Puzzle Articles

Will Shortz writes about the joys of logic puzzles in today's New York Times. You may think of Will as a crossword guy, but as one of the founders of the World Puzzle Championship, he knows his logic puzzles.

Also, an article about the increasing "brain-training" trend in Japan. I don't doubt it's on the rise, but Japan has always had one of the most puzzle-loving populations. The country boasts an army of top-flight designers, and Tokyo has puzzle stores the way Berkeley has bookstores. I've seen the excellent Cast puzzles in a hardware store in Tokyo.

via Bill Ritchie, who posted to Nobnet, a mailing list for mechanical puzzle enthusiasts. (And just to bring it full circle, the Nob in Nobnet is a reference to Nob Yoshigahara, one of Japan's and the world's most prolific puzzle designers until his death a few years ago.)