The NYT Mini crossword might be a lot smaller than a normal crossword, but it isn't easy. If you're stuck with today's ...

Alexey Pajitnov, who created the ubiquitous game in 1984, opens up about his failed projects and his desire to design another ...

Readers with sharp brains and eyes can only find who’s not rich within 6 seconds. And... Time’s up. How many of you have solved the puzzle by now? Congratulations to those who did, you have an ...

A brain teaser challenged users to figure out the number of ants based on their positions, testing problem-solving and ...

A bite-sized version of the New York Times’ well-known crossword puzzle, The Mini is a quick and easy way to test your crossword skills daily in a lot less time (the average puzzle takes most ...

Alexander Taylor There are plenty of spells and ability-boosting badges I haven’t used yet, not to mention modifiers, which you can apply to individual runs to make them easier or harder.

The New York Times Tech Guild, which works on things like election content and recipes alongside the newspaper and website's popular array of puzzles ... are asking people not to play games ...

It’s puzzling. I don’t know where they keep them for the rest of the year, but come the holiday, puzzle boxes seem to crop up ...

Puzzle games task you with discovering solutions using your head, not brute force. At their worst, they feel like homework. At their best, they pull you into an irresistible flow state that makes ...