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MIT Mystery Hunt 2024
Sorry this took so long. But it's very long. My writeup about constructing, test-solving, and running the 2024 #mitmysteryhunt is now available.
https://devjoe.appspot.com/hunt24/
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Mystery Hunt Index Updated
It's only early October and I have all the 2020 puzzles indexed. Still slow but better than some years. I've addressed some feedback you guys left (but not to include any non-MIT hunts yet; someday, maybe) and I added a new top-level page with all the puzzles in alpha order by title instead of hunt order. This still needs some refinement.
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Mystery Hunt Index Updates
We don't know what Mystery Hunt 2021 is going to look like. Is it going to be feasible to bring 2000 people together on the MIT campus in January? Will Galactic make the first online-only Mystery Hunt? Who knows?
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Top Ten Words With Friends Bugs
Special feature today: Top ten bugs in Words With Friends
I can't guarantee all these bugs still exist, though some of them I see daily. Others are random and some of them rare, and one is actually fixed, but still noteworthy enough to be included in the list.
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MIT Mystery Hunt 2020 Part 3
Sorry about the delay, but here's part 3. (If you like, revisit part 1 and part 2.)
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MIT Mystery Hunt 2020, Part 1
It's time. The Hunt ended 4 days and some hours ago, and it's time for me to start writing up my recollections.
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MIT Mystery Hunt 2019, Part 1
This year I stayed with The Team to Be Named Later, though we were now The Team Formerly Known as the Team to Be Named Later. I will just call us Later to avoid that mouthful. We came back with much of the team we had last year, and some former Team Luck members who played on other teams in recent years, a couple other veterans, and a bunch of new ( Read more... )