For example, some people prefer word puzzles and won??™t touch visual or logical puzzles. Puzzles
that are too easy for one person might be too hard for another. Chess puzzles are fun only if you know how
to play chess. Consequently, my ?¬? rst job as a puzzle designer is to tailor puzzles to the interests and abilities
of my audience. For example, my monthly puzzles for Discover magazine all revolve around science and math
themes. To reach both scienti?¬? c lay people and experts, I break each puzzle into several questions, ranging
from very easy to very hard. Finally, I include three puzzles in each column??”usually a word puzzle, a visual
puzzle, and a mathematical puzzle??”to reach readers who prefer various types of puzzles.
Another consequence of the subjective nature of fun is that what might seem like an everyday problem
to you can seem like a delightful puzzle to someone else. Is washing the dishes a chore or a game?
That depends on whom you ask. It tickles me to think that for every problem in the world, no ma er how
tedious, there is someone who would leap at the chance to ?¬? gure it out.
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