Mind Games 1
Intro to the series: why we need grey matter workouts.
Mind Games 2
We keep your brain ticking over with a couple of new brainteasers. We also look at optical illusions, which demonstrate how the mind deals with visual information.
Mind Games 3
More brain teasers and the "memory palace".
Mind Games 4
A couple of puzzlers to test logic, language and lateral thinking skills - plus a befuddling optical illusion, the "checkershadow".
Mind Games 5
Enter the labyrinthine world of maze-type puzzles with a red-brick road to the stars. Plus a mental camel race and a jewellery dilemma!
Mind Games 6
Stuck at the crossroads with an ancient brainteaser , and some tantalising F-words.
Mind Games 7
Wrap your mind around a million dollars, and sort out a combined Eskom-Telkom-City Council tangle!
Mind Games 8
We do some code-breaking – and feel moved by a mind-bending optical illusion.
Mind Games 9
A lone cowboy rides into town, and we get on first-name terms with some friendly abstract shapes.
Mind Games 10
We get a little bit obsessive about breakfast, and then focus our attention on an unusual game of basketball.
Mind Games 11
We try for an “Aha!” moment and practise our mind-reading skills.
Mind Games 12
Hone your detective skills to solve the Case of the Stolen Pressies, and unscramble some word salads, with festive results.
Mind Games 13
Help a frustrated clubber crack the code, and see how money grows on trees.
Mind Games 14
Design the perfect seating plan for a bewildering dinner party, and doodle a Droodle or two!
Mind Games 15
Discover your true identity, and help out an incompetent army of medieval muddlers
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