We take on a challenging mystery box cryptex puzzle, breaking down the clues, logic, and step-by-step strategy behind ...

There are countless variations on the proposals we'll poke holes in below, but they tend to fall in two broad categories: ideas that seek to change the pressure points around tanking, and those that ...

Can you reverse 1-2-3-4 into 4-3-2-1 by moving just ONE person? Most people get stuck. Try it before scrolling.

Movie night used to mean one screen and one decision. You chose a film, pressed play and let the runtime do the rest. That ritual still exists, but it now ...

NYT Connections challenges players to group 16 words into 4 sets of 4. Success requires observation, critical thinking, and identifying commonalities. The game is addictive due to its logic, ...

The NYT Pips is a well-known daily logic puzzle from The New York Times. It is one of the newest additions to the NYT Games lineup. It requires you to drag and place dominoes into a color-coded grid ...

Foams were once thought to behave like glass, with bubbles frozen in place at the microscopic level. But new simulations reveal that foam bubbles are always shifting, even while the foam keeps its ...

NYT Connections: Sports Edition, generally referred to as Sports Connections, has garnered attention from sports fanatics since its release. Featuring similar game rules and mechanics to NYT ...

On Halloween night, 1968, a flock of twenty eminent New Yorkers burst out of the door of Stephen Sondheim’s Turtle Bay town house. The group included the Broadway producer Harold Prince, the ...

It’s easy to dismiss games as a distraction with all that's going on in the world today. Crossword puzzles, word searches, Sudoku — they might seem like frivolous pursuits compared to the stream of ...

Puzzle Mania, the annual print section, takes a village to grow it from a kernel of an idea to the extravaganza it is today. By Sam Corbin To discuss this year’s Super Mega, please visit our guide.