UCaleb Madison, 22, ngumhleli wepuzzle omtsha weBuzzFeed. ( Ifoto: UCeleste Sloman kuMqwalaseli ) OKANYEn emva kwemini kutshanje kwikomkhulu lesihlanu leBuzzFeed eNew York, uCaleb Madison wayesenza iphazili. Ndiqaphele into ephambeneyo, wandixelela, ndizobe igridi egcwaliswe ngesiqingatha kwiscreen selaptop yakhe. Sasihleli kwigumbi lenkomfa eliqaqambileyo le-BuzzTeam, kunye nefoto ye-sloth, isilwanyana esinqwenelekayo ukuba inkampani siyithathe, sasijonge kwikona. 'I-KATNISS EVERDEEN' kunye ne'HERMIONE GRANGER 'zinqumlelana phakathi kwileta yabo ephakathi, utshilo uMnu Madison, ingqondo yakhe ibaleka. 'I-COLLINS' kunye ne 'ROWLING,' wongeze, zombini zinqamleza ku-'I. '
Ngaphandle kwale nto inqabileyo yokuqhekeza, u-Mnumzana Madison wayenengxaki yokuqonda ukuba angawafaka njani ngokufanelekileyo onke amagama amane kule phazili-enesihloko, njengoko unokuthelekelela, Imidlalo yokulamba kwaye uharry Potter . Kuya kufuneka ibe-ntathu, wacinga, wadana noko. Andazi ukuba iBuzzFeed inayo itekhnoloji yesoftware yeholographic okwangoku.
Njengomhleli wepuzzle omtsha weBuzzFeed, Mnu. Madison, osandula ukuphumelela u-Yale ngeenwele ezimdaka ngebala kunye namehlo amakhulu, avakalayo, uye wacinga mva nje malunga nokuba umntu angazolulela kude kangakanani iigridi zamagama. Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, ebenamandla okuhlanganisa ingqokelela yemidlalo eza kwenza indawo entsha Yonke imihla ngaphakathi endlwini . Iveki yokuqala ibekwe emgceni, kwaye iya kukhutshwa, ngokunokwenzeka, phakathi ku-Okthobha. Xa sithethayo, uMnu.Madison wayenemibuzo engama-30 kwidokethi, uninzi lwazo wayesalungisa kakuhle.
Inyaniso yokuba i-BuzzFeed ikhupha i-crossword yemihla ngemihla inokumangalisa kwabo badibanisa imidlalo yamagama kunye ne-baby boomers. Kodwa malunga Izigidi ezingama-50 zabantu eUnited States benza amagama aphambili , Kwaye kule minyaka ingamashumi idlulileyo, abaphulaphuli beephazili baye babamba kancinci.
Uxwebhu lwe-2006 Ukudlala amagama yazisa isizukulwana sababukeli abakwishumi elivisayo kumnandi wokubethelelwa emnqamlezweni, kwaye kukho iibhlog kunye neeklabhu ezinamagama kunye neetumente kwilizwe liphela. Ijenali yeWall Street Kutshanje ndiqalise ukupapasha i-crossword yemihla ngemihla edlalwayo . Kwaye mhlawumbi okona kubaluleke kakhulu, ipuzzle eyomeleleyo ezimeleyo ekhoyo apho abakhi abanetalente abanjengoPeter Gordon kunye noMat Gaffney bebonisa izinto zabo, iveki emva kweveki, kubaphulaphuli abakhethwe kubhaliso lwamagama alindelekileyo.
Lihlabathi uMnu Madison athabatha kulo iphazili yakhe yeBuzzFeed. Ngokungafaniyo namaqhosha asezantsi Inew York Amaxesha , ekufuneka iphumelele kuvavanyo lwakusasa ngeCawe ukuze ingakhuphi abafundi (kwaye iyayeka ukusebenzisa amagama eslang yanamhlanje), iiphazili ze-indie zijikajikana, zihlekise nangexesha labo-gonzo, ngegama. (Isampulu yesikhombisi: Jongana nexesha lomntu, mhlawumbi? Impendulo: HLELA.) Sifana nabenzi beebhiya zobugcisa, utshilo uBrendan Emmett Quigley, 41, umakhi wegama eliphambeneyo neliza kuvela iiphazili kwiBuzzFeed. Kwaye ngokuzisa ubuntununtunu be-indie kwiqonga eliqhelekileyo, Umnumzana Madison unethuba lokuchaza kwakhona igama eliphambeneyo-umfanekiso opheleleyo kwinkcubeko yaseMelika-kwisizukulwana esitsha sesisombululo.
