Josh Wardle, the inventor of Wordle, a recreation that gave enormous pleasure to so many individuals throughout lockdown, reportedly offered it for a seven-figure sum. In response to Polly Hudson (The Wordle man’s newest transfer tells us rather a lot about modern-day ambition, 22 March), he now has the temerity to create one other phrase recreation, Parseword, moderately than kicking again on his yacht. Think about if everybody who has a artistic impulse kicked again after their first recognised achievement – if Michelangelo had kicked again after creating the Pietà, or Picasso had kicked again after Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. Effectively carried out to Wardle, preserve creating.Julius PursaillLondon
It appears a bit of unfair to characterise Josh Wardle’s new recreation as attempting his luck once more, equating it with bare ambition. It actually appears out of kilter to be drawing parallels with that and the rampant egotism displayed not too long ago by Timothée Chalamet. Wardle simply strikes me as a little bit of a phrase nerd and coder who likes making video games. His new one appears to be a love letter to cryptic crosswords – it actually isn’t a tilt at creating one other viral sensation.Andy RobertsWitney, Oxfordshire
Following Polly Hudson’s philosophy, no author of a bestselling first novel ought to danger a second, and the Beatles ought to have stopped at Love Me Do. Inventive expertise must be appreciated and inspired in no matter discipline. If Wardle’s second recreation is nearly as good as his first, I look ahead to taking part in it.Jane ObermanRhulen, Powys
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