smarts Pyramid won several awards and teachers also use this game to encourage social interaction.

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Bloxorz is a brain twisting Flash puzzle game of rolling blocks and switching bridges and is created by Damien Clarke (well known from Jetspeed, Silversphere, The Missile Game 3D). The aim of Bloxorz is to get the block to fall into the square hole which need sometimes some thinging ahaed. For you stage you complete you will get a passcode so you can continue at the level you finished if you want to play Bloxorz later again. Bloxorz offfers you a puzzle game with some nice twist, like bridges which are opened/closed and some 'weak' tiles. There are 33 puzzling levels for you to complete.

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What if you want to learn a new language and you also want to enjoy yourself? Start solving crossword puzzle in another language or where you have to translate words from one language to another. On the internet you will find a lot of these puzzles. About.com has a simple crossword puzzle called "Le Calendrier" where you can practice your knowledge of French calendar words. This crossword puzzle provides French calendar words - your task is to translate them into English. Just click a box in the puzzle to see the clue. Type the English translation in the box, click OK, and your answer will appear in the puzzle. Click another box to continue.

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Following up last weeks post about Vanessa Hudgens launching Rubik's Revolution and celebrating Father's Day at Toys 'R' Us Times Square on Saturday (June 16) in New York City. Check out pictures from WireImage, Abaca, LFI, and GlobePhotos.

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After the article 'Amazing Mazes by Joe' I was looking for a way to solve Mazes just as you have solvers for Sudoku puzzles. Via iBloggedThis I found a technique using PhotoShop to solve mazes. If you have PhotoShop and want to solve a maze you can watch the video how to do this. This is not how you should solve a maze but it can be useful or just for fun!

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Blox Forever is a yet another block puzzle game with a lot of game elements which makes it very interesting and each level different.
Game play is easy, just click a blox, hold down the mouse button, and drag to left or right. Blox cannot be moved upwards and will fall down automatically as gravity does it's work. Place similar colored gem blox together to remove them from the board. Remove all gem blox to solve the puzzle and get to the next level. The free version has only ten levels. Anyway you'll spend lots of time with Blox Forever, and if you want more you can also buy the complete version with hundred levels of this Flash puzzle game. This puzzle can also played by people with color blindness as each colored blox as a different animal head inside. Happy puzzling!


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Parking Zone is a simple and basic flash game. Object is to drive different colored cars into their respective colored parking zones as soon as you can. The first levels are very simple and you've got fifty moves per level to solve the puzzle. This is more a puzzle game for kids to let them think in advance to solve a puzzle. For the more experienced puzzler Parking Zone is just to simple to solve .

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As Sudoku sweeps across the globe, tightening it's stranglehold on commuters, Carol Vorderman and millions of people's DS's, numerous other pretenders to the crown have popped up, all vying to be called the Next Big Casual Mathematical Thing.

As a puzzle game with a strong tilt towards people of a numerate nature, Rubik's Numbulution is the newest challenger to the throne – a mathematical puzzle game that relies as much on your ability figure out a puzzle as it does your skill at adding up numbers in the most obscure way possible.

When you begin a game, you'll be presented with a variety of blocks, each of which has a digit on it, from 1-9. At the top of the screen, the game gives you a target number, and it's up to you to select the relevant blocks that will add up to that number. When you've reached the target number, all the blocks you've used will mysteriously vanish, and when you've cleared the screen of blocks, you've finished the level.

Unlike other puzzle games, there's no connecting groups of three here, and there's no rotating blocks, which really helps the game to differentiate itself from the pack (there's your maths joke). In later levels, the game introduces special pieces, such as negative numbers, and bomb blocks, which explode when you use them, though while these do help you to make some huge combos, they do little to expand on the basic formula of 'fastest mental mathematician first'.

There are five levels in the game, each of which is made out of three stages and a bonus round, and it's here we come to our biggest gripe. We quite like Rubik's Numbulution, because it makes us think. We like games that make us feel clever, and, because we aren't too bad at maths, Rubik's Numbulution is exactly the sort of game we're looking for. The problem is there's just not enough of it. You can blast through the 20 levels in no time, after which the game just changes to an Unlimited mode, which lets you play forever (or until you run out of time).

