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Archive for May, 2018

Pants-rank: Comparing Apples, Oranges with Google Trends

Friday, May 18th, 2018

I was recently talking to another puzzle maven, and the subject of how I measure the demand for specific logic puzzles came up. I’m interested in puzzle demand because it helps inform the choices I make when I add new puzzles to the website. It occurred to me that my methods may not be as […]

Star Battle: Oh my gosh they’re full of stars!

Saturday, May 12th, 2018

The latest addition to my puzzle menagerie is STAR BATTLE, a newish (well, 21st century, at least) puzzle that was originally created by Hans Eendebak for the 2003 World Puzzle Championship. If you like Suguru you will probably find these fairly easy to get into, as they are somewhat similar. But instead of placing numbers, […]