LinkedIn, the social network that is ostensibly about work, now has a space just for playing games. The company launched LinkedIn Games this week after testing the gaming waters earlier this year. The new puzzle and logic games are free, straightforward, and only a little bit of a ripoff of The New York Times' very popular game offerings. In a blog post attributed to LinkedIn VP Daniel Roth, the company said the goal of the games is to give users a short mental break while on the platform. (And, of course, the unspoken part: Games keep people on the platform longer and drive engagement.) Currently, there are three games available. Pinpoint feels like playing a single row of the The New York Times' Connections games. Crossclimb is a Wordle-esque matching game where you answer clues to solve a larger riddle. Queens is a mashup of chess and Sudoku that annoyed me just enough to ensure that I felt spitefully compelled to finish it no matter what. (I filed this story to my editor late...
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