Isaac Aronow

Dec 30, 2024 | nytimes.com | Isaac Aronow

Despite turning 82 this year, the New York Times Crossword is still full of new entries and new constructors. In the past four years, over 400 people have published their first puzzle in our pages - more than did so from 2009 to 2019. More people are solving the daily crossword than ever before, and some might argue that we're in a crossword puzzle golden age. We had 88 debuts this year, four fewer than the record of 92 that was set in 2021 and repeated in 2023.

Jun 13, 2024 | internazionale.it | Isaac Aronow

Verso la fine del 2022 Lucas Bolt, un artista appassionato della Lego che vive ad Amsterdam, stava lavorando a un progetto per un set che l’azienda avrebbe sviluppato in crowdsourcing per commemorare il cinquantesimo anniversario del gioco di ruolo da tavolo . “Ci ho lavorato per due settimane, tutte le sere, anche sabato e domenica, per tutto il tempo che avevo”, racconta.

Jun 10, 2024 | nytimes.com | Isaac Aronow

Wordle has captivated millions of players since it started gaining popularity at the end of 2021. While the game's strategy seems straightforward, Wordle has a devoted community of daily solvers who have spent years developing techniques to improve their solve.

May 9, 2024 | estadao.com.br | Isaac Aronow

Perto do final de 2022, Lucas Bolt, um artista ambiental e entusiasta de Lego em Amsterdã, estava trabalhando em um design para um conjunto de Lego. A empresa havia feito um crowdsourcing para comemorar o 50º aniversário de Dungeons & Dragons, o jogo de RPG de mesa. “Passei duas semanas muito intensas trabalhando nisso, todas as noites, todos os fins de semana, todo o tempo que eu tinha”, disse ele.

May 9, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Isaac Aronow

Near the end of 2022, Lucas Bolt, an environmental artist and Lego enthusiast in Amsterdam, was working on a design for a Lego set the company had crowdsourced to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, the tabletop role-playing game. “I spent two very intense weeks working on it, every night, every weekend, all the time that I had,” he said. Bolt was hoping to create the design for Lego Ideas, a program the toy-maker started in 2008 to solicit ideas online directly from fans.