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  • A pathology of self-medication through puzzle-solving

    Most of my life, I have been an undiagnosed Adult Attention Deficit Disorder sufferer, and relied on crosswords and sudoku to give me that focused concentration that was was lacking in the rest of my life. Puzzle-solving was soothing, focusing and self-medicating. Once I was diagnosed with ADD, and thankfully began medication, my overall ...
    Posted to The Spectator by Stacy_A_lbc on August 26, 2008

  • Oh, puh-leez ....

    This whole article is nothing more than sour grapes. So the author hates crosswords and sudoku. Big deal. I can't do sudoku, either. So what? As far as reading goes, to be a superior crossword solver, you *MUST* be a superior reader. Where do you think all that information comes from in order to figure out the clues? In order to do the ...
    Posted to The Spectator by RJMaley on August 22, 2008

  • Crosswords are definitely NOT for the illiterate

    Any crossword worth it's clues definitely should not be attempted by those who have not or do not read extensively IN ALL AREAS. The clues range across history, geography, mythology/religion, science, sports/entertainment, literature, language (native, foreign, idioms, puns, homonyms), et _ _ _ _ _ _ ! (is that alia, tu brute, or cetera? oh yeah, ...
    Posted to The Spectator by pinetreelee on August 22, 2008

  • I guess we're not supposed to take this personally...

    One wonders what insecurities or embarrassments might have inspired this gem. Look, I'm a pretty easygoing guy, but nothing irritates me quite like sweeping generalizations. This one swept one of the widest, most general swaths I've ever seen. If you haven't guessed, yes, I'm a puzzle guy. I like sudoku, crosswords, TextTwist(TM) and even those ...
    Posted to The Spectator by urietsin on August 22, 2008

  • Crossword. sudoku plague

    Ron Rosenbaum states: ''Need I suggest that those who spend time doing crossword puzzles (or sudoku)—uselessly filling empty boxes (a metaphor for some emptiness in their lives?)—could be doing something else that involves words and letters? It's called reading.'' He also says: ''What gets me is the dumbing down, the narrowing of the notion ...
    Posted to The Spectator by Joan41 on August 22, 2008

  • You sound a little cross, Ron.

    Wow, Ron. Did you get beat up by a crossword bully when you were in grade school or something? Here's the most glaring hole in your odd rant against puzzle-solvers: If you bothered to ask or do a little research i'm sure you'd find that most crossword fans ALSO read. A lot. I can speak not just for myself, but for many friends as well who treat ...
    Posted to The Spectator by mwert on August 21, 2008

  • what about sports?

    The article made me cringe, not because the author was so unnecessarily nasty about a pastime enjoyed by many people I respect, but because I kept substituting ''sports'' in my mind for ''puzzles'' while I read the article. Can you imagine the uproar that would be generated if someone got up and said ''I don't understand why people follow sports, ...
    Posted to The Spectator by mlittman on August 20, 2008