JKTrix
09-12-2006, 06:12 PM
A man near retirement in my office exposed Sudoku to the masses. He encountered it in the newspaper last week, and upon hearing about the hurricane that was about to strike our country (it hit yesterday) he bought a whole book of puzzles. It kept him occupied while the electricity was out, and he's obsessed with it now. He was trying to explain it to everyone, accompanied by another lady who has been doing it for a while. They were doing a terrible job at it, so I went to www.websudoku.com and printed out one of the grids.
Silly me.
Everyone in the office has come, asking 'Can you print one of those Japanese puzzle things for me?' Even people from neighbouring departments have come. They know I'm the 'Japan Man' (I'm going next week!) so they expect me to come up with this stuff.
Personally, I haven't played it much. I tried it in Brain Age and recognized the potential addictiveness before I shut myself away from it. Now, *everyone* around me is doing different puzzles (that I printed), and after explaining how to play it to 20 different people I'm tempted to do one myself. Besides the fact that I'm supposed to be working... I must resist!
Anyhow, Sudoku is a great game to keep your mind active that doesn't require any electricity. It can be frustrating at times, especially when you only have a few squares left before you realize you misplaced one number and have to do the entire thing over again. Good times.
Silly me.
Everyone in the office has come, asking 'Can you print one of those Japanese puzzle things for me?' Even people from neighbouring departments have come. They know I'm the 'Japan Man' (I'm going next week!) so they expect me to come up with this stuff.
Personally, I haven't played it much. I tried it in Brain Age and recognized the potential addictiveness before I shut myself away from it. Now, *everyone* around me is doing different puzzles (that I printed), and after explaining how to play it to 20 different people I'm tempted to do one myself. Besides the fact that I'm supposed to be working... I must resist!
Anyhow, Sudoku is a great game to keep your mind active that doesn't require any electricity. It can be frustrating at times, especially when you only have a few squares left before you realize you misplaced one number and have to do the entire thing over again. Good times.