![]() But what you’re doing now is not wildly different from a traditional crossword. You said you were unconvinced that the crossword form had hit its final stage. ![]() Hence, the idea to combine the two and hopefully get the best of both worlds. I remembered the happiness I felt when I could solve a Wednesday puzzle for the first time, when I could solve a Friday puzzle for the first time. You’re competing not only against your own time, but against a larger journey. But what I felt the mini had been missing was the sense of a narrative throughout the week that you could judge yourself against. It’s still challenging, and still engaging and fun. The mini crossword is nice because it’s less of a commitment. Now that you’re not solving in the paper every day, how does that change the experience? What does that make you want? But today people like to solve on their phones. A lot of the constraints and restrictions that have been applied to the puzzle since its inception have been because of space reasons. I was young, and unconvinced that the crossword form had reached its final stage. How did you come up with the idea of doing a mini puzzle that grows throughout the week?Ĭaleb Madison: When I was working at BuzzFeed, I experimented with a lot of different forms.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |