Puzzles / Words

WordHunter Xtreme

by John P

WordHunter Xtreme is a neat little game that doubles as a Google Gadget – meaning that it can be added to your custom Google home page assuming you’ve signed up for one. This game presents you with a box full of letters and the goal is to create words out of adjacent letters. You earn [...]

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The Profane Game

by John P

Are you a filthy sailor? Or do you at least think you can swear like one? Well, The Profane Game lets you swear as much as you can to try and rack up the highest score.

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Today’s entry comes in the form of a service which Google has turned into a game of sorts. This one comes complete with scoring and public recognition of your contribution to the service. Google Image Labeler is a word association game in which you, and some unknown, random partner are paired up and shown identical [...]

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Google Earthing

by John P

Now here is a game that seems downright impossible to me! The GoogleEarthing folks post a zoomed in photo of a few houses or some other very small area and then you’re supposed to find it using Google Earth. I think I’d rather try to find a needle in a giant haystack, but they’ve got [...]

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