Su Doku
 

There may have been a thread about this already, but here goes anyway.
Everyone on the Subway is playing this game (they print one a day in the Metro newspaper).
Su Doku.
If you haven't tried it, try it. It's fun.
It's addictive.
You've been warned.

http://www.sudoku.com/

I didn't care for it. It makes me feel like I'm in 4th grade math class.

I'm glad 4th grade math class is over. I don't want to go back.

But feel free to enjoy your sudoku puzzles. I'll stick with the crossword. Or, I would, if I bought a paper.

Actually, it doesn't have anything to do with math. Unless counting to 9 is math...
:D

I used to love them. It was one of the few puzzles in my mom's puzzle magazines that I could do when I was a kid. But since I've learned how to tackle a wider variety of puzzles, Sudoku doesn't do it for me any more. I think it's because it's so...static. The same 81 squares every time.

I'd recommend my usual puzzle site if you like Sudoku. It's got Sudoku and a bunch of similar puzzles that you might also enjoy. I would recommend it...but it's shutting down in just over a week. :(

I hear it's being replaced by a Starbucks site.

Grrrr, damn starbucks.

Oh well, for what it's worth (and for the umpteenth time), http://www.puzzle.jp/index-e.html

Also, anticipating a future post. Steph likes this site...
http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/

I know it has nothing to do with math, and that the numbers could easily be replaced with letters or symbols or colors. I still prefer the crossword.

And the two ladies I saw sitting by the pool at Wilderness Lodge with their noses buried in Sudoku books--I'll never understand them. It's one thing to pass the time on the subway, but to immerse yourself in the world of Sudoku while on vacation at Disney World? That's very confusing to me.

Sudoku must be a drug. Just Say No!!

At Disney World? That's so wrong! :D

I hear crossword puzzles are gateway puzzles that lead to worse mind bending games...

Lani has recently caught the bug a bit but it just hasn't appealed to me. Like GD said above each puzzle is too similar to the others and once you've worked out the basic tools there really isn't much of interest, just iterating through them over and over again until you're done.

That's the weird thing for me. The other puzzles I'm addicted to are the same way. Once you've figured out the logic, each puzzle works out in the same fashion. But there's something appealing to me about the visual variety of the other types of puzzles, despite the repetetiveness of the logic.