Riddles

The Super Mario RPG Bowser's Keep puzzles and riddles are bound to cause headaches. That's because of the main objective, which requires you to clear several rooms, along with all the challenges therein. Naturally, some are easier than others, though you could still expect a few restarts. Here's our guide to help you complete the Bowser's Keep puzzles in Super Mario RPG, which includes Dr. Topper's quiz, the triathlon riddle, action courses, and more.How to complete all Bowser's Keep puzzles in Super…

Timestamps, dependent filters, and misbehaving left joinsPhoto by Saffu on UnsplashSQL is a deceptively simple language. Across its many dialects, users can query databases in a syntax similar to English. What you see is what you get… until you don’t.Every now and then I come across a query that produces a result completely different from what I expected, teaching me little nuances about the language. I’ve compiled three recent head-scratchers in this post, and I’ve arranged them as riddles to make them more interesting.…

Image: Rude Tales of Magic/Fortunate HorseWhile funny actual-play Dungeons & Dragons podcasts like Critical Role and The Adventure Zone get more attention, I need to make you aware of Rude Tales of Magic. DMed by Branson Reese and produced by Taylor Moore, it’s a comedy podcast first and foremost, and I cannot truly convey how funny it is with mere words—but I can come close. And that’s because Rude Tales of Magic has the greatest Non-Player-Character names of time. My proof? Amber-Ale Assembleaux, Professor Outside,…

Listening to Rozi Plain is like searching for shapes in the clouds. In her mirage-like lyrics and mix of gently warped folk and nomadic jazz, you can stumble on moments of sharp recognition. A former art student, Plain is a longtime member of Kate Stables’ luminous folk band This Is the Kit and a fixture of the Cleaner Records collective, which she founded with fellow folk artist Rachael Dadd. All the while, she has nurtured her own ambitions. Prize, her fifth record, is a document of her evolution over the past 15 years,…

The works of William Shakespeare remain in a constant state of adaptation hundreds of years after first being created, but one unique modern spin on the Bard’s methods is to update his stories for the modern era and fill them full of lead, with Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet kicking off the unexpected subgenre in 1996. Since then, we’ve seen Gerard Butler wielding an assault rifle in Ralph Fiennes’ bone-crunching Coriolanus, while the aforementioned star-crossed lovers also served as the inspiration behind aptly-named…