To say Rubik's Numbulution is average would be mean (there's your second maths joke!). A fun little mathematical puzzle game that'll really make you think, Rubik's Numbulution is exponentially better than the majority of puzzle games, but it's badly let down by a lack of levels. While the formula may be alright for the first few plays, it could really do with being a little more complex – more like a quadratic than a linear equation.

Still, if you think that current puzzle games don't push your mental maths enough and you're looking for a game that you could almost legitimately pass off to your teacher/boss as work, then Rubik's Numbulution is well worth a try. Via Pocket Gamer

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Josh from Puzzlinks.com created a new puzzle again. It’s a Sudoku variation that Josh calls Circle Sum Sudoku. It’s basically a cross between Sudoku and Kakuro. The idea was to have a Sudoku grid where the clues are unknown to start. This gave Josh the idea of having a Kakuro like puzzle to determine the clues. The result Cirlce Sum Sudoku. At Puzzlinks you can read how to solve Circle Sum Sudoku including the solution.
Enjoy Circle Sum Sudoku and thanks to Josh for another beautiful puzzle.

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At Mt Baker Puzzle Books the have some fine wooden Pentomino Puzzles, handcrafted from a different type of native northwest of America wood (like walnut, cherry, maple and much more) by Stan and Connie Bookman.
A pentomino is a shape created by joining five equal size squares at their edges. There are twelve possible combinations and there are several thousand ways to assemble these twelve pieces into rectangles.
Next to the fact that these pentomino puzzles are handcrafted they come also in a very nice wooden cover which makes this an ideal present.
For a really in-depth look at pentomino puzzle theory, you can also visit the fascinating University of Victoria pentomino page.

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You probably never heard of Joe Barzantny, but his work is world famous. Joe amazed already at an early stage in his life his parents and friends with his very organized and artistic displays all over the floors or on tabletops.
In his young primary years, Joey’s teachers kept bringing to his mom’s attention that her son scored so high on maze testing that he was off the charts. He also placed high in analytical/mathematical/spatial tests. And this came despite the fact that he exhibited signs of attention deficit disorder, being easily distracted and having difficulty concentrating. He was a power load of physical energy. In light of this, and knowing how much Joe loved to throw himself into maze books and find the answers in a zip, Irene encouraged Joey to make his own mazes. Alas, Joey’s first mazes were born, and he found his happy niche.
What completely astonished everyone was his uncanny knack for making his creations impulsively, before one’s eyes, in only minutes. Not to mention the artful grace of his lines and his perspective eye for the use of space…and each drawing had its own crafted puzzle! It truly spelled amazement.
Joe’s most complex maze, which he really put his heart into, was what would become his most popular one and the most published, "The Brain Maze". This fortuitous, gravitating maze was manufactured on a Sunday afternoon when he was eight and a half years old. On and off, between his ups and downs, it took him approximately one and a half hours of maze time. Significantly, this magnificent maze, along with the “Brain Teaser” were the only ones he made that had the solution inside the maze itself. (All of Joe’s other mazes have only one solution, which is typically found by an outside exit.)
If you want to read more about Joe’s truly amazing story please visit mazesbyjoe.com. You can also find there some free printable pdf versions of his amazing mazes and you can also buy beautiful mazes onlune.

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This is the custom jigsaw puzzle created for you when you select any inclusive date from 1888 to 2001 from the front page of the New York Times. A 400-piece jigsaw puzzle kit is created from quality 1.5mm millboard and delivered in a gift box that includes an area for a personalized message, or if shipped directly as a gift to a recipient, your message will appear on an included slip . The center piece of each puzzle is shaped like an open newspaper, and the completed puzzle reproduces the page to the approximate size of the original at 18 1/2" H x 12 1/4" W. (1 lb.) and will cost you US$ 49.95 [via hammacher.com]

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Next to the world's largest jigsaw puzzle of 24,000 jigsaw pieces there is also the world's largest crossword puzzle. If you love crosswords you can now enjoy this one. This is the World’s Largest Crossword Puzzle that broke the 1996 Guinness record.
This crossword hangs on a full seven feet by seven feet of wall space and has 28,000 clues for over 91,000 squares.
This crossword puzzle comes with a 100-page clue book that has no repeats and will provide you with hints to help you complete it.
The puzzle grid and the 4- by 4-foot answer grid are printed on a sturdy paper stock. The world's largest crossword puzzle is available via Hammacher.com for US$29.95

