This reminds me a lot of antiriddle. Which is a good thing.
posted by quin at 2:51 PM on November 25, 2006

The first few were reasonable, but I have no idea what to do with the videogame screencaps.
posted by gleuschk at 2:57 PM on November 25, 2006

nope. i concede.
posted by facetious at 3:30 PM on November 25, 2006

My wife recently turned me on to weffriddles. I'm on level 28. This looks like it might be a good alternative when I get stuck. Now I'll never get anything done.
posted by JT at 3:49 PM on November 25, 2006

On the first link, I got to the second one, realized what I had to do and kind of groaned, decided not to do it, then changed my mind. Then I got to the third one, realized what I had to do, and decided not to do it. I don't think I'm going to change my mind this time.

Maybe the later ones require critical thinking, but the 2nd and 3rd felt a lot more like busy work.

The second link seems cooler (riddles instead of busy work). It probably requires too much critical thinking for me right now, but in a good way.
posted by pinespree at 3:59 PM on November 25, 2006

gleuschk: yep, that one's got me stuck as well.

And I feel like I'm. So. Close.

Arrgh.
posted by quin at 4:14 PM on November 25, 2006

Every time I see one of these puzzles, I get the distinct impression that it is a lot more fun making them than solving them.
posted by caution live frogs at 4:52 PM on November 25, 2006

"Every time I see one of these puzzles, I get the distinct impression that it is a lot more fun making them than solving them."

It most definitely is.
posted by wigu at 5:14 PM on November 25, 2006

I gots nothing. Hell, I don't even get it.
posted by winks007 at 5:54 PM on November 25, 2006

I posted a similar thing a while back.
posted by ChasFile at 9:34 PM on November 25, 2006

I'm stuck on #4 as well, the screen caps. The first one was just obvious, the second two kind of felt like work but I liked it.

My favorite online puzzle-type game of all time is still laser though. Definitely requires more brain power than your average puzzler, especially near the end.
posted by cj_ at 8:45 AM on November 26, 2006

cj_: thanks. That laser game is awesome.
posted by forwebsites at 3:00 PM on November 27, 2006

Hints for #4, in rot13:

Unir lbh ybbxrq ng gur fbhepr? Gur pyhr vf nqqerffrq gb gur grkg. Vs lbh'ir gevrq gung nyernql, gel ybbxvat zber pybfryl ng gur jebat nafjref.

I just like to be cryptically helpful.
posted by skoosh at 6:28 PM on November 27, 2006

Thanks for the post. Since my career and other interests have pulled me away from the large chunks of time I used to spend playing video games, it's nice to have a puzzle to work on, mull over, and check back into every now and then.

The error screen on the modenstudios.com page reminds me of a more abrupt version of the "it's getting daaaarker" warning on Cave of the Word Wizard.

First post!
posted by asuprenant at 11:38 AM on November 28, 2006

No idea about step two. Is this something only Americans understand?
I've tried dc.html, washington.html

> I got to the second one, realized what I had to do and kind
> of groaned, decided not to do it, then changed my mind.
> Then I got to the third one, realized what I had to do, and
> decided not to do it. I don't think I'm going to change my
> mind this time.
> Maybe the later ones require critical thinking, but the 2nd
> and 3rd felt a lot more like busy work.

What kind of busy work???
What is it I'm missing here?
posted by Shen at 4:10 AM on December 3, 2006