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Michael Andersen

Michael Andersen

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Aug 22, 2025

Anatomy of a Puzzle: My Office Door

Looking for my office? You’ll have to solve a puzzle, first. But I have a perfectly reasonable (if convoluted) explanation of how things…

Anatomy of a Puzzle: My Office Door

Michael Andersen

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Jul 29, 2025

Stray Kids Freebies — A Mini Puzzle

Designing a puzzle to hand out as freebie at the NYC Stray Kids concert

Stray Kids Freebies — A Mini Puzzle

Michael Andersen

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Jan 9, 2025

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…

Deep Conspiracy — Mystery Hunt Submission Highlights

Michael Andersen

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Apr 1, 2024

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

Conwell Coffee Hall’s unassuming exterior

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

Michael Andersen

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Mar 18, 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…

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

Michael Andersen

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Mar 10, 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…

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

Michael Andersen

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Mar 9, 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…

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

Michael Andersen

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Feb 28, 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…

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

Michael Andersen

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Jun 24, 2021

The Twitter Metrics That Matter

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

The Twitter Metrics That Matter

Michael Andersen

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Jun 20, 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…

Anatomy of a Puzzle: Larping with Tarot

Michael Andersen

Michael Andersen

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

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