Things are progressing smoothly toward the exciting launch of the long awaited, eagerly anticipated Game 3: Chasing Shadows.
I wanted to give you a quick update and notify you of some upcoming items.
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So when will Game 3: Chasing Shadows be ready? This is a question I’ve heard alot over the past year. I decided I better give everyone an update.
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Do you enjoy hearing the legends of old that tell tales about fearsome pirates and their seafaring adventures? Do the stories of buried treasure make your heart beat faster? Ever wish you could find such a treasure? That one day you stumble upon an old wooden chest hidden deep within some dark cave filled with gold and jewels? Are you saddened by the thought that anything of value left by pirates has already been found? What if I told you that may not be true? What if I told you that there might be at least one more cache of loot waiting to be discovered? Would you want to know about it? I thought so. Well sit right back and let me tell you a tale. A fascinating tale of mystery, frustration, greed, danger, and yes, even death.
Tell me, have you ever heard of Oak Island?
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Here we are at the very beginning of a new year. Day 1 of 2010. A new start. A blank slate. A fresh look ahead. A time for reflection and a time for anticipation. The future is before us.
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Tomorrow is Christmas. I hope that when you wake up in the morning what you find under the tree warms your heart and brings a smile to your face. I hope your day is filled with joy and laughter. And most of all I hope you pause and remember what Christmas is really celebrating. The birth of our savior, Jesus Christ.
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I am starting a series dedicated to highlighting some of the most interesting and difficult puzzles in the world today. Most of these are still unsolved but I will also mention past puzzles that have stumped even the sharpest minds for some time.

I wanted to start with a puzzle that is close to my heart. It’s not a puzzle in the true sense of the word but it’s certainly a problem that is very difficult to solve yet must be attempted on a daily basis. My 10 year old son has been doing so since he was 6. And soon my 2 year old son may be joining him.
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It may come as a surprise to some of you but Cowpatty Bill is not my real name. It’s true. It’s my alter-ego and over the years I’ve been asked how I got the name.

To tell that story we’ll have to jump into the Way-Back machine and travel back in time to the mid 80’s. Uh, that’s 1980’s. Somewhere around 1983 or 84.
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At long last Cluechaser is back online.  To celebrate this momentous occasion I created a new video and it’s dedicated to you.

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Twitter is an interesting tool to use to create a puzzle. I decided to give it a try a few months ago. I created a puzzle and then tweeted the clues to the followers. At the time there weren’t very many people following Cluechaser so it wasn’t very successful. I still like the idea and might do it again sometime.

Here are the clues to the “twuzzle” (twitter + puzzle) that were tweeted. See if you can solve it. Look for a hint at the bottom if you need it. Good luck.

Twuzzle #1

Part 1

23 clues

Clue 1: In this state It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol.

Clue 2: In this state coins are not allowed to be placed in one’s ears.

Clue 3: In this state it is illegal for a man to purchase alcohol without written consent from his wife.

Clue 4: In this state women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public

Clue 5: In this state a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weights more than 50 lbs.

Clue 6: In this state it is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.

Clue 7: In this state it is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water.

Clue 8: In this state women may not drive in a house coat.

Clue 9: In this state canned corn is not to be used as bait for fishing.

Clue 10: In this state a parent can be arrested if his or her child can’t hold back a burp during a church service.

Clue 11: In this state it is illegal to wear a false moustache which causes laughter in church.

Clue 12: In this state it is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.

Clue 13: In this state dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate on private property in groups of 3 or more

Clue 14: In this state it is illegal to push a live moose out of a moving aircraft.

Clue 15: In this state it is illegal to fly over any body of water, unless one is carrying sufficient supplies of food and drink.

Clue 16: In this state more than 8 women may not live in the same house because that would constitute a brothel.

Clue 17: In this state it is illegal to gargle in public.

Clue 18: In this state a husband is responsible for every criminal act commited by his wife while she is in his presence.

Clue 19: In this state it is illegal for a kiss to last more than five minutes.

Clue 20: In this state it is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroner’s office.

Clue 21: In this state it is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.

Clue 22: In this state R rated movies shall not be shown at drive-in theaters.

Clue 23: In this state animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.

Part 2

Use the clues to determine the special “day” and the date?

So you’re looking for two answers. The day and the date. Good luck!

Here are some hints:
Hint 1:
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Hint 2:
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Hint 3:
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Hint 4:
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Like the Game 1 puzzles, solving these puzzles will be a different experience from what the players had. During the actual game play pieces of a “treasure” map were uncovered. By using a combination of the map and the website Mapjack.com, the players navigated the streets of San Francisco looking for E’s “Hyde-out”.

Since then the websites that contained the hidden map pieces have updated their sites and the pieces are no longer there to find. Because of this many of the puzzles had to be reworked. So now, in the instances where the puzzle reveals a URL, you will type the URL as the answer (without the http://) instead of navigating to the website indicated (unless instructed otherwise).

If you wish to see the individual map pieces and solve the puzzle therein I will put them all together at the bottom of the list but they shouldn’t be done until all the other puzzles have been done.

Also keep in mind that within this game, you may need clues from previous puzzles in order to solve others.