Test Your Mental Might With The Escapist's First-Ever Puzzle Adventure!

Dragonpit

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Day 3 was rough. Three puzzles with difficulty. Here are my hints in order...

Why are there two donkeys in that picture? I swear...

The clue is no help. Try looking for a game that has yet to be released by Square Enix. It is not Final Fantasy.

You want dvorak keyboards. Start by looking for their 'd', not ours.
 

DiMono

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And done. And post 738 is far too blatant. Let's keep it to hints and not give away the answers, shall we?
 

gauntsghosts

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AC10 said:
Hmm, I was hoping for something really difficult this time :(
Something tells me that you're going to get your wish by Day 5...

Going off on a tangent, I'm interested in how long it took to make the quiz... because I'm certain that I'm not the only one who would love to have this as a monthly [or even bi-monthly] event :D

In any case, bravo to the Escapist crew... I'm already looking forward to D4 & 5!
 

Daedalus1942

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DiMono said:
And done. And post 738 is far too blatant. Let's keep it to hints and not give away the answers, shall we?
Yeah i thought his posts were way too freaking obvious too... way to ruin a good thing >.<
i thought my Dental hint was clever, but maybe i'm just too full of my own self-importance >.<
-Tabs<3-
 

Hashime

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#3 is not tough. It will be for those not using a standard US keyboard. An mistake by the escapist I think.
#1 ?????
#2 ?????
 

Daedalus1942

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Hashime said:
#3 is not tough. It will be for those not using a standard US keyboard. An mistake by the escapist I think.
#1 ?????
#2 ?????
1#DonkeyDonkey
2#The sequel exists not in many's eyes, consult the Dentists for more information.
-Tabs<3- if that doesn't help i have others.
 

Hashime

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Daedalus1942 said:
Hashime said:
#3 is not tough. It will be for those not using a standard US keyboard. An mistake by the escapist I think.
#1 ?????
#2 ?????
1#DonkeyDonkey
2#The sequel exists not in many's eyes, consult the Dentists for more information.
-Tabs<3- if that doesn't help i have others.
I got them. I just did not know who the girl was,
and never swear (hardly cuss) so the donkey donkey thing didn't sink in.
 

Glamorgan

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Hmmm, got 1 and 3. Still a little stuck on two.

I'm actually more than a little worried about day 5. Following this pattern, there will only be one question.

And it is going to be really hard.
 

Lord Nosferatu

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Huh, after yesterday's #3 I expected these to be harder.
No.1
Don't bother with the last pictures
No.2
The second line can solve it for you, at least it did for me
No.3
(more like an easier way to reach the final answer) - 1.0x10^100 + convert (how's that for a hint:p)
 

Daedalus1942

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Hashime said:
Daedalus1942 said:
Hashime said:
#3 is not tough. It will be for those not using a standard US keyboard. An mistake by the escapist I think.
#1 ?????
#2 ?????
1#DonkeyDonkey
2#The sequel exists not in many's eyes, consult the Dentists for more information.
-Tabs<3- if that doesn't help i have others.
I got them. I just did not know who the girl was,
and never swear (hardly cuss) so the donkey donkey thing didn't sink in.
I had no idea who the girl was either. i just took a VERY educated guess after the first word was deciphered.
-Tabs<3-
 

Daedalus1942

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Glamorgan said:
Hmmm, got 1 and 3. Still a little stuck on two.

I'm actually more than a little worried about day 5. Following this pattern, there will only be one question.

And it is going to be really hard.
For many eyes the sequel exists not.
Consult the Dentists for more information.
-Tabs<3-
 

Detheroth

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Got 3-1 and 3-3.. just grazing through 3-2 trying as many different combinations as i can think of.. I think this is going to go down to a lucky guess more than anything. Here are my following hints

3-1
Look at each individual picture and write as many different variations of the name of the thing in the picture. Count the two donkeys.

3-3
It looks like someone who was so used to a QWERTY board... got the wrong computer

Will report back in with 3-2.. these didn't seem nearly as taxing as yesterdays.
 

Kapol

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Glamorgan said:
Hmmm, got 1 and 3. Still a little stuck on two.

I'm actually more than a little worried about day 5. Following this pattern, there will only be one question.

And it is going to be really hard.
That's actually what they've said since the beginning. Each day gets one question less, but they get harder and harder.

I figured these out once I got the hints, though I'd have never gotten them myself. I feel fairly useless so far. The only one I've really been able to figure out the puzzle of without help was 2-1, and even then I didn't figure out the actual game till I read the comments. Dang my lack of ability to recall names of any sort!
 

Daedalus1942

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XxRyanxX said:
Daedalus1942 said:
DiMono said:
And done. And post 738 is far too blatant. Let's keep it to hints and not give away the answers, shall we?
Yeah i thought his posts were way too freaking obvious too... way to ruin a good thing >.<
i thought my Dental hint was clever, but maybe i'm just too full of my own self-importance >.<
-Tabs<3-
Probably me right...? Am very sorry and I apologize dearly .... just want to be helpful *feels shunned* Actually now I feel very crappy... I'll just go to bed cause I ruined everything .....
Yes, it was you, but I was too harsh on you.
You were only trying to help and I just... I guess I was so proud of myself for figuring them out i didn't want you to make it easy for anyone.
Anywayz... here is a public apology/humiliation to you as i severely overreacted.
I Tabitha christina Dickerson hereby apologise to you XRyanxX before all these wandering eyes. I overracted and I'm a *****.
I'm very sorry...
-Tabs D;-
 

Volafortis

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Day 3 felt easier than day 2.

Also, Hints:

2. A flagship title by Eidos/Sqeenix
3. Dvorak
 

Karacan

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Seriously, I'm really disappointed by puzzle #2. There's so many games that fit in there, and the clue "not by choice" fits every second one of them.

I'm hoping for more precise puzzles and less "let's hammer out answers until one works"-type of puzzles.
 

Daedalus1942

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Volafortis said:
Day 3 felt easier than day 2.
I agree that binary one... i solved instantly the code but i had no idea they were coordinates. Then i struggled to apply them to earth... Wonder why, huh? :p
-Tabs<3-