Not sure I’d call them _video_ games per se but anecdotally (me) it does work.
That said NYT crossword has existed for much longer, puzzle games are a longstanding feature of many newspapers.
That said NYT crossword has existed for much longer, puzzle games are a longstanding feature of many newspapers.
Yes, the crossword has existed for longer, but it was never the core source of funding.
It’s interesting, and I doubt it can scale - every newspaper has its own puzzle section?