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Happy Lines is the new engaging puzzle game with simple rules, intellectual tasks and captivating gameplay for your Smartphone/PDA. There are several different game modes, and the constantly increasing difficulty won't let your attention drop, even for a minute!
Happy Lines is all you need to help pass the time, entertain yourself and even test your intelligence and intuition. Happy Lines offers an ideal mix of arcade and logical elements, a variety of levels, colorful graphics, ambient music, several game modes and a lot of diverse and amusing features.
It's impossible to stop yourself from falling in love with Happy Lines; just choose the game mode you prefer – compete against the clock - struggling for the precious seconds, gather your score at a leisurely pace, create the longest lines or compose the figures. Dare to master forty original levels which each completely different in rules and shape, or have fun on a level of your choice. [via Herocraft]

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Slitherlink is another Japanese puzzle like Sudoku. It has only three simple basic rules, but can be devilishly devious. But the question is will Slitherlink finally be successful? According to the statistics of my website the number of page views for my Slitherlink pages increase enormous (last week +300%). So will this be the breakthrough of Slitherlink? I hope so because Slitherlink is still one of my favorite puzzles.
For the people who are not familiar with Slitherlink a small wrap up.

The three rules for Slitherlink are:
1. Connect dots with vertical / horizontal line and make one loop,
2. Numbers are the hints to know how many lines can be drawn around it. There may be any number of lines around cells without number,
3. Lines cannot be crossed or branch off.

One of the best online Flash version of Slitherlink is written by Luke Harrison with 75 Slitherlink puzzles (25 Easy, 25 Normal and 25 Hard). The interface is straightforward, draw a line with a left mouse click and mark a segment where no line can be with the CTRL+left mouse button or Shift+left mouse button (both options work). To help you with some basic situations which occur in Slitherlink puzzles, Passion For Puzzles has a page where you can find some hints and tips to help you solve Slitherlink Puzzles.

And to finish the best way to enjoy Slitherlink Puzzles when you are not online are the Slitherlink Puzzle Books by Nikoli, where the only publish handmade puzzles to optimize puzzle pleasure.

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Virus 2 is really simple but fun Flash puzzle game. To win, "infect" all the tiles with the same color. Grow your virus color before you run out of your 35 attempts (my record is 27). You always start at left bottom corner, and by clicking on a color on the bottom. You grow your Virus by clicking on the color on the bottom. The cells that you own and the cells that match the color you clicked. Happy puzzling with Virus 2.
This game is not playable for people who suffer from Daltonism, if you know puzzle games which can be played by people with color blindness please drop us an email.

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Hexxagon happens to be one of those games that's easier to play than it is to explain. You play as the red diamonds, and your goal is to take over the board by leaping into the spaces adjacent to your opponent's watery globules.
Hexxagon was an adaptation of the board game Othello written in 1992 by the now defunct Argo Games. This Flash version of Hexxagon is an almost identical recreation of the first level of that original game. Enjoy Hexxagon!

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Some puzzle really got me puzzled, but this Japanese TV game got me really puzzled. The rules of this Japanes TV game are simple. Just make sure your body fits the frame which is coming towards you. So shapes are very clear, but some frames are just impossible. This Japanese Tetris TV puzzle game just makes me laugh. You can watch a part of this
Japanese TV tetris game at YouTube (link updated 12/2/2007).

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Creative Pocket has launched Sudomind, a fantastic game that is a cross between Sudoku and the venerable Mastermind. Like in Sudoku, the aim of the game is to fill a grid with pieces according to some rule; but there is an additional problem: you don't know the rule! So, like in Mastermind you will have to guess the secret rule by observing the moves accepted or refused by the program. The pieces can have different shapes, colors and numbers; and the secret rule randomly uses one of these features and involves the lines, columns or squares from the grid. At the beginning of each game, Sudomind chooses a new random rule. There are four different levels ranging from Beginner, where there is only one simple rule to guess, to Master where there are 3 simultaneous rules.

