A Rebus is a simple puzzle which is used, in the case of steamgifts, to represent a video game title as a picture. The first text-based rebus-like puzzle that I remember was released in June 2012 by cheongzewei. It was quite simple due to puzzle limitations at the time. More comprehensive rebuses had to wait until ITH took the puzzle world by storm. Strangely enough, it took until early September of the same year for another rebus to come out. dru95 represented Left 4 Dead as a picture of four left arrows and Death (special thanks to chour for finding the link).

The first full fledged rebus quiz, however, only came at the end of September. By the next month, there was an explosion of this type of quiz. The ones I remember the most clearly are this puzzle by Insect and this one by WaffleheadMan. The fad died out after this initial wave and it took until February for the next puzzle to be released. Since then, we've seen three puzzles by Toca1FTW, one from BigBadGoat and one from ZaknazaaR.

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Rules:
I can't believe I actually have to make this section, but apparently there are people who don't know the rules. Do not share answers, hints, giveaway links, the name of the giveaway or generally spoil the puzzle in any form.


If you solve at least half (15) of the puzzles, you will get an invite to a private giveaway at the end of July. I'll try to pick something that no one has already, but no guarantees. Please make a parent post in the giveaway to be counted. Also, to be invited to the bonus giveaway, post in A Puzzle a Day #30 with the puzzles you have solved. You are not required to solve the puzzles before the giveaways end anymore. Solving them at any point in time will count towards the 15 required puzzles


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6:06 PM

Solution posted - sorry for cutting this series a little short. I haven't had much time the last 2 months or so due to moving/new job/etc. Since it was ended early, bonus giveaway will be for 14 puzzles solved and will be put up as soon as support approves the rule.

Solutions will be put up gradually throughout the day so the front page isn't spammed too much with my threads.

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