Lost Sock Games released Kakuro Quest for Mac.

Kakuro Quest puzzles resemble crosswords or Cross Sums that use numbers, rather than words. Players must fill all the blank squares in the grid with only the digits 1-9, ensuring the numbers add up to the corresponding clues. The Grid grows from 7 X 7 to 10 X 12, challenging players to fill the grid to complete the puzzle.

The game features unlimited puzzles, a “Quest Mode” via map play with increasing difficulty, and the ability to print out puzzles to solve them on paper.

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Circles looks simple but can very frustrating flash puzzle and is created by Different Cloth. Via the circles homepage you can choose between the first version v1 and the latest version v3.764 of circles.

Both version have their own rules and for each level the rules can be different. Just be creative to find your way to the next level. Happy Puzzling!

Tags: Puzzle Game

In a previous post in informed you about The Wasabi Code which starts at July 21st 2006.

The puzzle begins with a simple anagram “I Was In A Beam” which is really simple if you look at the domain name of the Wasabi Code website. Hopefully the real Wasabi Code is more interesting. Happy Puzzling!

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There’s a new puzzle game on the handheld horizon today, with Namco Bandai announcing it will bring Gunpey to both the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS. The game is expected to hit both systems this holiday season.

Gunpey’s puzzle gameplay is as follows: lines of various angles climb up the screen, meaning the player’s objective is to flip the lines, which are located in squares, to connect them over five columns. Connecting lines from left to right removes the connected row (think Tetris), and if an incomplete line reaches the top of the screen the game ends. Gunpey is an [Read More...]

Taking a note from the successful Dan Brown novel, Wasabi Anime will be producing a uniquely planned scavenger hunt called “The WaSabi Code” for this year’s Anime Festival Orlando (July 28th-30th) at the Wyndham Orlando Resort on International Drive. Anime and puzzle fans will compete for hundreds of dollars worth of 2007 anime and pop culture convention tickets.

The puzzle begins with a simple anagram (that will be available at www.wasabianime.com on July 21st) which will be a clue for solving the other puzzles in the Anime Festival Orlando convention guide. Once all the puzzles are completed, players will discover [Read More...]

The Hidden Staircase Mystery Books website has a weekly Mystery Godoku puzzle.

Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. The goal of Godoku is to fill in every empty box with one of nine letters. Each letter can appear only once in each horizontal row as well as in each vertical column and in each of the nine 3×3 grids. Some letters are always provided to get you started.

Finally, they also give you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column. It is [Read More...]

In a previous post I already questioned if women do puzzle more. Most studies I found say so, women play more online puzzles than men, although if you look at puzzle competitions held all over the world most are dominated by men. Studies show that women spend as much or more time playing games on the web. Some of the Games of choice are word games.

Most people think men play the most online games. But a study conducted for AOL in 2004 revealed that women over 40 play the most often and [Read More...]