April 05, 2007
Help me help you amuse yourselves
If you didn't attend this year's Crossword Puzzle Tournament, you missed a fantastic multi-puzzle extravaganza on Friday night, written by Scott and Susan Weiss. (Scott, of course, is the fellow responsible for the three-way tie on Jeopardy!) Fortunately for you, he's posted the whole thing online. It's a quick, fun puzzle set, designed to be solved by a group of four in under an hour.
If you prefer your puzzles to make little noises and feature cartoon people that move around, then I direct you to the latest game from mad genius On of Eyezmaze: Dwarf Complete. It's a small but remarkably satisfying adventure game. Highly recommended.
The Terrific Menace of the Invaders from Audiogalaxy looks good too, but I haven't gotten very far into it, so I can't vouch for the quality of all the puzzles. It's been pretty entertaining so far, though.
(Game links from Jay Is Games, as usual.)
Posted by Francis at 12:30 AMSince I'm never home to watch Jeopardy! I didn't see the three-way or the rematch. Did Scott win the rematch?
Posted by: Charles at April 5, 2007 11:35 AMAlas, no. He would have if he'd known the answer to Final Jeopardy (or if the guy in 2nd place hadn't), which asked for the name of the person who said "What a beautful view" on May 5, 1961. Rose and I figured out it was asking for the name of an astronaut, but we didn't know which one. I guessed John Glenn, as did Scott and contestant #3, but the answer was Alan Shepard.
Posted by: Francis at April 5, 2007 11:44 AM