I am a huge fan of puzzles and riddles. I have always loved solving them since I was a little kid. I also love playing chess and other mind games. It is like pumping iron with your brain. One of the arcades I used to frequent had a logo that was a muscle bulging arm with a brain for a bicep. I always thought it was cool and that image comes to mind when I think of exercising my mind.
Enter Sudoku an addition that I have been able to keep at bay because if I don’t it will consume the rest of my non-existent free time. It is a math puzzle of sorts that has exceptional addiction qualities. It is simple, it requires thinking and it is must of all fun. I just got a kids starter book for Ty and I hope that he enjoys it. You can play online, but be careful; it can be the beginning of a new addiction.
18 Jan 06
Haha! Anotoher one! I stayed away from this for so long, and now I’m thoroughly sucked in.
18 Jan 06
I hear you, my wife pulled me in. I am using http://www.dailysudoku.co.uk/sudoku/index.shtml as well as a Sudoko widget on my mac dashboard.
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18 Jan 06
I don’t get the appeal of this one. I’ve tried it a couple of times, but don’t really get what’s so fascinating..
19 Jan 06
I’ve tried it and it’s not my thing…numbers and I don’t do well together! lol
19 Jan 06
I love Sodoku…I”m now addicted like you
You can even have them mailed to your inbox daily….
19 Jan 06
lol…I have to admit that I was enjoying where this entry was going until you mentioned “puzzle.” Great past time but certainly not for me.
19 Jan 06
Yeah, Sudoku is really addicting. The newspaper I work for is going to be adding it online in a very near future. We’ve all been playing it and when asked we just tell the boss man “We’re doing Q&A for a new online feature before we launch it.”
20 Jan 06
A co-worker got me hooked on Sudoku - it’s perfect for between calls at work because I can put it down and then go back to it without ruining my concentration too much
21 Jan 06
Yeah, I’ve been hooked since it first appeared in the DMN last August; I’m up to where I can do the four-star ratings, sometimes. And now all the books are coming out, so I don’t have to wait for the newspaper version to come out!
I was going through the airport in December and bought Soduku for Dummies 2, so now I tear out pages to keep in my pocket in case of emergency boredom — like shopping with my wife!