Damn You NYT Games

Just when I thought I had my game addiction under control, the New York Times comes out with a new game- Tiles. They call it a matching motifs game. I call it pattern recognition.

The game has a grid of various tiles, that look a like like quilt squares to me. In each tile there are a few elements, like a pink flower or a white square. You have to find to matching elements and when you do they disappear. It is a very addictive game, but one I highly recommend as pattern recognition is one of the skills that builds new neural path ways.

These are skills I use all the time so mastering the game is not hard, but still fun. Unlike wordle I have not found a limit as to how much I can play this game. Seems like NYT needs to put some kind of governor on the game otherwise I will not bother reading the news.

I guess the Times really doesn’t care if I read the news or not as long as I pay for it. Tiles is just one more thing to keep me paying. Seriously if you haven’t played it, check it out. I think it might be free. I can’t tell since I pay for the Times.