Ngandlela thile, iBuzzFeed, ejikeleze malunga nezigidi ezingama-200 zeendwendwe ngenyanga, yinto efanelekileyo yendalo kwezi phazili ezintsha kunye nabantu abazithandayo. Ikhasi lasekhaya lesayithi yigridi ekhethiweyo yokungahleliwe- iindaba sloth I-slotted in eceleni ukuthunyelwa kwezopolitiko-njengegama eliphambeneyo, elihlala lixhomekeke kwiminqweno ye-alfabhethi, ungaze ucinge ukuba umakhi unobuqili kangakanani. Ukwenza iphazili ngumsebenzi wentlalontle-njengokuba ungayenza nosapho okanye nabahlobo, utshilo uJack Shepherd, umlawuli wokuhlela weBuzzFeed owazisa uMnu Madison. Ubeka iintloko zeqela lenkampani ye-Buzz, elinoxanduva lokubeka umxholo wentsholongwane njenge-GIF kunye nemibuzo kunye ne-listicles yezilwanyana. Ndiyathanda ukuzisa iBuzzFeed, eyinkampani yoluntu kakhulu.
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Mabakhi begama eliphambili bebonisa ubuchule begama lokudlala kwangoko; yi-avocation ebonakala ngathi ifuna ubungqongqo, kwaye uMnu Madison, owakhulela eManhattan, wayenolwazi lweelwimi njengoko beza, esombulula Indlela engaphantsi kwaye NdinguNew York iiphazili kwisikolo samabanga aphakathi kuhambo lwangaphantsi lukaloliwe ehamba kwaye ngokukhawuleza atshintshele kwi Amaxesha . Ndiyayithanda iscreen esiyibeka kwizinto, utshilo uMnu Madison. Indlela elungelelanise ngayo ulwazi ebesele ndinalo entlokweni yam kwaye phantse ndingabinalo.
Uninzi lwezinto anomdla kuzo uMnu. Madison ziqhelekile kwisizukulwana sakhe. Kodwa akangomntu wemiba yeminyaka eliwaka, nangona ehlala nabazali bakhe. Wena ayikwazi Beka loo nto kwinqaku ukuba kukho amantombazana ayifundayo le nto, wandixelela.
Kwakungeyonto ilula, nangona kunjalo. Kwiminyaka esixhenxe nje edlulileyo, eneminyaka eyi-15, wapapasha igama lakhe lokuqala kwi Amaxesha emva kwehlobo elichithwe nge-interning ye-Will Shortz, umhleli wephepha elinamagama, phezulu ePleasantville, NY Andizange ndibenaye umfundi oselula ngaphambili, uMnu Shortz wakhumbula kwincoko yomnxeba. Ndandinomdla kancinci, eneneni. Umntu oneminyaka eli-15 ubudala wayenokwazi njani ngokwaneleyo ukuba abe ngumhleli olungileyo we-crossword?
Andazi ngoba Wandithemba, uMnu Madison ukhumbule. Mhlawumbi kungenxa yamehlo am anobubele. Umnumzana Madison, ohlekisayo kwimidlalo yamahlaya emileyo, ngumqhuli oqhuqha, owenza amagama akhe aphambili abe yirununctious. Ngelixa wayeseYale, wayengumlawuli weqela elingalunganga, Umbuzo waseViola, kwaye wayipapasha Itswele -style iphephandaba. Kwimizuzu emihlanu yokuqala yentlanganiso yethu, sachopha ecaleni komnye nomnye kwigumbi lokuhlambela kufutshane nendawo yekhitshi leBuzzFeed, eyayiloluhlobo lwengozi, kodwa ekwaluhlobo olungaqhelekanga. Wayengabonakali engqondweni. Ngaba kufuneka siqale udliwanondlebe ngoku? Ubuzile, wome, ukusuka kumchamo okufutshane. Umjelo wam uthetha kakhulu ngam.
Kule ndawo, uhlala uhlangana nabantu abangabodwa kwaye abangenabuntu kwaye bengenamdla, utshilo umbhali wezichazi-magama uJesse Sheidlower, lowo uMnu Madison afundele iOxford English Dictionary ngelixa ekholejini. Kodwa oko akunjalo konke konke kuye-ungumntu onentlalontle kakhulu.
Uninzi lwezinto anomdla kuzo uMnu. Madison ziqhelekile kwisizukulwana sakhe-njengoko kungqinwa yile ncwadi inamagama anqamlezileyo-kodwa akanguye umlo weminyaka eliwaka, nangona ehlala nabazali bakhe. (Wena ayikwazi Beka loo nto kwinqaku ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba kukho amantombazana ayifundileyo, wandixelela.) Isampulu I-BuzzFeed crossword Kutshanje kuqulethwe imikhondo emininzi-inkcubeko ye-pop, intetho yedijithali, izingqinisiso zesiLatin kunye nesiGrike-ezihambisa ubuntununtunu bukaMnumzana Madison kodwa ubukrelekrele. (Umzekelo: Njengo Abazalwana abane , Endiyaziyo kuba ndayichwechwa ndineminyaka eyi-12 Impendulo: RATEDR.)
