MetaFilter posts tagged with difficult

Told You So

bwg — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:00:32 -0800

The World's Hardest Game Move the red square into the green zone. Avoid the blue balls or you'll die. And die you shall. A lot.

gnignis sdrawkcab

quin — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:16:04 -0800

Apparently there is no trickery here; just a lot of practice, which allows this guy to sing backwards. The video reverses halfway through. If you can't stand the suspense, the YouTube tags reveal what the song is. [via]

The world's hardest Flash game. Ever.

champthom — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:13:56 -0800

(Not So) Fun Flash Friday: "The Great Adventure in Getting Killed". Z to shoot, X to jump, R to retry (you'll mostly be using the last one).

Showoffs and knucklebusters

argybarg — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:54:50 -0800

What's the most difficult piano piece? Opinions vary. Is it La Campanella, written by Liszt to show off what only he could do? (performance, score) Is it Balakirev's Islamey, which even Balakirev struggled to play? (performance, score) Or Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit, written to top Islamey? (performance, score) Does Godowsky double his points by reconfiguring the already-difficult Chopin for the left hand? (performance) And if someone plays all four hours of Sorabji's Opus Clavicembalisticum, written across four staves to fit the extra notes, will anyone listen? (perfomance excerpts, score excerpts)

EyezFilter

JHarris — Tue, 23 May 2006 12:24:40 -0800

Chronon is yet another new, incredibly charming, Eyezmaze puzzle game from On, that G R O W guy. It is along similar lines, but while in GROW the arrow of time is firmly fixed in the forward direction, here you can flip back and forth between different times whenever you want.
Despite this, the game is quite a bit more difficult than GROW (especially if you want the maximum score - keep going after the little guy escapes from his cage!), and it's very new so there may still be a few bugs, but it's immensely satisfying to solve!

King William's College Quiz

BigCalm — Tue, 21 Dec 2004 02:24:23 -0800

King William's College Quiz 2004-2005 (PDF) has the reputation for being the hardest quiz in the world. It's also the hundredth edition, and they've made it extra hard this year! For what it's worth, here's last years Questions and Answers.

jcterminal — Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:47:51 -0800

evil! eviiiiiiiiiiil! a flash game most diabolical. is there a way to win?