@Jacel
I remember liking it at the time, but I've always been really bad at thinking critically of something while I'm reading it, and often afterward, too. :-/
I know I liked the general /structure/ of the riddles and puzzle hunt thing, but thinking aout it now the amount of references are rediculous in terms of trying to push a singular 80s-geek-kid experience. I maybe liked it only because I knew a lot of them, but...I also had a hugely sheltered childhood and wouldn't have back /then/.