Comments on: It's...so...FRUSTRATING

It's...so...FRUSTRATING

Captaintripps — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 14:28:17 -0800

Can you get to seven in this puzzle using clues hidden in the text, images, HTML and CSS? If you can get to the seventh page, can you get to fourteen? How about get to 28?

By: quin

quin — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 14:51:20 -0800

This reminds me a lot of antiriddle. Which is a good thing.

By: Item

Item — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 14:54:24 -0800

This isn't an ad for a ski resort, isn't it?

By: gleuschk

gleuschk — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 14:57:36 -0800

The first few were reasonable, but I have no idea what to do with the videogame screencaps.

By: facetious

facetious — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:30:10 -0800

nope. i concede.

By: JT

JT — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:49:04 -0800

My wife recently turned me on to weffriddles. I'm on level 28. This looks like it might be a good alternative when I get stuck. Now I'll never get anything done.

By: pinespree

pinespree — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:59:11 -0800

On the first link, I got to the second one, realized what I had to do and kind of groaned, decided not to do it, then changed my mind. Then I got to the third one, realized what I had to do, and decided not to do it. I don't think I'm going to change my mind this time. Maybe the later ones require critical thinking, but the 2nd and 3rd felt a lot more like busy work. The second link seems cooler (riddles instead of busy work). It probably requires too much critical thinking for me right now, but in a good way.

By: quin

quin — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:14:46 -0800

gleuschk: yep, that one's got me stuck as well. And I feel like I'm. So. Close. Arrgh.

By: caution live frogs

caution live frogs — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:52:22 -0800

Every time I see one of these puzzles, I get the distinct impression that it is a lot more fun making them than solving them.

By: wigu

wigu — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:14:04 -0800

"Every time I see one of these puzzles, I get the distinct impression that it is a lot more fun making them than solving them." It most definitely is.

By: winks007

winks007 — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:54:50 -0800

I gots nothing. Hell, I don't even get it.

By: ChasFile

ChasFile — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:34:27 -0800

I posted a similar thing a while back.

By: cj_

cj_ — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 08:45:58 -0800

I'm stuck on #4 as well, the screen caps. The first one was just obvious, the second two kind of felt like work but I liked it. My favorite online puzzle-type game of all time is still laser though. Definitely requires more brain power than your average puzzler, especially near the end.

By: forwebsites

forwebsites — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:00:27 -0800

cj_: thanks. That laser game is awesome.

By: skoosh

skoosh — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:28:07 -0800

Hints for #4, in rot13: Unir lbh ybbxrq ng gur fbhepr? Gur pyhr vf nqqerffrq gb gur grkg. Vs lbh'ir gevrq gung nyernql, gel ybbxvat zber pybfryl ng gur jebat nafjref. I just like to be cryptically helpful.

By: asuprenant

asuprenant — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:38:10 -0800

Thanks for the post. Since my career and other interests have pulled me away from the large chunks of time I used to spend playing video games, it's nice to have a puzzle to work on, mull over, and check back into every now and then. The error screen on the modenstudios.com page reminds me of a more abrupt version of the "it's getting daaaarker" warning on Cave of the Word Wizard. First post!

By: Shen

Shen — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 04:10:10 -0800

No idea about step two. Is this something only Americans understand? I've tried dc.html, washington.html > I got to the second one, realized what I had to do and kind > of groaned, decided not to do it, then changed my mind. > Then I got to the third one, realized what I had to do, and > decided not to do it. I don't think I'm going to change my > mind this time. > Maybe the later ones require critical thinking, but the 2nd > and 3rd felt a lot more like busy work. What kind of busy work??? What is it I'm missing here?