#puzzles

Finally hung my California Adventure attraction poster puzzles.

(though now I want to paint the walls)

browsethestacks:

Captain America Jigsaw Puzzle

Original Art + Box Art + Puzzle

Art by Don Heck

Whitman (1976)

sensoryserenity:

Clear Jigsaw | karenpuzzles on Instagram

Before I jump into anything, I’d like to ask you guys a question:

How many animals did Moses take onto the ark with him?

…

If your answer was 2, you’d be wrong. If your answer was “none” you’d be correct since it was Noah that took animals onto an ark–but the answer 2 probably popped up into your head before that alert went off.

Here’s another similar question:

A large red ball and a small white ball costs $1.10. The large red ball is one dollar more than the small white ball. How much is the small white ball?

10¢ ?

I’m afraid not. It’s 5¢. Even if you’ve heard it before or expected some brain trickery you most likely still came up with 10¢ along the way, and no there’s no trick to it like the red ball being taxed.

But why is that? What the heck is going on in our heads that we fall for these insinuatingly inconsiderable inquiries? Is it that we’re really slow? Quite the opposite in fact. The reason we jump to the incorrect answers like that is because our brains process information in two extremely different ways– fast thinking and slow thinking. It’s the fast thinking that attempts to solve problems as quickly as possible so we won’t waste time doing things like thinking about our breathing(until someone mentions it–sorry guys) or moving our legs (until you get around certain people like an unrequited crush and you imagine you’re walking funny).

So that’s neat and all but this isn’t doucebagbrain.tumblr, this is the experimental game society, right? What’s this junk got to do with playing and making games? Well, have you ever thought about how you were thinking while playing a game?I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s had a pissed girlfriend screaming at them for ignoring them while playing the game. Interestingly enough, when we’re completely in our slow thinking mode,we’re effectively blind–MOTHER 3 WILL MAKE YOUR WIFE INVISIBLE. Videogames are one of the things in life where we not only constantly switch between the two processes,but willingly go into slow thinking!

Quick what’s 36x 69 ?

Thought something along the lines of: ‘I could solve that if I wanted…but meh.’, right? Hey at least most of recognized it as a multiplication problem right? Not so with our beloved puzzle games. Shout outs to combustible lemons. I’d love to droll on since I’m obsessed with the brain and how we humans work, but now that I’ve said 'droll’ you may have noticed this post is a bit lengthy so we’ll cut it here on these notes:

Gamers!

Our brains can be tricky,keep these processes in mind the next time you get stuck on a puzzle!

Remember, priming–or setting up a context to think in–may force your brain into fast thinking, but having a conscious awareness over it may help you get past the impossible puzzle and defeat that cheap opponent’s undefeatable strategy.

Intelligent game designers!

Low blows like this are ok,don’t be afraid to get into the nitty gritty and make players think!

Listen,if they’re playing your game in the first place they probably enjoy thinking and won’t mind going from one type of processor to the other. 

And with that I bid you all adieu. -9

The Munsters vintage 1965 jigsaw puzzle.

sensoryserenity:

Clear Jigsaw | karenpuzzles on Instagram

handsometruth:

[Image description: blackwall.st on instagram posts: a picture of a Black man smiling as he holds up a jigsaw puzzle depicting an illustration of a Black girl in a lab surrounded by beakers and test tubes. Text below reads: HBCU grad puzzlehuddle couldn’t find children’s puzzles with African American characters so he started a puzzle company. Let’s follow and support. The post is followed by three more pictures of puzzles: an illustration of a doctor in his exam room. 2. a pilot inside her airplane. 3. an astronaut floating above the Earth.]

zeppelinpuzzles:

firethatgrewsolow:

zeppelinpuzzles:

What’s the common thread here? Or at least the one I’m talking about. Kinda silly but - there ya go, man.

Any takers?

Come on, y’all! Keep looking!

Ok. So I’m a little high so all I can come up with is Bonzos Drums with his symbol‍♀️

Nuts and bolts are those very basic components that are used in probably every single field of engineering.

I know I have posted about my deeply rooted puzzle mania before. For those of you who may have missed that post, I’ll say again that I grew up in a family that frequently worked as a team at constructing jigsaw puzzles.

Fast forward (okay, not so fast, but moving forward) to this stay-at-home life and I have continued doing puzzles (although now of course I am the only team member). I have a huge table and focus on the ones with at least 1000 pieces. I have lost exact count but I think I am currently working on number 47.

This one features vintage posters of National Parks. I have been to most of these parks and several of them while these posters were in use.

But in one of my seemingly endless trove of boxes, I unearthed this oval puzzle which I found in my parents basement. I am working on it at the other end of my puzzle table. So one puzzle is sham retro and the other is actual retro.

The real kicker is the price on the old box lid. It is listed at 39 cents. I’ll be the first to admit that this oceanside picture is made up of not very sturdy cardboard pieces and it isn’t a huge number of pieces.

This is turning into an expensive hobby… But on the plus side, I am not going out for meals…

I may be working these new puzzles alone in my living room, but I am not feeling lonely. I can still feel the laughter and camaraderie as, in the 1950’s, my family sat around a card table working together. I share my new finished puzzles along with the warm feelings they bring me to others by dropping the finished puzzles off at a local charity resale shop.