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Deep Conspiracy — Mystery Hunt Submission Highlights

Deep Conspiracy was a puzzle from the 2024 MIT Mystery Hunt that tasked teams with unraveling a puzzle themed around Taylor Swift puzzles…

Jan 9

Deep Conspiracy — Mystery Hunt Submission Highlights

Jan 9

A Perfectly Normal Review: Conwell Coffee Hall (Wall Street, NYC)

Conwell Coffee Hall’s unassuming exterior

Apr 1, 2024

A Perfectly Normal Review: Conwell Coffee Hall (Wall Street, NYC)

Apr 1, 2024

MIT Mystery Hunt Events (Part 3): Turning a Nightclub into a Heist

When I was tasked with running Events for the MIT Mystery Hunt, I couldn’t get one particular question out of my head: “what would it look…

Mar 18, 2024

MIT Mystery Hunt Events (Part 3): Turning a Nightclub into a Heist

Mar 18, 2024

MIT Mystery Hunt Events (Part 2): Race to the Puzzlympics Finish

In my first post reflecting on the MIT Mystery Hunt, I focused on the individual puzzles I wrote for the event. In the follow-up post, I…

Mar 10, 2024

MIT Mystery Hunt Events (Part 2): Race to the Puzzlympics Finish

Mar 10, 2024

MIT Mystery Hunt Events (Part 1): The Time I Adapted a Dropout Show Into a Live Puzzle Event

Earlier this year, I helped run the MIT Mystery Hunt — an annual gathering of a couple thousand puzzle nerds looking to solve puzzles…

Mar 9, 2024

MIT Mystery Hunt Events (Part 1): The Time I Adapted a Dropout Show Into a Live Puzzle Event

Mar 9, 2024

MIT Mystery Hunt: A Quick Look at How I Spent My Last Year

In January 2023, Team To Be Named Later won the Mystery Hunt by claiming a coin from a puzzle factory assembly line. The “reward” for…

Feb 28, 2024

MIT Mystery Hunt: A Quick Look at How I Spent My Last Year

Feb 28, 2024

The Twitter Metrics That Matter

Note: this article was originally posted on DigitasHealth.com in September 2015

Jun 24, 2021

The Twitter Metrics That Matter

Jun 24, 2021

Anatomy of a Puzzle: Larping with Tarot

The first time I went to a Larp, one of the players on another faction went around to each of the other teams, and handed them a wooden…

Jun 20, 2021

Anatomy of a Puzzle: Larping with Tarot

Jun 20, 2021

Office Shenanigans: The Satisfaction Survey

“Do we have to reward coworkers for completing the surveys, or can we torture them until they get it done?”

Aug 9, 2020

Office Shenanigans: The Satisfaction Survey

Aug 9, 2020

Anatomy of a Puzzle: A Dicey Proposition

Back in the summer of 2019, I attended a LARP / megagame called Dragon Thrones as a player. Part of the fun of live action role-playing…

Jul 18, 2020

Anatomy of a Puzzle: A Dicey Proposition

Jul 18, 2020

Michael Andersen

Michael Andersen

Audience Insights @simonschuster, owner @argn. Formerly Strategy & Analytics @Digitas_Health, adjunct at Villanova, writer at @WiredDecode.

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