{"id":1178467,"date":"2026-02-14T17:26:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T17:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=561445"},"modified":"2026-02-14T17:26:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T17:26:23","slug":"linkedin-has-fun-games-on-it-and-im-not-making-that-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/linkedin-has-fun-games-on-it-and-im-not-making-that-up\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn has fun games on it and I\u2019m not making that up"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/linkedin-has-fun-games-on-it-and-im-not-making-that-up.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Hear me out: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/games\/\">LinkedIn actually has fun games on it.<\/a> I\u2019m not joking. There are games buried underneath all the posts from CEOs disrupting industries through the power of AI, and they\u2019re actually kind of good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">My favorite is <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/games\/zip\">Zip<\/a><\/em>, a game about filling up a grid with a continuous line. It\u2019s a daily puzzle, like <em>Wordle<\/em>, where each day you have to fill a grid by connecting a series of numbers in order. You can\u2019t leave any gaps, so you need to plan out how many detours you need to make to cover the whole thing. It honestly is more complicated to describe than to actually play it, but trust me, it\u2019s really satisfying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">My second favorite is <em>Queens<\/em> because it\u2019s like <em>Sudoku<\/em> without the numbers. For a number (and math) hater like me, it\u2019s perfect. It\u2019s played on a five-by-five grid with colored squares, and the goal is to fill it with queens that don\u2019t share the same columns, rows, or colors. It goes pretty fast as you mark off all the squares that can\u2019t be a queen with Xs. Playing it gives me the same rush as finishing a particularly long <em>Sudoku <\/em>puzzle in a fraction of the time. And the best part is that it\u2019s designed so you don\u2019t have to make any guesses.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/linkedin-has-fun-games-on-it-and-im-not-making-that-up-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Word game lovers will probably like <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/games\/pinpoint\">Pinpoint<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/games\/crossclimb\">Crossclimb<\/a><\/em>. <em>Pinpoint<\/em> gives you a series of words and you have to guess what category they all fit in. For example: If it gives you \u201cbanana\u201d and \u201capple\u201d, the answer will probably be \u201cfruit\u201d. <em>Crossclimb<\/em> is a little harder. You have to type in words based on hints and then stack them so that each word is only off by one letter (e.g. pace and pack). After you\u2019ve done that successfully, the last two words on the top and bottom open up. Guessing these is a little easier because you know they have to be one letter off of what\u2019s already there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The last game, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/games\/tango\">Tango<\/a><\/em>, is the most complicated one of the bunch. It\u2019s essentially about following a bunch of rules to deduce where to place sun and moon icons. I imagine the kind of people who love <em>Sudoku <\/em>puzzles that start out nearly empty will like making guesses and double-checking everything until it\u2019s solved. Sadly, I am not that person.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">I never expected to willingly spend an hour on LinkedIn every day, but here I am. Does it give me the urge to start using it as a real social media site to connect with like-minded people? Absolutely not. I will continue to play my silly little games and then peace out. But you should know you\u2019re missing out on the one good thing about LinkedIn if you\u2019re not already playing these. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/gaming\/561445\/linkedin-has-fun-games-zip-pinpoint\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hear me out: LinkedIn actually has fun games on it. I\u2019m not joking. There are games buried underneath all the posts from CEOs disrupting industries through the power of AI, and they\u2019re actually kind of good. My favorite is Zip, a game about filling up a grid with a continuous line. It\u2019s a daily puzzle, like Wordle, where each day you have to fill a grid by connecting a series of numbers in order. You can\u2019t leave any gaps, so you need to plan out how many detours you need to make to cover the whole thing. It honestly is more complicated to describe than to actually play it, but trust me, it\u2019s really satisfying. 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