Research shows that combining physical and mental exercise is the best way to keep your brain sharp as you age. And getting in extra steps or even taking up pickleball is a fairly clear-cut way to get ...

For prizewinning puzzle creators, the devilish ideas are in the details. By Siobhan Roberts Friction is a force that opposes the motion of one object relative to another — and it’s always an important ...

Label the rectangles correctly with the letters A to I. Show puzzle solution Only the four blue-shaded rectangles below intersect three other rectangles, and therefore they must be F, G, H and I. H ...

As a kid I loved doing puzzles with my father, especially around the holidays. We would get a giant jigsaw — usually an old-timey Christmas image filled with people ice-skating and horse-drawn ...

On a chilly January night in 1924, fledgling publisher Richard Simon was having dinner with his Aunt Wixie when she asked if he knew where she could buy a book of crossword puzzles. None existed. At ...

How do you solve the locker puzzle in Routine? Before you can access the innermost areas of the Ward, you need to track down James Mason's ID to upgrade your security clearance level. There's just one ...

So far, Magic Puzzle Company has released five “series” of puzzles, each of which includes four puzzles. If you’ve never done one of their puzzles, it doesn’t really matter which one you get – just go ...

Amelia Schwartz is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor who has been covering food, beverage, and culture for over seven years. She is currently an editor at Food & Wine magazine, focusing on trends and ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. For a game that's been out for 18 years, Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords has had a lot of staying power, especially after the 2019 remaster, ...

Puzzle Quest, the match-3 RPG that invented the genre and arguably defines it to this day, is finally receiving the love and care it deserves. For the first time, the game—along with its many ...

Ahmad is a video game fanatic. He always carries his PSVita with him wherever he goes so he can play Metal Gear Solid on the go, and his socials are filled with gaming news. He also lifts weights ...

The puzzle game genre is unbelievably vast, including everything from cozy mobile titles and daily brain teasers to dark puzzle-platformers and detective games. As a result, trying to narrow down the ...