The MIT Mystery Hunt is a time honored tradition seminal to the puzzle hunt and immersive media communities. This blog post remains a shockingly small account of our nearly 72 hour experience – and even then a shockingly smaller account of just a few puzzles we found exciting. Continue Reading
[Cross-posted to Doubt is an Art.] This past Wednesday, the Lunch Zone explored Parallax, a stark and yet somehow intimate puzzle game. The resolute black and white imagery, the abstract and icon-marked shapes, and sense of containment from being apparently… Continue Reading
For the final week of July, we decided to take a break from our summer-long play of Witcher III and play Baba is You. In this week’s playthrough, I was joined by anthropology professor, Thomas Malaby, as we observed English PhD student, Erik Kersting, play.… Continue Reading
By Nathan Humpal, Metadata Librarian A curious thing has been happening while playing The Witness on “The Cat’s Moustache.” As the game progresses I find my puzzle-solving becoming more and more tactile. The Witness’ early puzzles are deceptively simple, as it… Continue Reading
Developer: Devolver Released: September 10, 2015 Genre: Point-and-click Platform: PC (Steam) Played: November 2, 2018 Show notes Kris played Dropsy (Devolver 2015), a point-and-click game with bizarre aesthetics and a jazzy soundtrack provided by Chris Schlarb. Dropsy has received critical… Continue Reading