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Bonus Friday blog post! (Plus FoG Word Chain Answers!)

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Wow, two Fridays in a row! If this keeps up, it’ll stop being a bonus…

Anyway, I’ve got a few quick announcements before the weekend arrives, so I’ll make this snappy.

First off, our review of John Kovalic and Cryptozoic’s game ROFL! has been linked and quoted on the game’s webpage! Check it out here!

Second, I want to welcome any Forces of Geek readers visiting the PuzzleNation Blog today!

Stefan at Forces of Geek graciously offered me the opportunity to share my puzzly viewpoint (as well as PuzzleNation‘s) with his readers, and that guest post went up today at 3 PM!

As a thank you for the opportunity to share my thoughts with the Forces of Geek audience, I whipped up a Word Chain puzzle for the FoG readers.

(If you’ve come here seeking the solution to the puzzle, scroll down! But if you’re a PuzzleNation Blog regular and you’d like to try the puzzle, fear not! I’m posting it right here right now.)

A quick Word Chain refresher: The solver is given clues to a series of six-letter words. The “chain” (or “loop”, if you prefer) aspect comes from the answers themselves. The last three letters of one answer become the first three letters of the next answer, and so on down the line, until the final answer’s last three letters are the same as the first answer’s first three letters, completing the chain.

(For examples of how to solve, click here!)

And so, without further ado, here’s the 11-step Word Chain (this puzzle goes all the way to 11!) created especially for Forces of Geek!

Richard B. Riddick portrayer       __ __ __ __ __ __
“Foundation” doomsayer             __ __ __ __ __ __
Glover of “Community”                __ __ __ __ __ __
He walked on the moon               __ __ __ __ __ __
Horseshoes accomplishment     __ __ __ __ __ __
Hans Gruber, e.g.                        __ __ __ __ __ __
“Deal or No Deal” host                 __ __ __ __ __ __
Giant stony “D&D” slug               __ __ __ __ __ __
“The Usual Suspects” role          __ __ __ __ __ __
“The ____ of Bilbo Baggins”        __ __ __ __ __ __
Scottish boy or Simpsons dog    __ __ __ __ __ __

And now, a little filler to put the answers to the puzzle out of accidental viewing range.

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Q: What do you get if you cross Big Ben with the Leaning Tower of Pisa

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A: The time and the inclination.

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Okay, that oughta do it. Let’s get on with the answers to our FoG Word Chain puzzle!

Richard B. Riddick portrayer        DIESEL
“Foundation” doomsayer             SELDON
Glover of “Community”                DONALD
He walked on the moon               ALDRIN
Horseshoes accomplishment     RINGER
Hans Gruber, e.g.                       GERMAN
“Deal or No Deal” host                MANDEL
Giant stony “D&D” slug               DELVER
“The Usual Suspects” role          VERBAL
“The ____ of Bilbo Baggins”       BALLAD
Scottish boy or Simpsons dog    LADDIE

Thanks for visiting the PuzzleNation blog today! You can like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, check out our Classic Word Search iBook (three volumes to choose from!), play our games at PuzzleNation.com, or contact us here at the blog!

PuzzleNation Community Contest Winners Chosen Today!

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Hello puzzlers and PuzzleNationers!

I hope you had a relaxing Labor Day weekend, chock full of friends, family, and frivolity.

I for one am happy to be back to work, because it’s time to announce the winners of our PuzzleNation Community Contest Giveaway!

In celebration of the one-year anniversary of the PuzzleNation Blog, we wanted to give back to the community that’s been so good to us, so we’ve been keeping track of every like, comment, share, retweet, and gold star from members of the puzzle community for the last two weeks.

All those names were collected and tossed into our ceremonial drawing cup:

(It’s the most ceremonial thing we could find. We’ll figure out something shinier next time.)

And now, it’s time to swirl it around and blindly draw the name of our first winner, who’ll be receiving Volume 1 of our Classic Word Search iBook!

Let’s see who it is!

Oh, nice try, Fred!

(Fred recently signed on as Director of Digital Games here at PuzzleNation, and he’s obviously trying to pull a fast one on us by slipping his name into the proverbial hat. No dice, Fred! You’ll have to be craftier than that to outwit our wily PuzzleNation family!)

Okay, without further ado or attempted chicanery, let’s draw the names of our three Classic Word Search iBook winners!

