BRUNDLE

BRUNDLE is a small joke of a daily film game, made as a nod to JEFFGOLDBLUMLE, the word game whose answer is nearly always JEFFGOLDBLUM. Its name comes from Seth Brundle, the scientist Goldblum plays in David Cronenberg's The Fly, and the game is upfront about the gag: under the guess box it says that 90% of the time the answer is The Fly. The header now carries a badge saying it is part of LOLWORD.COM.

Each day there is one film to name, with three guesses. The first clue is always the same, "A film very likely featuring Jeff Goldblum", and every wrong guess reveals one more, first the director and genre, then a line about the plot. You type a title and pick it from a list of suggestions with their years.

The film comes from a hash of your local date. On most days it is The Fly, so a player who opens with it usually wins in one. On the other days it is another Goldblum film, from Jurassic Park and Independence Day to The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, and now and then a famous film he is not in at all, such as The Godfather, which is where the clues have to do the work.

After the round a statistics card shows your tries, success rate, current and best streak, the spread of your guesses and a countdown to the next film, with a Share button and a link to that day's JEFFGOLDBLUMLE. It suits film fans who like a running joke and want a daily puzzle that takes under a minute. The page carries ad banners and ad tiles around the game.