Saturday, November 19, 2005

Monster Sudoku (051119)

Monster Sudoku (051119)

Look! Wading in from the ocean! Is it Godzilla? Is it Mothra? No - it's Monster Sudoku! Yes, it is Saturday once again, and therefore time for me to twist your brain into a pretzel. It's just my way of proving that my readers are the smartest blog audience on the planet.

The rules of Monster Sudoku: The puzzle board consists of a 16 by 16 grid, which is further divided up into sixteen 4 by 4 blocks. In each row, column, and 4x4 block, the letters A through P each get written exactly once. There is only one solution. If the letters are a little too small for you, click on the image to bring up a large version. For those who need help, a short tutorial on how to solve sudoku puzzles can be found here.

To solve this puzzle, I suggest first saving the GIF on your computer. Then print it out (or copy it onto some graph paper) and solve it in pencil (or in pen if you're feeling bold). If you don't feel like using paper, then solve it using a graphics editor such as Microsoft Paint.

Whoever solves this first wins... um, let me see what I've got here... a link in my blogroll and a blog post by me extolling the winner's intellectual prowess. I will be posting the solution in two or three days.

Update: the solution is posted here.

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