Njengomntu ongaphantsi, wazibhaptiza kwimfundiso yeendaba kunye neesemotiki, efunda imisebenzi kaBaudrillard, Chomsky noMcLuhan. Ukucaphula uLiam Neeson, Mnu. Madison uthe ngemidla yakhe eyahlukileyo, ndinazo izakhono ezithile.
Eyona nto yayiyimpembelelo kuMnu Madison yayinguBen Tausig. I-AV. Iklabhu kodwa ngoku iyodwa-yinto eyintandokazi ye-indie, enomdla ojikelezayo wabakhi be-idiosyncratic iveki neveki. UMnu Madison wayengumakhi kaMnu Tausig-uhlobo lukaHunter S. Thompson we-crossword world-kwaye Ilizwi lika Mnu Tausig , Undixelele, ukuba uzama ukuhambisa iBuzzFeed. Amagama aphikisayo kaMnu Tausig ayancokola, ahlala ekhonjelwa kumntu wokuqala kwaye abandakanya isondo, kunye nezalathiso ze-scatological. Konke ngenjongo yokuhlekisa ngokuchasene nokuba nempikiswano ngenxa yayo, uMnu Tausig wandixelela. Iphazili yakutshanje ka-Aimee Lucido, umzekelo, yayijolise kumabele.
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Mnakunokuba nzima ukubona ukuba inguquko kaNks uLucido ongumxholo ukuba awuqhelananga ne Imbali yeminyaka eli-100 yamagama aphambili . Eyokuqala yapapashwa ngu-Arthur Wynne, umenzi wepuzzle owazalelwa eBritane, kuhlelo lwangoDisemba 21, 1913 Kwihlabathi leNew York . Yayomile kwaye ilayishwe izithetha-ntonye, yaze yamisela isimbo sokuphambuka njengohlobo lovavanyo lobukrelekrele-njengoko ibonakalisiwe, kamva kwinkulungwane, ngu-Eugene Maleska, othathe indawo Amaxesha igama eliphambili ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yee-1970. UMaleska, owayesakuba ngumphathi wesikolo iBronx, wabona umdlalo weqonga njengophazamiseko olungenantsingiselo. Injongo yeepuzzle zakhe yayiyi-didactic, ukuvavanya ulwazi lwe-solver lwezinto ze-arcane ezinje ngezityalo zezityalo, iidolophu ezinkulu kunye ne-etymologies -uhlobo lwegama elinqamlezileyo elakhiwayo ngabakhi namhlanje.
Ke xa u-Shortz, uMerl Reagle, uMike Shenk kunye nezinye iiturks ezincincibeza ngeminyaka yee-1980s kwaye baqala ukupapasha iiphazili ezibandakanya amagama egama kunye neereferensi zenkcubeko kwi Imidlalo iphephancwadi — luhlobo lwe Intlola yehlabathi lephazili-kwabonwa njengokukhalima ngokuthe ngqo kokuma kukaMaleska. Izinto zaxakeka. Ingxabano ibonakaliswa 'yimfazwe ye-oreo,' ingxelo ngo-1988 Amaxesha inqaku (ebizwa ngokuba ngabenzi bePuzzle abatshintshisanayo amagama angumnqamlezo) Abakhi besikolo esidala banyanzelisa ukuba ukuba iphazili ifuna oonobumba abane o-r-e-o, umkhondo kufuneka ube 'yintaba: isimaphambili,' njengakwi 'oreortyx,' okanye izagwityi zeentaba. Umtshangatshangiso omtsha ukholelwa ukuba ukuba 'u-Oreo' uyimpendulo, 'ikuki' kufanele ukuba ibe sisalathiso.
Kodwa imbali ithande ukuziphinda, kwaye ngoku izenzo zika Mnu. Shortz, othathe i Amaxesha igama eliphambeneyo ngo-1993, liye landa kancinci, ngokwe-indie puzzlers. Umnumzana Shortz kunye neqela lakhe, ewe, bayathandeka kubaphulaphuli abathile-uStan Newman's mind-numbingly simple Umhla weendaba Iphazili likhwaza kakhulu kwizinto ezimangalisayo azipapashileyo, isimbo se-samizdat, kwincwadana yakhe yokuqala ye-'80s -kodwa isangqa esitsha sabenzi bephazili baziva ngathi banolwimi olutsha abanokuludlulisa, bejonga amagama alula njengama-OLEO kunye ne-ASTA, endaweni yazo ngeempendulo ezibonisa ulwimi lwangoku, njenge-SMH.
