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Monday Mind Teasers: Not Pr0n photo

Last week's trip down mind teaser memory lane brought us back to the clicking nightmare known as Crimson Room. Now that some of us have escaped once again with our sanities intact, we run in fear to the first door we can find, screaming to let us in and save us from the horror of diabolical flash games. We click on the HTML handle and slam the door shut behind us in a sigh of relief. Only to see another door. Crap.

For those of you lucky enough to never have heard of Not Pr0n before, you might as well keep scrolling and go on your way. You can't handle this game. It's nothing personal, it's just a fact: you're inferior. This game is better than you. It will get the best of you. You will be scarred for life. Why is this game's infamous reputation as secretive and cryptic as its gameplay? Because this isn't the Fight Club of mind teaser games. It's The Ring. It's known as "the hardest riddle available on the Internet" for a reason. Actually, for 140 reasons.

First you sink a few hours on an abysmal five or so puzzle screens, then you cheat your way through the next few, then some of you get confused even when using cheat guides, while others start to feel dead inside. Then you realize there's 140 levels, and you're never going to make it that far. Much like a twelve step program, next up is denial. You coulda, shoulda, woulda beaten that level without cheating. Screw this game, you have better things to do. But you'll come back to it one day, twice as prepared and you'll fail twice as fast. Eventually you'll admit utter defeat and embrace your inferiority. But unlike other anonymous groups, after acceptance comes sharing, and your evil ass will show someone else this treacherous time killing game. It's like making it through AA and handing your son a beer.

I'm not even going to give you any hints on how to play this game. It's just better that you fail on the second level and give up forever. What's the point? It's not like you're ever going to beat it. Out of the 14 million people who have tried, only 12 have been certified as completing all the puzzles. Imagine all of the people playing World of Warcraft . . . but only 12 ever beat the last boss.

You can play Not Pr0n here. But this is your last warning: this is the game that crushed my entire AP Computer Science class back in high school. Even the teacher. Yeah, good luck. Screw you, David Muennich. Update: Some levels have issues in Firefox when trying to play sounds that are required for solving puzzles. You may want to try another Web browser.


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phantomile's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/03/2009 20:43
phantomile
I'm on level 7 and starting to get depressed.
140? Seriously? But...but I already started...so I should give up now...
reruns's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/03/2009 20:53
reruns
Oh how I hate you. Now I really don't have a choice but to give this damn thing a shot. Again.

Got to like 60 or something last time. It gets ridiculous.

Also, PRO TIP: check the forums. They have a thread on every puzzle with a little nudge in the right direction.
JLanphear's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/03/2009 21:00
JLanphear
This shit is ridiculous. I'm on 4 and I'm already stuck. :( I know where to FIND the username and password but I can't translate it lmao. . .
Joseph Leray's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/03/2009 21:17
Joseph Leray
I think it's Morse Code, JLanphear.
etirflita's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/03/2009 21:18
etirflita
I got to the original end of this game back in 2004, but couldn't find enough of the hidden actual pr0n pictures with the little faded letters in the corner to complete the password and username anagram. Either way, best waste of a semester ever. Highly recommended, and I'm glad to see it get some notice.
reruns's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/03/2009 21:58
reruns
Oh yeah, if anyone is using firefox (or any other browser that isn't IE), you're going to run into some trouble on any level where sound is important. It's embedded using the bgsound tag, which is apparently IE only.

You can still access the file directly through the url, of course, but having to check that for every level can get tedious. If you're using Firefox, you can install the IE Tab add-on so you don't have to open another window.
JynxShot's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/03/2009 22:40
JynxShot
What about zest riddle?
Google it. That shit's psychotic.
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/03/2009 23:24
Fronz
@reruns -- thanks, i updated the post.

@JynxShot -- sweet, i'll check it out!

@JLanphear -- yup, it's morse code.
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/03/2009 23:29
Fronz
@Phantomile -- yeah, level 7 is where our high school class first got stuck, then figured out the answer and realized this game was nuts. then level 8's process to solve the puzzle was eerily clever and cool, as was the next few. but not in a fulfilling way. more of a "if it's this clever this early... oh god, how can it keep going on so long..." then a few more puzzles in we started to break down. then we heard from a friend that one of the later puzzles involved downloading a program to peek into a photo's EXIF data and we kind of all stopped.
Naktu's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2009 02:22
Naktu
I FUCKING HATE YOU SO MUCH
n1k0l4's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2009 04:14
n1k0l4
Your addictive game does not affect me!
Really, I get bored by level 4. (spoiler) it's Morse code, and I was too lazy to google it. Click on the flashlight under the pillow, and enter the translation.
GoldenGamerXero's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2009 05:10
GoldenGamerXero
I'm not even going to attempt this. Thanks Fronz I now have to live the rest of my life with the knowledge that I will never be good enough to complete this game. I feel so freaking useless right now.
Autumn's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2009 05:11
Autumn
Wow, this game is fully for computer nerds only.
Krow's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2009 06:04
Krow
That was soul crushing Fronz. Soul crushing.
Das Inchworm's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2009 06:39
Das Inchworm
man, during spring break my senior year in high school me and a few friends spent every night tackling this game legit, no help. We couldn't pass level 74. It was a super fun experience.
CthulhuFtaghn's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2009 08:34
CthulhuFtaghn
Man, I can barely believe Not Pr0n is still running, much less still awesome. I sank most of last night into this game yet again, and still didn't get past the mid-20s.

I can feel my productivity at work today sinking already.
SyntaxError's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/04/2009 11:47
SyntaxError
I tried it out and I got stuck at level 3 (I felt stupid, but then decided I did not have the time nor patience to put up with this). Kinda reminded me of God Tower, but at least there, you know there's an answer (each level has a password). Then there's God Tower 2, which requires the final Password from the previous God Tower before you even get started.
bottled dark's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/11/2009 00:56
bottled dark
no.
i know better than to fall down that rabbit hole again.

this shit had me viewing source codes on other sites to see if they hid shit.
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