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Why are online puzzle games having a moment?

75 min episode · 2 min read
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Episode

75 min

Read time

2 min

AI-Generated Summary

Key Takeaways

  • Why are puzzle games experiencing unprecedented popularity right now?
  • How do variant Sudokus differ from traditional newspaper puzzles?
  • What makes computational photography superior to single-frame smartphone images?
  • Will camera bumps on flagship phones ever disappear?

What It Covers

Allison Johnson explores the surge in online puzzle popularity with YouTube creators Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, plus Adobe's Mark Lavoie discusses computational photography innovations.

Key Questions Answered

  • Why are puzzle games experiencing unprecedented popularity right now?
  • How do variant Sudokus differ from traditional newspaper puzzles?
  • What makes computational photography superior to single-frame smartphone images?
  • Will camera bumps on flagship phones ever disappear?

Notable Moment

Simon Anthony nearly ended recording when faced with Mitchell Lee's miracle Sudoku containing only two given digits, believing Mark Goodliffe was pranking him with an impossible puzzle before discovering its elegant solution.

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