Give it a try and download the free demo version available at www.creativepocket.com. Sudomind works on all devices (PDA or Smartphone) with any kind of screen size or orientation (Portrait, Landscape or Square) running Windows Mobile 2003 or Windows Mobile 5. (It also works on PocketPC 2000/2002 with the .net compact framework installed). [via MSMobileNews.com]


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High School musical star Vanessa Hudgens starts a Rubik's Cube Revolution at Toy's 'R' Us at Time square USA.
Vanessa Hudgens and her father unveil 21st Century Rubik's Cube and lead in-store Cube Contests at the center of the Toy Universe on Father's Day Weekend
There is also a private autograph signing for first 400 guests who purchase Rubik's Revolution.
WHO: Vanessa Hudgens, solo recording artist and star of High School Musical and High School Musical 2; Techno Source, creator of Rubik's Revolution; and Toys 'R' Us Times Square
WHAT: Vanessa Hudgens brings her father, Greg Hudgens, to Toys "R" Us Times Square to celebrate Father's Day with the launch of Techno Source's Rubik's Revolution, a game sure to bring parents and kids together. The first electronic follow-up to the iconic Rubik's Cube, Rubik's Revolution brings the classic puzzle from Greg's generation into Vanessa's world. This new spin on cubing includes six games packed with light, sound, voice effects and multi-player functions. Kids can bring their fathers along for a chance to test their speed, smarts and dexterity.

Beginning Friday, June 1 the first 400 guests who purchase Rubik's Revolution at Toys "R" Us Times Square will receive a ticket to meet Vanessa Hudgens. Ticket holders will receive autographs from Vanessa during a private event on Saturday, June 16.

WHEN: Saturday, June 16
- 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. In-Store Contests and activities
- 1:30 p.m. Launch Event with Vanessa Hudgens
Private Autograph Signing to follow

WHERE: Toys 'R' Us Times Square
1514 Broadway (at 44th Street)
Rubik's Revolution Unveiling and Contests, Level Two

All information via Vanessa Hudgens MySpace website.

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Su.doku.es has a nice link to Tangramz, a online multiplayer version of the original Chinese game Tangram. Tangramz offers you the possibility to play this online Flash version of Tangram against other people. You have to compete to create figures with Tangram with all seven Tangram pieces. The first levels is with one complete Tangram set but later on in the game you have to use two sets of Tangram pieces. Game play is easy, just drop the Tangram pieces to the right place in the figure(s) shown above. Happy puzzling!

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If you love Jigsaw Puzzles and the movie Pulp Fiction than you will love this Pulp Fiction Jigsaw Puzzle of 513 pieces. Everything falls into place with this jigsaw puzzle, featuring four imagined pulp novel covers riddled with a designer’s vocabulary: Curse of the Watermark, The Typographer’s Widow, Max Resolution and the Quest for Clarity, and Zoom Into Negative Space. Enjoy this Pulp Fiction puzzlement via Veer.com. This products cannot be shipped outside of North America and costs you $ 12 USD

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Loose the Moose is the latest point-and-click, escape-the-room puzzle game from Bart Bonte and just released.
As with most other games like it, the premise is a simple one: you're in a room, you need to get out. You will have to be observant and think logically to solve puzzles that lead you to your escape. If you get stuck, there will be help provided in the comments before long. Perhaps even a walkthrough for those that get lost along the way. Loose the Moose can be found at Bart Bonte's website from Belgium. [via Jay is games]

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Blue Bug Games offers you some smart puzzle games. One of them is the Flash puzzle game "Add 'em Up". Object is to place your numbered tile (on the top of the list on the rights) on the board so that all surrounding tiles add up to that value. If the value is more than 9 you only take the last figure into account (so 14 will be 4). If they add up, the tiles will be removed. The goal is to clear all of the tiles from the board. There is a classic mode where you have to clear the figures on in the order supplied on the right side and a puzzle mode where you can select the figure you want to use. You can play "Add 'em up" online or get the full version for US$ 14.95. Enjoy this Flash puzzle game "Add 'em up"

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At ifilm.com I found a video called "Tips on how to solve any sudoku puzzle", Posted by kimberlyredcup22. The video describe how to solve any Sudoku puzzle with the use of Excel or any other spreadsheet program. There is only one mistake they made at the end (around 1m34 they remove the a nine in one of the cells in the upper right square (3x3), and also the nine in the corresponding row and column, but they forget to remove the nine in the other cells in the upper right square. The video visualize at least how this Sudoku solving technique works.

