Tyler Hinman
@thatpuzzleguy.bsky.social
That kid from Wordplay (2006). I do puzzles and sometimes other stuff.
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Tyler Hinman
@thatpuzzleguy.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hey, a pinned post.
Work: [This space for rent, particularly if it's in the realm of puzzles]
Pub quiz: Dogpatch Saloon and sometimes The Pig & Whistle
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/thatpuzzleguy
Soccer club: @sfcityfc.bsky.social
My bizarre set of sports allegiances: www.tylerhinman.com/blog/sports
Work: [This space for rent, particularly if it's in the realm of puzzles]
Pub quiz: Dogpatch Saloon and sometimes The Pig & Whistle
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/thatpuzzleguy
Soccer club: @sfcityfc.bsky.social
My bizarre set of sports allegiances: www.tylerhinman.com/blog/sports
Me during the fourth quarter of every Giants game
November 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Me during the fourth quarter of every Giants game
Reposted by Tyler Hinman
With the disappointing news out of Amuse Labs this week that they have built an AI agent for creating crossword puzzles, we want to reiterate: there is no AI at Crosswordr. We do not train models on your content.
We're about supporting and empowering constructors, and have been since day one.
We're about supporting and empowering constructors, and have been since day one.
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
With the disappointing news out of Amuse Labs this week that they have built an AI agent for creating crossword puzzles, we want to reiterate: there is no AI at Crosswordr. We do not train models on your content.
We're about supporting and empowering constructors, and have been since day one.
We're about supporting and empowering constructors, and have been since day one.
This week's Idiotic Joke That I Made While Hosting Pub Quiz And Which Got Absolutely Nothing:
"I couldn't follow HMS Pinafore because I never saw HMS Pinathree."
"I couldn't follow HMS Pinafore because I never saw HMS Pinathree."
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
This week's Idiotic Joke That I Made While Hosting Pub Quiz And Which Got Absolutely Nothing:
"I couldn't follow HMS Pinafore because I never saw HMS Pinathree."
"I couldn't follow HMS Pinafore because I never saw HMS Pinathree."
Golly, this sure is shitty!
Amuse Labs had created perhaps the best digital crossword-solving software I've ever seen, with the ability to program all kinds of puzzles that were never possible before.
That's why this news about them creating a generative AI puzzle maker is so unbelievably sad and infuriating.
That's why this news about them creating a generative AI puzzle maker is so unbelievably sad and infuriating.
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Golly, this sure is shitty!
Made a couple more quick, wildly unrelated @sporcle.bsky.social quizzes.
www.sporcle.com/games/thatpu...
www.sporcle.com/games/thatpu...
www.sporcle.com/games/thatpu...
www.sporcle.com/games/thatpu...
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Made a couple more quick, wildly unrelated @sporcle.bsky.social quizzes.
www.sporcle.com/games/thatpu...
www.sporcle.com/games/thatpu...
www.sporcle.com/games/thatpu...
www.sporcle.com/games/thatpu...
And Clarkson still sucks.
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
And Clarkson still sucks.
Okay, I think it's time for that crossword stream this evening. Puzzles from @defector.com and @midwestcrossword.bsky.social. Let's call it 6:30 PT. twitch.tv/thatpuzzleguy
October 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Okay, I think it's time for that crossword stream this evening. Puzzles from @defector.com and @midwestcrossword.bsky.social. Let's call it 6:30 PT. twitch.tv/thatpuzzleguy
This has only gotten worse. Nearly every day on Really Hard Chess in particular is an absolute car crash.
If Really Bad Chess on Puzzmo has taught me anything, it's that I might be the worst chess player in human history. Just astonishingly bad. There is no material advantage I can't screw up.
October 30, 2025 at 6:39 AM
This has only gotten worse. Nearly every day on Really Hard Chess in particular is an absolute car crash.
Whipped up a @sporcle.bsky.social quiz for the Price Is Right fans out there. www.sporcle.com/games/thatpu...
The Price Is Right Car Game Minefield
Can you pick the Price Is Right games that are typically played to win a car, while avoiding the ones that are typically played to win cash only?
www.sporcle.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Whipped up a @sporcle.bsky.social quiz for the Price Is Right fans out there. www.sporcle.com/games/thatpu...
Freakishly, I'm going to be on Twitch for reasons other than Islands of Insight. Tomorrow, I'll speed through crosswords from @defector.com and @midwestcrossword.bsky.social. Then, on Friday night, I'll be on the panel for Hayley Gold's monthly cryptic stream, hosted by @bewilderingly.bsky.social.
October 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Freakishly, I'm going to be on Twitch for reasons other than Islands of Insight. Tomorrow, I'll speed through crosswords from @defector.com and @midwestcrossword.bsky.social. Then, on Friday night, I'll be on the panel for Hayley Gold's monthly cryptic stream, hosted by @bewilderingly.bsky.social.
Reposted by Tyler Hinman
The Giants will kill me and I will deserve it: defector.com/the-giants-w...
