Fumana umthwalo walowo ufuna imincili. ( Ifoto: UHarry Engels / imifanekiso kaFetty ) Kunokubonakala ngathi yinto engenakuphikiswa ukuyithetha loo nto, kodwa abo benza iiphazili zegama eliqhelekileyo bahlala befuna iintliziyo. Bachitha ixesha elininzi bejonga iigridi zamagama ezingenanto, befaka iingqondo zabo kwiipun kunye neenkcukacha ezingenamsebenzi, kuba banomdla wokungxamiseka kwe-dopamine okubangelwa kukugcwalisa unobumba wokugqibela oshiyekileyo: indalo yoonobumba bayaphumla.
Emva kwethutyana, nangona kunjalo, olo loneliseko lungaqala ukuziva lucekeceke, luyinto engekhoyo. Umnqamlezo unokuqala ukuzibuza, njengejunkie enqwenela ukulungiswa kwakhe okulandelayo, ukuba ngaba zikhona ezinye iipuzzle ezinamandla apho anokufumana khona izandla.
Kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, uhlobo olutsha lwephazili belusanda ukuthandwa ngabantu abathandabuzayo-umntu othembisa ukunikezela, amaxesha ngamaxesha, uhlobo olunqabileyo lolonwabo abazinikeleyo kwiminqweno. Ebizwa ngokuba yimeta puzzle, isebenza njengokuqhekeka komntu xa kuthelekiswa nomgca wecocaine oligama eliqhelekileyo.
Ngamava ahluke ngokupheleleyo, utshilo uMatt Gaffney, Umakhi wegama eliphambili opapasha i-meta puzzle yeveki nganye kwi-intanethi . Xa usombulula iphazili ye-meta, kwimizuzwana eli-10 okanye eli-15 oqonda ukuba ufumanise nje isitshixo sale nto, ufumana le rush ye-adrenaline, akukho joke.
Umnumzana Gaffney uthe ukukhawuleza kwaziwa njengomzuzu we-aha kwihlabathi elinamagama, kwaye inani elikhulayo lezinyibilikisi liqala ukuleqa.
Esikhundleni sokuba nomxholo nje, iipuzzle zeemeta zibuze umbuzo wezixazululo, impendulo yayo ibonakaliswe kwipuzzle ngokwayo. Oku kongeza omnye umaleko — okanye ezimbini, okanye ezintathu — zintsonkothe ezenza ukuba isiphelo sonelise ngakumbi.
Enye yezinto endizithandayo malunga neemetas kukuba zivumela iinkqubo ezahlukeneyo zokusombulula, uJeffrey Harris (aka Jangler) wabhala nge-imeyile. Uhlonitshwe kwindawo ekuhlalwa kuyo njengelinye lelona lizwe likhulu lokusombulula i-meta puzzle. Ukungena kwi-crossword, uyazi ngokubanzi into onokuyilindela-unemikhombandlela yokuphendula ukuba (ihlala) ingena kwizithuba ezibonelelweyo. Xa usombulula i-meta, awuyazi ngokwenene into oyifunayo ude uyifumane, kwaye loo nto yenza umzuzu 'we-aha' wanelise ngakumbi.
Iteration ye-meta puzzle ipapashiwe ngaphambili. Imidlalo yakhupha iiphazili zokhuphiswano ngeminyaka yee-1980, njengoko kwenza iiDell Magazines. UHenry Hook, umakhi omkhulu wegama eliphambili osweleke kwinyanga ephelileyo , Wenza uhlobo lweproto-meta yakhe kwiHooked on Puzzles series. Kodwa uMnu.Gaffney udume ngokubhengeza i-meta njengeyona ndlela ifanelekileyo yolonwabo kwihlabathi leepuzzle. Ukusukela oko waqala ukwenza imetas ngo-2008, inani labakhi lilandele.
Inkqubo ye- Ijenali yeWall Street Kutshanje ndiqalise ukupapasha imeta yeveki ngolwesiHlanu. (Kokokuqala ukuba iphephandaba eliphambili lipapashe iphazili yemeta eqhelekileyo.) U-Evan Birnholz, Washington Post ’ s umakhi wegama elitsha, uthethe kudliwanondlebe lwamva nje ukuze aqale ukupapasha iimetas. UCaleb Madison, Umhleli wepuzzle omtsha weBuzzFeed , watsho nge-imeyile ukuba uceba ukupapasha iiphazili zokhuphiswano kwixa elizayo. UPeter Gordon, obeka i-crossword yeveki yomlilo , ipapasha malunga neepuzzle ezili-10 zemeta ngonyaka.
Umnumzana Gordon kutshanje upapashe imeta enomtsalane enomxholo othi Caps Caps. Umbuzo osezantsi kwepuzzle ubuzile: Yeyiphi into enxulumene nokukhala kwentsimbi echazwe yile phazili?
Impendulo, yavela, yafuna ukuba kwenziwe imithambo yengqondo yomzimba. Emva kokuba umxazululi efumene ukuba iimpendulo ezine zinamagama okugqibela eholo ye-baseball ye-famers, unokuthambekela ekuzibuza ukuba ngawaphi amaqela abekade ekuwo. (Njengoko kwavela: eLos Angeles, eSt. Impendulo? UMQOBO WOKUGQIBELA
Umphathi weHedge fund uPeter Muller ukwapapasha iphazili yenyanga kwindawo yakhe, I-Meta yenyanga yoMculo yeMeta . UKUYAIpuzzle elungileyo yemeta yenye ethoba inani leziphelo, utshilo uMnu Muller. Kodwa isiphelo, isisombululo, kufuneka sonelise ngokwenene.
Yenawathi kutshanje uyile uhlobo olutsha lwephazili athanda ukulibiza ngokuba yimeta enkulu. Ukuba isisombululo siqonda ngokwaneleyo, baya kuthi bakhethe umxholo obaleka kwiipuzzle ezili-12 uMnu Muller apapasha minyaka le. Kunyaka ophelileyo, umzekelo, wathetha amanqaku athile kwinqanaba lomculo. Amanqaku ali-12, xa eqokelelwa, enza i-riff: kule meko, ukuqala kwengoma ka-Eric Clapton kaLayla.
Wonke umakhi obandakanyeka kwiipuzzle zemeta wagxininisa indlela yokuziphatha enobulungisa eya ekudaleni-uhlobo lwesivumelwano phakathi komakhi kunye nesisombululo. Isisombululo siza kuchitha ixesha elininzi sisebenza kwiphazili nganye (ngamanye amaxesha iintsuku), kwaye silindele ukuba iphazili icele umngeni kodwa ingangcikivi. Balandela ukukhawuleza kwe-adrenaline, ingqiqo yokuvalwa kweemeta kuphela.
[I] t ndimnandi ukugcwalisa isikwere sokugqibela segama elinqamlezileyo, kodwa eso sikwere asihlukanga ncam ku-c. Abanye abangama-200, uMnu Harris, umxazululi oqaqambileyo, watsho nge-imeyile. Impendulo yeemeta, nangona kunjalo, inye kwaye yeyokugqibela.
