Sunday, 9 September 2007

Rudoku - The Rude Sudoku Puzzle Book

After months of extensive research by the University of Scunthorpe’s Department of Advanced Invective, a team lead by the emminent professor Hugh Janus has developed a selection of hilarious sudoku puzzles which you simply wouldn’t want to give granny this Christmas.

Rudoku uses the classic sudoku rules but with a simple naughty difference. The numbers are replaced with letters which, when placed in the puzzle following the usual rules of sudoku, will spell out some naughty word or smutty lingo hidden somewhere inside the puzzle.

The book includes solutions over 40 puzzles with solutions and a glossary explaining the naughty words hidden there-in - so not only can you exercise your logic skills but expand your dirty vocabulary at the same time - bargain!

Rudoku makes the perfect gift for yourself or a funny joke gift for a sudoku fan who might enjoy a little smutty humour as a variation to their usual sudoku game.

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Sudoku Loo Roll - Puzzling Toilet Paper

So, you’ve read all the magazines you care to read, a novel takes too long and the wife is complaining about your leaving puzzle books all over the bathroom.What are you to do?

Kill two birds with one stone and get some Sudoku Toilet Paper - that’s what!

The fantastic sudoku toilet roll sold by I Want One Of Those will put an end to boring trips to the bathroom. Think about it. No more staring a the back of the toilet door. No more contemplating the tiles on the floor. Awesome!

If you make a mistake, who cares, no one is going to know when you flush it away. Of course, if you don’t complete a puzzle in one erm, ’sitting’, you might get some strange looks walking around with a roll of loo paper…

This makes a great gift for yourself or the Sudoku fan you know. It’s totally nuts of course but great fun too and a fantastic gag gift for you jokers out there.

Buy one from I Want One Of Those right now!

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Saturday, 8 September 2007

Pappocom Sudoku Game Review

Is Pappocom Sudoku the right sudoku game for you? I bought it, I played it, and now I can tell you all about it. Read this review and then decide.

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3D Sudoku Puzzles In Action

I just ran across a new and interesting game for you samurai sudoku lovers. How would you like to solve a 3D sudoku puzzle? Or should I ask, have any of you solved a 3D sudoku puzzle? To discover what I am talking about you must visit the site of Hans van Briemen and Lensoft International.

They are the creators of the 3D Sudoku Ball, which is an internet game that allows you to solve sudoku over a three dimensional ball, which makes the puzzle game more challenging and time consuming. To check out the 3D sudoku ball go to www.sudoku-ball.com. I did, and I can honestly say that seeing sudoku on a soccer ball can add much amusement to your daily sudoku playing.

Go to the site and check it out. Afterwards, return and tell me what you think. I would love to hear your comments about this newonline sudoku game.

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Simple Sudoku Game Review

Is Simple Sudoku the right Sudoku game for you? I downloaded it, I played it, and now I can tell you what I liked and disliked about it. Read this review and then decide.

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Friday, 7 September 2007

Free Printable Sudoku Puzzles Ready For You To Solve

Growing collection of easy to fiendish printable Sudoku puzzles with answers in PDF format. Sudoku tips online help you solve them. Single solutions.

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Sudoku VS. Kakuro

While sudoku is still on its way to becoming a household term in the United States, another big brother of this popular puzzle game is currently on the rise. Kakuro, or cross-sums, is now popping its head up as the most amusing number logic puzzle game created. Last year, ABC News reported that the popularity of kakuro has ecclipsed that of sudoku in Japan and the UK.

Even though Kakuro can not be found in every major publication, it has been voted as the ‘new craze’ among sudoku enthusiasts worldwide. Sudoku puzzles are currently printed in nearly every major newspaper and magazine around the world and its safe to say that most individuals you know may have attempted to solve a sudoku puzzle at some point. But when you hear of countries like China, jumping on the Kakuro train, that’s a definite sign that this puzzle game is on its way to becoming a popular and enjoyable past time, just like its younger brother sudoku. Chinese college students are finding this game more challenging than sudoku. Cheng Hao, who is a college student from Shenzhen, discovered kakuro while searching for sudoku puzzles on the internet. He has now become addicted to kakuro and plays it more than sudoku.

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The Death Of Sudoku Puzzles

Maybe it’s just my own observation; or could it be that we are actually seeing the slow decline of yet another popular puzzle game.

Have any of you noticed that sudoku and its addictive number puzzles are not talked about much?

Of course we know that over time it has lost its “craze element”. However, are we slowly approaching the death of sudoku and sudoku puzzles?

I am looking forward to hearing your comments and answers to this question. Also, help me out be rating this post.

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Sudoku On Ice

It’s a clear sign and indicator that we are becoming mad and insanely in love with sudoku when we start organizing giant sudoku puzzle competitions on ice. Earlier this week, in the Big Apple, sudoku lovers had a chance to play Snowdoku in order to win a grand prize ski trip to Aspen, Colorado. The competition was organized by The Chrysler Group as a way to promote their newly refined 2007 Chrysler Aspen SUV. The competitors had to partner with individuals to form a team, carry a giant six foot pencil to mark solutions on a large 30 foot X 30 foot sudoku grid made up of 36,000 lbs of snow and ice.

The winners of the Snowdoku competition were a team of five women from the University Of Pennsylvania swim team. They ended up solving the giant sudoku puzzle in 4 minutes and 26 seconds.