The Giants Will Kill Me And I Will Deserve It | Defector
It was a lovely, balmy late-fall afternoon. The low sun betrayed the warmth’s incongruence for the time of year, and warned of the inevitable approach of winter. It was a lovely day to be alive; a…
defector.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Giants will kill me and I will deserve it: defector.com/the-giants-w...
The people responsible should be tried at The Hague.
whoever made the mouth in the neck Verizon commercial … you are my enemy for life
October 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The people responsible should be tried at The Hague.
Rather pleased with myself to have won ten @sporcle.bsky.social tournaments before, it seems, they've created a graphic for that.
October 1, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Rather pleased with myself to have won ten @sporcle.bsky.social tournaments before, it seems, they've created a graphic for that.
The first episode of the new season of @goodjobbrain.bsky.social just dropped and you should definitely go listen to it. Why? What do you mean, why? Just do it. What's with the third degree? God.
September 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The first episode of the new season of @goodjobbrain.bsky.social just dropped and you should definitely go listen to it. Why? What do you mean, why? Just do it. What's with the third degree? God.
While I'm at it, my 2025 MLB postseason preferences:
1 SEA
2 SD
3 MIL
4 CLE
5 CIN
6 DET
7 TOR
8 CHC
9 BOS
10 NYY
11 Wearing a full Blooper costume while doing The Long Walk
12 LAD
13 PHI
Lotta good stories and long droughts in this year's field. Naturally, I expect disappointment.
1 SEA
2 SD
3 MIL
4 CLE
5 CIN
6 DET
7 TOR
8 CHC
9 BOS
10 NYY
11 Wearing a full Blooper costume while doing The Long Walk
12 LAD
13 PHI
Lotta good stories and long droughts in this year's field. Naturally, I expect disappointment.
September 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
While I'm at it, my 2025 MLB postseason preferences:
1 SEA
2 SD
3 MIL
4 CLE
5 CIN
6 DET
7 TOR
8 CHC
9 BOS
10 NYY
11 Wearing a full Blooper costume while doing The Long Walk
12 LAD
13 PHI
Lotta good stories and long droughts in this year's field. Naturally, I expect disappointment.
1 SEA
2 SD
3 MIL
4 CLE
5 CIN
6 DET
7 TOR
8 CHC
9 BOS
10 NYY
11 Wearing a full Blooper costume while doing The Long Walk
12 LAD
13 PHI
Lotta good stories and long droughts in this year's field. Naturally, I expect disappointment.
For the baseball statheads: How many MLB teams have had a winless road trip of 7+ games and an undefeated road trip of 7+ games in the same season, as the Braves have somehow done this year?
September 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
For the baseball statheads: How many MLB teams have had a winless road trip of 7+ games and an undefeated road trip of 7+ games in the same season, as the Braves have somehow done this year?
Reposted by Tyler Hinman
I love what Russell Wilson is doing out there. The results aren't there yet, admittedly, but the process—sprinting in place for four seconds and then throwing the ball off the goal post at 107mph—is sound. Stay the course. This is for sure going to work.
September 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I love what Russell Wilson is doing out there. The results aren't there yet, admittedly, but the process—sprinting in place for four seconds and then throwing the ball off the goal post at 107mph—is sound. Stay the course. This is for sure going to work.
"I've been listening to Hooray Hooray Hooray on repeat."
"We should probably learn that one at some point."
"We should probably learn that one at some point."
September 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"I've been listening to Hooray Hooray Hooray on repeat."
"We should probably learn that one at some point."
"We should probably learn that one at some point."
In a little over an hour, I'll get on Twitch to... brace yourselves... solve crosswords! I'll go through my unsolved @defector.com puzzles, then recent tournament offerings from @boswords.bsky.social and @lollapuzzoola.bsky.social. www.twitch.tv/thatpuzzleguy
September 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
In a little over an hour, I'll get on Twitch to... brace yourselves... solve crosswords! I'll go through my unsolved @defector.com puzzles, then recent tournament offerings from @boswords.bsky.social and @lollapuzzoola.bsky.social. www.twitch.tv/thatpuzzleguy
I really resent the news interrupting this progression.
September 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I really resent the news interrupting this progression.
What a wild and exhausting weekend. Enjoyed @playdash.bsky.social immensely, taking some time away from the also excellent Metagame conference that took up most of the rest.
September 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
What a wild and exhausting weekend. Enjoyed @playdash.bsky.social immensely, taking some time away from the also excellent Metagame conference that took up most of the rest.
If there are any Bay Area puzzlers looking for a @playdash.bsky.social team in Berkeley, I might have a match for you.
September 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
If there are any Bay Area puzzlers looking for a @playdash.bsky.social team in Berkeley, I might have a match for you.
Reposted by Tyler Hinman
Watching the Giants
September 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Watching the Giants
Happy to report that the new Hives album fuckin' whips
August 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Happy to report that the new Hives album fuckin' whips