Your brain loves a challenge. Just like muscles get stronger with exercise, the brain becomes sharper when it solves problems. Puzzles are one of the simplest ways to stimulate thinking, memory, and ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Bakerbury Police enlist the talents of its most famous resident, Cora Felton, AKA “The Puzzle Lady” to help solve a girl’s murder. But the eccentric Cora isn’t who she claims to be: she’s the ...

Jodi Jill hates flying. So when turbulence hits and her nerves start to fray, she reaches for the 50- to 75-piece kids’ jigsaw puzzle tucked inside her bag. Then she drops the tray table and starts ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The original match-three RPG is back! Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition is the definitive Puzzle Quest, polished for a new era and featuring all the collected content from almost 20 years of history.

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 ...

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 ...