Most crossword puzzle fans have experienced that moment where, after a period of struggle on a particularly difficult puzzle, everything suddenly starts to come together, and they are able to fill in ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering leadership, personal development and performance through the lens of sports. Follow Peak here. On a flight back from Baltimore ...

The puzzles of Blue Prince feel less like the gridlike blueprints you draft in the game and more like an intricate web. Even seasoned puzzle lovers might feel tested by its mysteries. In Blue Prince, ...

Puzzles — they’re often thought of as something for little kids and older adults. Brain games can keep a child occupied so their caretakers can shower with the door closed, and they can keep an older ...

While puzzle games often rely on unintuitive key bindings or clunky click-and-drag mechanisms, Wilmot Works it Out iterates on the speed-focused controls used in Wilmot’s Warehouse to create a puzzle ...