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Lunch Puzzle Deluxe it is bright representative new generation of puzzle games. This puzzle game difference from standard puzzle games there is now you get more than one puzzle game.

Base task of the Lunch Puzzle Deluxe conclude 3 game modes. In each game mode you need feed hungry but funny monster and you can do it different ways. You can broke chips on game screen by moving them to create vertical or horizontal row. Or you can feed our monster by connecting chip in pairs on the screen. Also difference last game mode from first there is you may move each chip but you do it not at full screen – chips falling from the top.

On this note description of game modes in other puzzle games will be end but in Lunch Puzzle Deluxe you can also choose 2 game change features (action and strategy) and 3 levels of difficulty (easy, normal, hard). And if when you will this cool puzzle play game you will have some problems with game you can use hint button to help yourself. [via game.givaawayoftheday.com
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At Bliesch dot com (a company which thinks about digital media and information technologies and put the results into practice) you can find a nice Flash Puzzle Game called Atome. Although the game is in German it should not be a problem for you to play. All you have to do is to put all the atom's together to create a molecule. Atoms of the same color can not be connected. The start is easy but it becomes more and more difficult each level. Atome is a variant of the well known puzzle game Atomix, only there you had also to position your molecule in a maze. After you finished a level you will get a password for the next level, so it's easy to come back later and continue instead of starting all over again. Happy Puzzling!

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From the Herman Miller Collection the Capelli stool is a lyrical, imaginative place to sit that resembles a Japanese puzzle box and is designed by Carol Catalano's. The "fingers" of the stool's two identical halves interlock without fasteners to form a comfortable, stable, cantilevered structure which is composed of eleven alternating dark- and light-stained hardwood inner plies and light ash veneer.

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Facebook is a well known social utility that connects you with the people around you. It's made up of many networks, each based around a workplace, region, high school or college. But this is not where this is all about. At Facebook's Job page there is a page with some puzzles for people who love to program puzzles (and so does Facebook). They say they will try to post but until know only seven puzzles are posted (Superpatterns, Korn Shell, Easy Puzzle Mountain, Prime Bits, PHP Optimize This!, Outbreak, Evil Gambling Monster). They give you the option to program each well explained puzzle with the following program languages; C++, Java, JavaScript, OCaml/SML, Perl, PHP and Python.
This is the place to be for programmers who enjoy to program puzzles and love the challenge to solve puzzle.

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"The Hidden Logic of Sudoku", a book by Denis Berthier, provides stimulating new insights into the popular game. It proposes new graphical representations and new resolution rules. Additionally, it sets new standards of rigour in the approach to Sudoku.
The "Hidden Logic of Sudoku" provides the first systematic perspective of the logical symmetries of the popular game. These are fully exploited to define new graphical representations, new kinds of resolution rules and a precedence ordering of the rules consistent with their logical complexity. The set of rules defined in the book is illustrated with a hundred of puzzles together with their full resolution paths. It suffices to solve almost any puzzle without making guesses or assuming the uniqueness of a solution. It has been fed into an Artificial Intelligence (AI) engine and a large database of puzzles has been processed, leading to a precise evaluation of the efficiency of each rule. The book is intended for both advanced Sudoku players (who will discover many new facets of the game and a new, systematic approach to the resolution rules) and for teachers or students of Logic or AI (who will appreciate the strict logical foundations).
The Hidden Logic of Sudoku has been published by Lulu.com and will cost you US$ 36.65 [via eMediaWire]

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Rubik's Cube is on sale again in Russia. Since the first of June 2007, Rubiks.RU is selling officially Rubik's Cube in Russia online. The company based in Moscow, Russia focusing on puzzles and developmental toys category. Currently they exclusively represent the Rubik's brand in Russia and import and distribute, among other puzzles, 100% original best-sellers of all times - Rubik's Cube and Rubik's Twist. They are also working on bringing the newest Rubik's Revolution to Russia.

