Do you like mazes? If so, then surf on over to LogicMazes and see what you’re missing.
LogicMazes bursts from the mindspring of Robert Abbott, maze meister extraordinaire since 1962. He first began publishing mazes in Scientfic American. Don’t let the understated layout of the website fool you. These are not your father’s mazes.
Whereas the key to solving old-school mazes is being able to focus on the whole maze and see the correct path from Start to Finish, the key to Abbot’s mazes is being mentally flexible enough to keep individual maze game rules in mind while mentally drawing the escape path. You think you got what it takes? Then bring it on!Some examples of the mazes found on LogicMazesare:
Eyeball Mazes, where you jump from one square to another based on the color or shape of the symbol on that square
Alice Mazes, where the number of squares you can jump depends on the squares you’ve already landed on and
Sliding Door Mazes, where you have to correctly align three sliding doors in order to escape.
LogicMazes will either totally excite you or totally frustrate you. There is no in between. And I daresay Robert Abbott wouldn’t have it any other way. One caveat to remember while visiting LogicMazes: the interactive puzzles were written in javascript not in Flash. That means while they load, you may not see an indication of such on your computer screen. Wait for it! DO NOT keep clicking the puzzle or YOU WILL freeze the program.
Despite the inherent complexity of the mazes, LogicMazes deserves a .com Dish! Site Surfin’ “E” rating, appropriate for everyone. No reason to bar little kids from the site. After all, you never know if you’ve got the next Einstein in your little brood.