UMnu Madison unokuhlangabezana nokuchasana xa ezisa olo lwimi kwi-BuzzFeed, eninzi ngendlela Imidlalo Ngaba 30 kwiminyaka eyadlulayo. Omnye umakhi wayichitha le phazili izayo njengeyona inqabileyo kwintetho yakhe. Kodwa uMnu Madison wazi kakuhle ngezibonda. Kangangokuba uthanda ibanter enobukrelekrele, naye uyathandwa yindlela amagama aphambili abonwa ngayo.
Igama eliphambili njengeliphakathi kakhulu, liyatyibilika ekuthetheni ngalo, utshilo uMnu Madison, kuba andazi ukuba yintoni ukusebenzisana nokuba kwenzeka phakathi kwabantu. Ayifani nomdlalo bhanyabhanya okanye umboniso weTV okanye incwadi, apho uveza enye inyani okanye iseti yeemeko okanye ibali. Kufana nombongo, apho ukuphindaphinda kwamagama asetyenziselwa ukunxibelelana nokuphela okwahlukileyo.
Sukuyixela loo nto nakwezinye iimbongi, wongeze watsho.
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NGAPHAKATHII-BuzzFeed, UMnu Madison uya kuba nethuba lokwandisa imida ye-crossword ngaphaya kwemida yeempendulo zerisk. Ubungangamsha bedijithali buvumela imikhondo emide, umzekelo, kuba akukho zithintelo zendawo. Iphazili nganye iya kuba nzima ngokuqhubekayo njengoko iveki iqhubeka, njenge Amaxesha , kodwa ngamanye amaxesha zinokuba nkulu kune-gridi ye-15-by-15 yesiqhelo. Uya kupapasha, ekuqaleni, ukusukela ngoMvulo ukuya ngolwe-Sihlanu kodwa unethemba lokwandisa ukuya ngoMgqibelo nangeCawa, kananjalo, ukuba amagama aphambili afumana ii-eyeballs ezaneleyo. (Uya kuthi ahlawule abakhi i- $ 300 ngephazili nganye, inqanaba elihambelana ne Amaxesha .)
Njengomntu ohlekisayo, uMnu Madison ebesenza imibuzo emincinci yeemilo kunye nobukhulu obungaqhelekanga. Ubabiza ngokuba zii-fre freles, kwaye unethemba lokuba baya kutsala izinyibilikisi kwiiphazili ezinkulu. UMnu Shepherd, umhleli weBuzzTeam obeka iliso kwimisebenzi kaMnu Madison, unethemba lokuba ityala lakhe elincinci liya kuzama kangangoko. Mhlawumbi uMnu.Melusi uthe, kuyakubakho iiphazili ezinemikhombandlela ye-emoji, okanye ukwaphula amagama aphambili asekwe kwiziganeko ezikhoyo. I-Intanethi inolwimi lwayo, utshilo, kwaye yinto endicinga ukuba singayibamba ngokwenene.
Emuva kwigumbi lenkomfa leBuzzTeam, uMnu Madison wayejolise kwikona yakhe ephezulu ngasekhohlo Mdlalo yokulamba - uharry Potter iphazili, ekwakusenziwa isigqibo sokuba ayisiyo-holographic. Ndafaka 'JEREMIH' kuqala, kwaye lonto yandinika i'EMOJI, 'endiyithandayo, wandixelela. Kwakukho izikhombisi ezimalunga ne-10 zokugcwalisa, kuxhomekeke kwindlela obala ngayo, kodwa uMnu Madison wabonakala eqinisekile ukuba uzakudlula kwisahlulo ngokukhawuleza, ngoko ke waya kwelinye icandelo kwelinye icala lephazili. .
'I-RAGNAROK' yinto emnandi, watsho emva komzuzwana, eyibhala xa ethetha. Ndiziva ngathi yi INkosi yeeRingi into, akunjalo? Ndinyuse amagxa. Makhe ndijonge kabini. Ucofe iphazili kwaye wayijonga. Owu, yinto yasentsomini yeNorse. Suyinaka. Kuya kufuneka ndiyazi ukusuka kwi Thor Iimuvi okanye into.
Nqumama.
Yhu! Kulungile, ‘ENABLER,’ watsho ngochulumanco. Olu luhlobo olupholileyo, olufana nolwangoku, kodwa lundinika i-'UNAIS, 'endingayaziyo, ke andizukuyibeka kwiphazili. Ulicimile igama lomrhanelwa kwaye wagquma ngaphezulu kwamanye amathuba, iminwe yakhe ibhabha ngaphezulu kwebhodibhodi.
Kamva ngala mini, ndenza isichazi-magama esikwi-intanethi ndaza ndajonga phezulu kwi-unais. Njengoko kuvela, yinguqulelo yesininzi ye-unai, igama eliqhelekileyo ngokungaqhelekanga kwi-sloth enezinzwane ezimbini.
