Jonathan Keefer

Game Curator

Jon wearing Miata slippers

Favorite Coolmath Games: Clicker Heroes, Block the Pig, Tube Master

 

Jon is a strategy game fanatic - his favorite games are open-ended puzzles with strategic, complex systems and creative solutions. He loves that games allow anyone to share in unique experiences, like designing a subway system in Mini Metro: London or building a civilization in Pre-Civilization Bronze Age. He has been helping discover and design games that make you think for Coolmath since 2014. 

 

In his free time, Jon enjoys biking, playing board games, card games, Nintendo, Xbox and PC games. In past lives he has helped design board games and card games, including the Chaotic Trading Card Game and the Twilight movie (yes, that Twilight) board game series.

 

Jon is a graduate of NYU’s Stern School of Business and is deeply passionate about using games as a way to help people think, learn, and grow. His accomplishments in the web gaming space have given him opportunities to share his insights as a speaker and panelist at industry events such as GDC, Gamescom and Pocket Gamer Connects.

Games Reviewed By Jonathan Keefer

Math Man

December 31, 1998

This is a Pac Man type game, but you have to eat the monster that solves the math equation.

Loan Consolidation

December 31, 1998

This game is like Bricks Breaking, but you have to match up the debt block with money blocks of the same color. Be sure to avoid the credit cards blocks!

Sliding Blocks Flash

December 31, 1998

This game is like Rush. You have to slide a bunch of blocks around to get the one block out. Lots of great thinking on this one.

Kakuro Gameplay

Kakuro

December 31, 1998

I thought this was impossibly hard at first. The key is to fill in all single squares first, then look for doubles and up. Cool that you can ask for hints!

Fractone

December 31, 1998

Click on the fraction squares to make pairs that have a sum of 1... and do it as fast as you can!

Knight Switch

December 31, 1998

A classic logic game. You have four knights on a small board and just have to switch the position of the two colors. Can you do it in as few moves as possible?

Whack a Difference

December 31, 1998

This is like those "Whack a Mole" games, but you whack the thing that's different. Just like hitting your TV screen while watching Sesame Street!

Building Blocks

December 31, 1998

This one isn't quite as easy as it looks. You just have to put the puzzle pieces together... But, sometimes, they don't end up fitting the way you think they should.

State the State

December 31, 1998

Do you know all your U.S. states by their shape and location? Try this game to find out!

Math Search

December 31, 1998

In this game, you're given an arithmetic problem to solve... Once you find the answer, you have to find it on the grid of numbers - like in a word search game.