‘Destiny 2’ puzzle leads to a real-world reward

Bungie is well-known for including cryptic references in its games, but it’s not often those references lead to real-world gains. A massive team of gamers investigating an area in Destiny 2‘s new Warmind expansion decoded an elaborate cipher puzzle that, in the end, produced a message with geographical coordinates in upstate New York (conveniently, near […]

+iQeI/Q (This Game Is For Aliens) Tests Players’ Puzzle Solving Abilities

If you enjoy a good, quick brain teaser, then you might be alien enough to get through the puzzles presented in +iQeI/Q (This Game Is For Aliens). Going from a quiet home to being surrounded by creatures that do not speak your language, you’ll be forced to go through a series of challenging puzzles to […]

The World Next Door is a visual-novel mashup with puzzle fighting

Indie studio Rose City Games’s The World Next Door is a quirky mashup of a visual novel and a role-playing game with real-time combat. It’s also the first title that manga publisher Viz Media is taking on as a publisher. Its release date is still to be determined, but the title will debut on PC. […]

Pipe Push Paradise Turns Plumbing Into A Challenging Puzzle Adventure

As Mario might attest, it’s not easy being a video game plumber. But at least he only has to jump over pipes. In Pipe Push Paradise, you need to…push pipes across a mysterious island, where limited space and odd pipe shapes craft brain-breaking spatial challenges from seemingly simple mechanics. On an isolated island, local piping […]

Fix Computer Issues Or Blackmail Clients In Puzzle Adventure Tech Support: Error Unknown

From Uplink to Her Story, the concept of a game presenting itself as a computer or console to work interact with has seen numerous variations and iterations. On mobile, games like Simulacra and A Normal Lost Phone expand the premise to smart phones. The upcoming Tech Support: Error Unknown looks to combine both, placing you […]

People can’t figure out how many squares are in this tricky puzzle

rodnikovay/Shutterstock This geometry brainteaser challenges you to count as many squares as you can. It’s much harder than it seems. There’s a good chance you’ll miss a few on your first shot. Keep scrolling to find out the correct answer to this puzzle.   A puzzle that involves counting squares sounds easy enough — you’ve […]

‘How did life form from rocks?’ Protein puzzle reveals secrets of Earth’s evolution

How did life begin on Earth? That is a question pondered by humans for millennia. But while the answer remains elusive, a team of scientists believe they’ve found the key mechanism behind life’s essential ingredient – protein. Amino acids are the ‘building blocks’ of proteins, one of the prerequisites for life in any known form. […]

Quiz questions only one in 2000 people can answer: Visual puzzle will leave you confused

The quiz, shared on Playbuzz, is fiendishly difficult, with its creator claiming only one in 2000 people can pass it. On the introduction to the quiz, the creator wrote: “Have you heard of Synesthesia? It’s a phenomenon of a sensory interplay when a person has a rare ability to “smell shapes”, “hear letters”, see numbers […]