Congratulations Iveliss, Matt, and Emmy! Keep your eyes peeled for a Facebook message regarding your prize!

And a very heartfelt thank you to everyone who has followed and supported us over the last year. It’s a real treat to create puzzles for you and interact with you. You truly make the puzzle community the best around!

Thanks for visiting the PuzzleNation blog today! You can like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, check out our Classic Word Search iBook (three volumes to choose from!), play our games at PuzzleNation.com, or contact us here at the blog!

Bonus Friday blog post!

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Before we get down to riddle-riffic business, remember, my fellow puzzle fans! Today is the final day of the PuzzleNation Community Contest, so this is your last chance our Classic Word Search iBook giveaway!

You can:
–Like, share, or comment a PuzzleNation post on Facebook
–Follow us on Twitter, or favorite/retweet a post there
–Follow the blog, or leave a comment

The PuzzleNation audience has been good to us, and we want to give back! So make sure to get your name in the running before the day is through!

Okay! I promised you answers to Tuesday’s Riddle Me This riddles, so here we go!

A man lay dead on the floor, fifty-three bicycles on his back. What happened?

The man cheated at cards and was punished accordingly. (Bicycle being a famous brand of playing cards. Though I do enjoy imagining a brawl at a bicycle shop gone hilariously, disastrously wrong.)

Bob walked into a bar and asked for a glass of water. The bartender pulled out a gun and pointed it at Bob’s face. A few seconds later, Bob said, “Thank you” and walked out. What happened?

Bob had the hiccups, and the bartender scared them away. (Either that or Bob’s a hydroholic and the bartender is preventing him from indulging and getting water-drunk.)

Rhonda lay facedown in the middle of the desert. On her back was something that could have saved her life. What is it?

A parachute. (Though my friend argues that Rhonda is a camel, and the water in her hump could have saved her. It does beg the question of why Rhonda was skydiving in the desert, though.)

Frank did not want to go home because of what the masked man held in his hand. What is the masked man holding?

The masked man is holding a baseball. He’s the catcher.

Joe was dead. Across his back was an iron bar. In front of him was some food. What happened?

Unfortunately, Joe was a mouse caught in a mousetrap.

Thanks for visiting the PuzzleNation blog today! You can like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, check out our Classic Word Search iBook (three volumes to choose from!), play our games at PuzzleNation.com, or contact us here at the blog!

More Classic Word Search iBook news!

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Hello puzzle fiends and PuzzleNationers!

A few weeks ago, we launched our first puzzle book for iPad — Classic Word Search Volume 1 — and we promised more to come! Today, we are happy to deliver on that promise with the announcement of Volume 2 and Volume 3 of Classic Word Search, now available for download in the iBookstore!

Each volume has 65 puzzles to delight and engage you, and each puzzle has a unifying theme tying the word list together. Whether you’re hunting words related to Hitchcock films or Ice Cream Sundaes, these puzzles are guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.

These volumes are a terrific bargain for fans of puzzles and puzzle games alike!

You can highlight words in each grid with the mere swipe of a finger, and with our dynamic left/right toggle button, left-handed and right-handed people can adjust the game to suit their needs!

PuzzleNation is overjoyed to expand our library of Classic Word Search puzzles, and we’d like to thank you for supporting us in all our puzzle game endeavors.

And be sure to stay tuned! Or you’ll never know what we’ve got up our sleeves for next time.

Thanks for visiting the PuzzleNation blog today! You can like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, play our games at PuzzleNation.com, or contact us here at the blog!

Big announcement time!

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Greetings, PuzzleNationers and puzzle enthusiasts!

We’ve been teasing this announcement for a while now, and we’re proud to say you’ll be among the first to hear the good news…

PuzzleNation is expanding to include iPad users! The first PuzzleNation iBook is now in the iBookstore — based on the Classic Word Search game you know and love — and we’re very excited to welcome iPad users into our puzzle-loving community.

Click here to check it out: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/puzzlenation-classic-word/id670993791?mt=11

(Please note, the iBook is only for iPad. It does not work on iPhone, iPod touch or Android devices.)

As puzzle fans ourselves, we’re overjoyed to be joining the mobile market this way and contributing to the puzzle community in general. It’s an exciting time here at PuzzleNation, and there’s so much more to come!

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