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The Obelisk Chairs are one big puzzle, four armchairs and one table fits together like a puzzle and looks like an Obelisk. The Obelisk consists of four powdered coated aluminum frame chairs with white cushion and a table stacked into one piece made out of woven polyethylene and can be used as well inside as outside. It's very durable on the exterior and interior, so it's built to last. Downside is that this will cost you around US$ 9,000. More information about the Dedon Obelisk is available via Dedon.co.uk

Tags: Dedon | Obelisk | Armchair

Submachine: Future Loop Foundation (FLF) is a nice Flash walk through adventure puzzle game also known as point and 'click games'. Submachine FLF features music from a band of the same name (Future Loop Foundation) and it sets the mood very nicely for another enjoyable adventure. The game features the same crisp original hand drawn graphics we have come to love from the series, as well as more engaging puzzles to challenge your mind with.
In words from the author himself: "Expect the unexpected. Fifty days after releasing Submachine 4: the Lab here is a brand new submachine for you to play. It was made especially for the Future Loop Foundation, so don't be surprised if you find elements pointing to that band and their latest album, "Memories from a fading room" within the game. Basically it's out of the main storyline, but there are a few elements that could lead you to some interesting theories about the meaning of the submachine itself.". [via jayisgames]

Tags: Submachine FLF | Point and Click | Puzzle

Kirby is a nice simple but lovely flash puzzle adventure game you will like for sure. Just use your mouse to drag arrows on the board and show Kirby the way! The puzzles are easy at first, but become hard in the latter levels. Kirby feature over 30 uniques puzzles. You will probably need at least one hour to complete all puzzles of Kirby.

Tags: Kirby | Puzzle | Adventure

The new 2012 Olympics logo for the games in London, was unveiled today. In my opinion it looks a bit dated like you probably remember from the eighties. Next to that it looks like some weird shaped puzzle pieces which can resemble "2012" but also something else if you ask me. Tonight I will puzzle a bit and try to find something else this logo resembles. Probably I will not be the only one who is puzzled seeing this logo for the first time and definitely not the last one who will try to make something else of this puzzle logo. And as they spent more than US$ 800,000 on this logo I think this is also the most expensive puzzle at this moment.

Tags: Puzzle | Olympics | London

If regular Rubik's Cubes just aren't tough enough for you, try the Rubik's Cube Earth. It costs about US$ 20, and should be significantly harder than regular Rubik's Cubes because it lacks the distinguishing colors. Plus, you also have to know what the Earth actually looks like [via Geekologie].

Tags: Rubik's Cube

Well if Shuffle is a puzzle or a game, we can discuss about that, but I think you really need some strategy to solve this puzzle. Rules and instructions are easy:
- Click on one of the red balls and hold down the left mouse button.
- Drag the mouse to choose the speed (the longer the arrow the higher the speed) and direction
- Release your left mouse button to shoot and get all the yellow balls off the board before your red balls are gone to win.
After each game the balls get more close to the middle of the board which makes it more difficult and the number of balls decrease if you win.
Enjoy this puzzle game Shuffle as it is very addictive

Tags: Flash Game | Shuffle

By now you can find a lot of puzzle related furniture via Passion For Puzzles weblog. Italy4US offers also a Puzzle Coffee Table, this means the table is shaped like a piece of a jigsaw puzzle. You can arrange the Coffee table to your choice. The top are lacquered in black and white scratch proof paint. Legs in matt chrome. The table is made in Italy and will cost you US$ 665.00
Dimensions :
Small (2 pieces inserted) 35" x 18"x 10" H / 90 x 45 x 26 H cm
Medium (4 pieces inserted) 35" x 35" x 10" H / 90 x 90 x 26 H cm

Tags: Puzzle | Furniture

Rebound is a bit a dated flash puzzle game. Although game play is not so smooth this puzzle game is one I like. Click on start to release the ball and divert the direction of the ball by clicking on, as they call, the mirrors. 'Eat' all the red gems by moving the ball over the gems in as less as possible moves. When all gems are gone you have to move the ball to the END. Later on in the game you will also see some black colored mirrors you can not move. Have fun playing Rebound!

Tags: Rebound | Flash puzzle

Rubik's Cube is a toy that most kids have played with at one time or another, but the findings of Northeastern University Computer Science professor Gene Cooperman and graduate student Dan Kunkle are not child’s play. The two have proven that 26 moves suffice to solve any configuration of a Rubik's cube – a new record. Historically the best that had been proved was 27 moves. More information via CCNmag.com

Tags: Rubik's Cube