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Phew, I’ve been so busy this week I’ve scarcely thought to post at all! I just finished a huge video game translation project (I’ll tell you about the game soon), and now I’m starting yet another huge one! Most of the games I work on are RPGs, so that means a lot of text (and […]

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What’s the weather like where you are?
Here in New York, it’s cold and clear, with whipping winds that sting your face. No snow (yet), but I’m hoping there’ll be some soon. On a cold winter day (or night), there’s nothing like staying inside in the warmth and relaxing.
Today’s poem is about precisely that, and it’s […]

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My neighbor has started with his incessant, repetitive drumming again, so I’m taking a break from my translation crunch time to share some puzzles and puzzle solutions with you. Today I have a Chinese puzzle for you (for a nice change of pace!), as well as solutions to the Japanese astronomy crossword I shared a […]

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I’m writing this from Boston, where I just spent three whole days with friends as we racked our brains solving all manner of crazy puzzles for Mystery Hunt. I’ll post the answers to the astronomy crossword next time.
The puzzles really ran the gamut, as they always do. There were all sorts of crosswords, foreign language […]

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I’m doing an early post tonight, because I’m gearing up to go to Boston tomorrow for MIT’s puzzle-solving competition, Mystery Hunt. I’ll be gone all weekend, but I should be able to eek out some sort of post for Monday morning. I’ll be away from all of my books, though, so it’s anybody’s guess what […]

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