“What will it take for you to be exclusive and provide all your skills and puzzle archive just to us?” I got a call from Kenny and he asked me a question that you hope to get asked when you work for a living. After working with Arkadium on various small projects, the management of Arkadium was pleased with what I’d done for them. Newman: It would have to be interesting to me, because I pretty well created it. GamesBeat: What’s your role going to be at Arkadium? What was interesting about doing this? As a result of being able to solve crosswords quickly, I got into the business as a hobby, and it became my life’s work after I was involuntarily retired from Wall Street in the crash of the late ‘80s. I was the first winner of the US Open Crossword Championship. My main gig is crossword editor for the Long Island newspaper, Newsday, and very many other things, such as author of more than 200 books. Stanley Newman: I’ve been a puzzle professional now for more than a third of a century. GamesBeat: Can you tell me about your background? Stan Newman, Newsday’s crossword puzzle creator, is now the top word and puzzle game mastermind at Arkadium. Here’s an edited transcript of our interview. It will be interesting to see what kind of brain games Newman comes up with. That’s a lot of stuff, as Newman has filled more than 200 books with his puzzles and word games. And Arkadium now has access to his archive of award-winning games. His new job will be to work with Arkadium to create compelling word games spanning crosswords, word search, trivia, and more.
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