Every year around Christmastime, DeeAnn and I spend an entire day at the movies seeing as many first-run shows as we can. Here are some statistics recounting how we spent our Boxing Day this year… (with apologies to Harper’s) Movies…
Category: puzzles
Is This a Clue?!
I received a mysterious postcard this week: No obvious hidden messages jumped out at me from the text, but DeeAnn wisely pointed out that several different video games are mentioned or described. That’s pretty interesting. Without knowing where this might…
I am no longer the President
…of “Team Snout.” But I am still the Captain of Team Snout. Confused? I’ll explain. My wife and I and our friends started running Stanford-style puzzle hunts, which were then known as “The Game,” way back in 2001. At first…
I Now Own Part of a Private Island
One square foot, to be precise, in the place known as “Hawaii 2,” which the horrible people at Cards Against Humanity actually purchased—and then gave away—as part of this year’s Holiday Bullshit shenanigans. Here’s where my real estate is located:…
SnoutCast #203: Stacy Costa
This month, we talked to the world’s only female enigmatologist, Stacy Costa at the University of Toronto, who helped create the recent “Research Matters” Virtual Scavenger Hunt! [ Download mp3 ] Show length: 49:49File size: 47.8MB Our conversation topics included…
SnoutCast #199: Breakout Things
In which we recount our excellent “room escape” experience at Puzzle Break Seattle, and respond to some more listener mail. [ Download mp3 – 28 MB ] 00:59 – “escapist”01:20 – Team Goats Under Snout escaped the room in 40…
SnoutCast #191: “Double Secret” Contributors Corby and Josh
This week, we talk to Josh Ward and Corby Anderson, two of the puzzle creators for my “Double Secret” surprise birthday puzzle hunt! [ Download mp3 – 23 MB ] 00:59 – “conspiratorial”03:57 – Josh‘s puzzle creation story08:09 – Corby‘s…
Puzzle Reciprocity
TL;DR: solve this video clue and get a tiny prize!* (Famine Game peeps: find Curtis at the Friday night event, tell him the answer, and collect a physical tchotchke. Everyone else: e-mail your answer to “ZBIVRF NG FABHG QBG BET”…
SnoutCast #175: The Famine Game Reaping
This week, we talk to Todd Etter–previously profiled in SnoutCast #101, now head Gamemaker of the upcoming Famine Game–about that event’s recently-concluded application process! [ Download mp3 – 32 MB ] 00:00 – teaser: “several moments of [swearing]”01:18 – “hungry”04:45…
Artisanally Hand-Crafted in Portlandia
On Tuesday, while setting up for Puzzled Pint at Beulahland, we managed to lose one of our answer sheets while stuffing puzzle packets. I quickly made an extra one by hand, just in case a full complement of 20 teams…