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92: Untangling Language with Knotwords

Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

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The Modularity of English in Sudoku

Sarah has a background in cryptography, fine arts and lyric writing. She says she's been thinking about how the English language transmits signals for most of her adult life. The game is constantly bouncing ideas back and forth with co-creator Zach Krasnoffsky. Sarah: "You have to come up with the rules set but then that generator is like such a critical part of actually making it"

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