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Futoshiki Murders Sudoku ?

Sudoku has become the brain narcotic of the 21st century. Many individuals have become hooked and addicted to the challenge it brings. The popular puzzle game has now made its way onto the pages of many national newspapers and various publications. However, these fiendish puzzles better watch out, because there’s a new brainteaser that is slowly gaining approval in the puzzle solving community.

Futoshiki, also called Hutoshiki, is a number logic puzzle game from Japan that is gradually becoming more likeable than the game sudoku. It is similar to sudoku because you have to place a set of numbers in a particular order so that each row and column contains the numbers once. But what makes futoshiki slightly different is not only the removal of the 3X3 box constraint seen in general sudoku, but the addition of greater than or less than signs that affects the number placement in each of the cells.

Futoshiki which means “not equal”, may appear to be straightforward and easy to solve, but just like in most sudoku puzzles, we can not be deceived by appearances.

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Sudoku Puzzles Help Mathematicians

As sudoku is becoming increasingly popular in the United States, many universities are adopting these number puzzles as a means to develop math and problem solving skills in college students. As ACT scores continue to decline below the national average, there will be a greater need to introduce resources and material that will help incoming college students develop math solving skills. Mathematicians believe that sudoku puzzles are a good way to help below average students with this ability.

“Sudoku can help develop math skills because players are encouraged to use logic and skill that normal math classes may not exercise,” said Tracy Roberts, who is an assistant registrar for research at Murray State. Often times, it’s not solely the math principles that students misunderstand, but it’s the logic and reasoning involved in using the math principles to solve problems that most students have a hard time doing. Some professionals believe that the solution to helping these students would be to use a tool that will get their brains thinking in a way it has never thought before. The infamous logic game called sudoku is one of the best means to do this. It is not only a number game of logic and critical reasoning, but it is also a very fun and entertaining game to play.

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Crack Sudoku on Squidoo

CrackTheSudokuCode.com has just launced their first sudoku lens on the squidoo service. This site is still in the developing stages but it contains some meaty information on the origen of sudoku and how to play sudoku. Upon the site’s completion, there will be an online store to purchase sudoku puzzle books and various other links and resources for sudoku lovers. The site presently contains a poll of how often people play sudoku, an advertisement of the Crack The Sudoku Home Study Course, and various feeds from the crack the sudoku blog page.

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The 2nd World Sudoku Championship

This is to inform all the sudoku experts around the world that the World Puzzle Federation wil be having their 2nd World Sudoku Championship in Prague, Czech Republic on March 28th - April 1st. This is a great opportunity for puzzlers to gather and compete for the title of sudoku grandmaster.

Last year, the 1st World Sudoku Championship was held in Lucca, Italy as a three day event that began with an opening dinner\banquet. The following days were filled with intense puzzle solving of every type of sudoku imagineable. Representatives from 22 nations gathered to become a part of this three day event. This tournament was won by a 31 year old Czech Economist named Jana Tylova.

Anyone can become involved and represent their country in this competition. However, the maximum number of participants is limited to six per team. For those that love to solve complex sudoku puzzles and would enjoy being a part of this competion, visit the following link to learn more about this upcoming tournament.

2nd World Sudoku Championship

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Crack the Kakuro Code!

Many of you sudoku lovers may have been hearing a lot about another Japanese number game called Kakuro. Kakuro is a logic puzzle game similar to sudoku, however, it involves much more math skill than sudoku. This puzzle game functions like a crossword puzzle, but with numbers only, which is why it is often termed “cross-sums” or “cross addition” puzzle.

The Kakuro grid can be any size, normally 16 X 16, and contain a number of clues within their squares, just like sudoku. The object of the game is to insert the numbers 1 to 9 in each open cell in such a way that the sum of each cell for a particular unit adds up to the number in the clue cell. This may sound quite easy to accomplish however, in the same way sudoku can only have a number placed once within a unit, this same rule still applies in kakuro. There cannot be any duplicated number entries which can make the puzzle solving long and interesting. In addition, Kakuro only has one unique solution, just like sudoku!

For all of you math lovers, Kakuro would be an excellent game to learn and is enjoyable in the same way sudoku is. Click on the item below to learn more about this game. This is an outstanding resource to include in your sudoku book collection. I highly recommend this book as an excellent guide for both learning and playing Kakuro. So Check it out!

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10 Best Online Sudoku Sites

The following list is a list of my favorite online sudoku sites. I love playing sudoku, and these are the sites I visit, from time to time, when I have an urge to play. Since Sudoku is becoming a global craze, there are hundreds of these free online sudoku sites on the internet. Here’s the list below:

1. WebSudoku.com
2. SudokuSlam.com
3. SudokuBear.com
4. BrainBashers.com
5. dkmsoftware.com/sudoku
6. SudokuOnline.us
7. SudokuKingdom.com
8. SudokuLive.net
9. SudokuPuzzles.net
10. Sudoku.org/sudoku-play-online.php

Most of these sudoku sites are very similar in their playability and functionality but some may have a slighltly different way of adding numbers \ solutions to the grid. Each puzzle you attempt to solve is timed and there are ways of choosing the level of difficulty for each sudoku. Some of the sites may contain a unique theme that makes the puzzle solving less boring or general.

If you have any other online sudoku sites you would like to list or recommend to others, please leave a comment on this site.

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