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Alex · 03-02-2006, 11:35 AM

What's weird about kakuro is that I've been doing these for years in American puzzle magazines under the name cross sums. I belief the puzzle was invented here, gained popularity in Japan and has now bounced back here with a Japanese name as something new and exciting.

I much prefer these over Sudoku (which I find boring; not necessarily easy, but boring) it is just weird to have people (who know I like doing puzzles) ask if I've seen the new thing out of Japan.

If Dell isn't making much money off this explosion they must be pissed because I believe they were the first to publish the format (don't know who originally developed it).

03-02-2006, 11:35 AM	#4
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	What's weird about kakuro is that I've been doing these for years in American puzzle magazines under the name cross sums. I belief the puzzle was invented here, gained popularity in Japan and has now bounced back here with a Japanese name as something new and exciting. I much prefer these over Sudoku (which I find boring; not necessarily easy, but boring) it is just weird to have people (who know I like doing puzzles) ask if I've seen the new thing out of Japan. If Dell isn't making much money off this explosion they must be pissed because I believe they were the first to publish the format (don't know who originally developed it).
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