2 Weeks Playing Sudoku.

[s.fox]

For the last few weeks I have been playing sudoku on the bus when I go into the city near where I live. I had never played it before and yet I am finding myself playing it whenever I get a spare moment.

I play it on my mobile phone and can do the "Hard" setting in about 5mins 30 secs. Given that I always have my mobile on me, I seem to be spending more and more time playing it and trying to break my record time. Is it that addictive? Anyone else playing a worrying amount of time playing this puzzle game? Why is it like this?

I know I can just give it up (I haven't touched it all day :) ), but it got me thinking if anyone is hooked on it.

[lswest]

I'm not addicted to it, but when I'm bored and need something to do more often than not I'm reaching for my sudoku puzzle book (you know...pencil and paper style :P). I quite enjoy the diabolical ones :P (that's the hardest level in the book) or the 16 x 16 (1-16 instead of 1-9) ones that are in another book I have. I do believe there are larger ones at the very back, haven't got there yet though.

Sudoku...best way to pass time :P

[Bibek]

I subscribe to a newspaper that gives out sudoku everyday. So, I play one puzzle a day.

[jimi_hendrix]

my old math teacher did a sudoku a day...keeps the bad algabra away

[s.fox]

Would I be right in thinking its actually good for you? I suppose it does sharpen the mind but at the same time I suspect its addictive. Anyone think different?

[poetstorm]

For the last few weeks I have been playing sudoku on the bus when I go into the city near where I live. I had never played it before and yet I am finding myself playing it whenever I get a spare moment.

I play it on my mobile phone and can do the "Hard" setting in about 5mins 30 secs. Given that I always have my mobile on me, I seem to be spending more and more time playing it and trying to break my record time. Is it that addictive? Anyone else playing a worrying amount of time playing this puzzle game? Why is it like this?

I know I can just give it up (I haven't touched it all day :) ), but it got me thinking if anyone is hooked on it.

I too am addicted to Sudoku. I have a bus ride of about an hour every day plus a waiting time of 30 minutes. A friend bought me a sudoku book to pass the time and though there was a bit of a learning curve to solve the puzzles, I just got hooked. I played it in the morning and at might. One night I actually had a Sudoku dream. XD

Buy was I glad to find Ubuntu has a Sudoku game. :)

[s.fox]

I too am addicted to Sudoku. I have a bus ride of about an hour every day plus a waiting time of 30 minutes. A friend bought me a sudoku book to pass the time and though there was a bit of a learning curve to solve the puzzles, I just got hooked. I played it in the morning and at might. One night I actually had a Sudoku dream. XD

Buy was I glad to find Ubuntu has a Sudoku game. :)

Thankfully my trips on the bus have come to an end and hopefully this means no more sudoku for me :) I did see that Ubuntu has a sudoku game but haven't even run it once.

[spupy]

Wow, I played sudoku the whole last year of school. There just wasn't anything more interesting to do in class...

[pape]

I was hooked on sudoku for months. Then the magic ran out.

Now, I've found something that has got me again, and these are MUCH more challenging than (normal) sudokus:

http://www.killersudokuonline.com/

Go for it, but reserve a couple of hours to solve one..

:twisted: