A pamphlet of feline opinion · est. mmxxv
Pete, the resident feline critic
The Pete Gazette
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Buffalo Games
Accidental Oracle Earns Salmon for Purloined Red Cape
★★★☆☆
Nattork
Pete Rearranges the Solar System at His Leisure
★★★☆☆
PICKFORU
A Safari Concluded in the Garden of Flat Flowers
★★★★☆
From the wires — the critic descends upon the next desk shortly. The toys have been warned.
Lead Review · From: PICKFORU
Silent Victory Leaves a Permanent Hole in the Tree
Pete dispatches one blue-and-gold piece to the radiator's abyss, engineers a permanent gap in the finished puzzle, and declares the cardboard grid a tool of staff manipulation rather than art.
By Pete · Resident Feline Critic

So, my human has presented me with this... box. A "PICKFORU" Stained Glass Puzzle, it says. Apparently, it contains one thousand small, flat pieces of cardboard designed to frustrate the larger, clumsier inhabitants of this house for hours on end. From my perspective, this is not a toy, but an opportunity. An opportunity for strategic piece-batting, for the…

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Image of PICKFORU Stained Glass Puzzle Tree of Life Puzzles for Adults 1000 Pieces, Impossible Hard Difficult Challenging Puzzles for Adults, Colorful Mosaic Tree of Life Jigsaw Puzzle 1000 Pieces
Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★★☆☆
The gap is my permanent household weapon.
From The Desk
Image of National Parks Puzzle for Adults 1000 Pieces, Travel Poster Landscape Puzzle Including Zion Yellowstone Yosemite, Nature Jigsaw Puzzles Scenery Mountain Scene
PICKFORU
Counter-Intelligence Operative Neutralizes the Zion Briefing

My human, in a fit of what they surely believe is intellectual stimulation, has acquired a box of a thousand tiny, colorful squares from a company called PICKFORU. The objective, …

★★★☆☆ — Mission accomplished; the Zion intel is secured.
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Image of Butterfly Puzzles for Adults 1000 Pieces, Challenging Colorful Flower Butterflies Puzzles with Paper Art, Difficult Animal Plant Jigsaw Puzzles for Adults
PPuzzling
Finished Butterfly Becomes Pete's Commemorative Throne

So, my human has acquired what appears to be a monumental exercise in futility from a company called "PPuzzling"—a name that suggests a lack of confi…

★★★☆☆
Image of Buffalo Games - Beachcombers - 750 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle Multicolor, 24"L X 18"W
Buffalo Games
One Sand Dollar Piece Weaponized for Psychological Warfare

My human, in her infinite and baffling wisdom, has procured a box from a company named for large, lumbering herbivores. Inside, apparently, are 750 s…

★★★☆☆
Image of Buffalo Games - Peter Stewart - Cinque Terre - 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle For Adults - Challenging Puzzle Perfect for Game Nights - Finished Size is 26.75 x 19.75
Buffalo Games
The Nexus Piece Returns on Pete's Schedule Alone

My human has brought home what they call a "puzzle," a box filled with a thousand tiny, colorful squares of pressed cardboard from a company named fo…

★★★★☆
Image of Educational Insights Kanoodle 3D Brain Teaser Puzzle Game, Featuring 200 Challenges, Easter Basket Stuffers for Kids, Gift for Ages 7+
Educational Insights
Dangerous Pyramid Dismantled by a Concerned White Tail

My human has acquired a small, plastic clamshell case filled with what appear to be fossilized, brightly-colored insects. They call it a "Kanoodle," …

★☆☆☆☆
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